Majid Jordan | Wildest Dreams (22.10.21)

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Majid Jordan est un duo signé sur le label de Drake, OVO Sound, qui consiste de Majid Al Maskati et Jordan Ullman. L'année passée, ils ont contribué au succès du titre de Drake Hold On, We're Going Home:

 

 

 

 

Leur premier EP, Afterhours (sous le nom de Good People):

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVuuJ2E8f1g

 

 

 

 

 

Leur nouvel EP, A Place Like This (dispo sur iTunes et rnbxclusive entre autres) dont est extrait le titre éponyme:

 

 

 

 

et d'autres bombes comme Forever, All I Do, Her et U est sorti il y a quelques jours. Je le conseille à ceux qui aiment les belles voix masculines sur des productions soul expérimentales. Perso, je trouve l'EP sublime!

[MJB]

faut que je l'écoute cet EP parce que Hold On We re Going Home j'adore

[Charlie Ray]

J'aime beaucoup l'ambiance autour de leurs titres. Ils sont aussi derrière la production de Mine de Beyoncé... Ça se ressent totalement.

[Sirius]

J'avais ecouté leur premier EP/Mixtape wtv vu que Hold On est ma chanson favorite de 2013, c'etait cool mais rien de marquant.

Je retenterai surement ac le nouveau en tout cas.

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[Will*]

Je les ai découvert cette semaine avec le titre Forever.

J'ai aussitôt écouté leur EP de 2014 et ai accroché direct.

J'adore leur son lounge R&B tirant vers la house. Hyper planant !!

 

D'ailleurs voici le clip de Forever

 

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L'album sort le 5 février 2016.

 

On connaît déjà My Love et Something About You dans le post au dessus. 10 autres chansons sont prévues dans l'album.

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La première piste de l'album a été dévoilée, à écouter ici: http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/01/majid-jordan-learn-from-each-other/

 

01 Learn from Each Other

02 Make It Work

03 My Love (feat. Drake)

04 Small Talk

05 Pacifico

06 Shake Shake Shake

07 Love Is Always There

08 Warm

09 Something About You

10 Day and Night

11 King City > à écouter ici: https://play.spotify.com/album/4ysfcW1Yz10bmf10iEmCZv

12 Every Step Every Way

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Every Step Every Way est à écouter ici: https://streamable.com/m8gn?t=0.0

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Interview avec le New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/arts/music/drakes-secret-weapon-is-all-set-to-break-loose.html?_r=1

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Quelqu'un a écouté l'album? J'en suis à la deuxième piste, j'aime beaucoup trop

 

La transition Small Talk/Pacifico :throb:

 

Clip de King City à voir ici: http://www.chartsinfrance.net/communaute/index.php?/topic/57711-majid-jordan-king-city/

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Critique de l'album par pitchfork :

 

Early success has its perks and its drawbacks. Since the Toronto duo Majid Jordan wrote and and co-produced Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home," they've seen every new song and video of theirs given the same treatment as if it were new material from the 6 God himself. The co-sign led to a major-label signing and an eager, supportive audience for their self-titled debut album. But it also means that Majid Jordan are immovably situated in Drake's shadow, and their self-titled debut doesn't really serve to extricate them.

Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman (the group's singer and producer, respectively) aren't run-of-the-mill Drake copycats by any means: They're pop enthusiasts, first and foremost. Witness the synth pads on "Hold On, We're Coming Home," which were cheesy and irresistible enough for us to take Drake's desire for "hot love and emotion" seriously. This sense of fun is often missing on their solo material, where they too often experiment with darker, self-consciously deeper sounds that fall flat. 2014's A Place Like This EP begins at breakneck speed before devolving into easily ignorable background music. Majid Jordan, likewise, mixes brisk pop efforts with moody cuts that blur together.

The album begins promisingly with "Learn from Each Other," which is kept afloat by pulsating bass and uptempo drums. Standout single "Something About You," produced with the Weeknd architect Illangelo (and featuring background vocals from Vince Staples' secret weapon Snoh Aalegra), deftly samples Al Maskati's distorted vocals. But for every "Something About You," there seems to be a dud, whether it's "Pacifico," "

" (2016 OVO muzak at its flimsiest), or "Shake Shake Shake" (a "

" update). "Day and Night" sounds like a Prince castoff.

And so the question remains: Why bother with Majid Jordan? They are occasionally brilliant—"Something About You," "

," "

," "Small Talk," and "Warm" could make for a tremendous EP—and a full-blown pure pop LP would be welcome. Unfortunately, the duo's apparent ambitions to be something more hold it back from reaching serotonin-peaking heights (like Carly Rae Jepsen's E•MO•TION). Drake may have propelled Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman to heights they may have otherwise never achieved. His specter, however, keeps them grounded.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21506-majid-jordan/

[Tchoutchou]

Mon titre coup de coeur est Love Is Always There Beaucoup trop d'amour

[Ghedir]

J'aime énormément l'album, presque toutes les chansons !

 

Mes préférées:

-Learn From Each Other

-Small Talk

-Pacifico

-Shake Shake Shake

-Something About You

-Love Is Always There

-Day And Night

-Every Step Every Way

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Ils sont actuellement en live Boiler Room Toronto, à voir ici: https://boilerroom.tv/session/toronto-all-star-weekend/

 

Give Me a Reason (For Lovin' You) actuellement est l'un de leurs premiers titres, un peu méconnu...

 

Calabria 2007 + My Neck, My Back