at this point my eyes glaze over when i read the word "rollout" on here ngl

its just entirely too long with a lot more filler for me than head on the door.

I’m glad I grew up on DreamWorks but I’m definitely not gonna defend the cgi stuff. El Dorado and Prince of Egypt classic though

Melodically he’s a god

Did he write the masterpiece Tearin Up My Heart by NSYNC

filler on double albums is largely a myth

You didnt like the Mel Gibson holocaust movie with the chickens?

not on that one.

My people skills is one of my weaker traits

idk i feel like im equally floored by the music on these gargantuan mastapieces

how is there "filler" where all the songs clearly offer something different and serve a purpose (even though some aren't as good)

Gonna sound really white but I don’t like a lot of R&B vocals. They stylize things too much that it makes the emotions sound inauthentic. Like when people try to switch up the national anthem all show-offy.

because i dont like what they offer lol so they filler for me as a listener

thats aardman from england

that's not what filler means though

a filler song is like Black Sabbath's Paranoid title track where they just rushed to make to because they needed another song. Or Stooges We Will Fall

its what it means to me.

they call that melisma and singers like mariah carey and whitney huston definitely overused it

guys like otis and david ruffin and levi stubbs were spartan in their minimal usage

guys like sam and marvin could do what they wanted and it would still sound smooth af

might be the gospel influence in there, stumbling block for me too. I have warmed up to it more via digestion of early R&B -> Soul. but im still not all the way on board with some of that era's vocal stylings like Aretha who definitely does the style you're thinking of

haven't made it much into contemporary R&B yet. somehow I was able to get into some Mariah Carey though, but I hate Beyonce's singing

yeah thats the word, melisma

used to honestly be one of my most hated things in music so I think I've definitely made progress. 12 year old me would not be able to fathom me now enjoying some Mariah Carey songs

Yeah get Mariah outta here

that was yesterday today i got there like this

cause i added these b-sides which were pretty great

If anyone wants to give me some recommendations to change my mind I’ll take them. I like some 90’s R&B and of course the early 60’s girl groups but that’s almost a totally different thing. Didn’t I Blow Your Mind is also one of my favorite songs ever so there’s that.

Who is that woman

best of The Drifters with Ben E King

go back to the beginning

Well I like a lot of that early stuff already but it’s a very different thing. Drifters are great.