#51
Posted: 11/3/16 at 10:39am
So is the Groff version of Satisfied really not on this? What did they record it for, then? Hrm....
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#52
Posted: 11/3/16 at 10:51am
I'm completely here for Ashanti singing "Helpess"
#53
Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:07am
omg i had forgotten about Groff singing Satisfied! now I'm crushed that it's not on this album 
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#54
Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:44am
Oh man, I am SO about Regina Spektor & Ben Folds!!!
#55
Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:42pm
I got chills when I saw Usher on Wait For It and Kelly Clarkson on It's Quiet Uptown. SO PERFECT.
QUESTION!! Does anyone actually see where to preorder? It's not coming up on itunes or amazon.com, though on amazon UK it says 'this item is not available yet, would you like us to email you when it becomes available' yada yada? Or will it just be on the Hamilton website? I'm surprised no news sources actually say WHERE to preorder, just that it opens tomorrow.
#56
Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:52pm
rjm516 said: "QUESTION!! Does anyone actually see where to preorder? It's not coming up on itunes or amazon.com, though on amazon UK it says 'this item is not available yet, would you like us to email you when it becomes available' yada yada? Or will it just be on the Hamilton website? I'm surprised no news sources actually say WHERE to preorder, just that it opens tomorrow."
Probably wherever you want to buy it, it will be there tomorrow. And if it were only on the Hamilton website, I'd still wait until Amazon or somewhere posted it cheaper. It's not like you're getting early access, or early shipment, you're just signing up to get it the same day as everyone else who preorders before the ship date...
#57
Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:58pm
Oh sure I'm just so surprised that, if it will be on itunes and Amazon (which of course it will be!), they don't have listings up yet at least, like all their other pre-preorder products, where the buy button just says the preorder date. I'm sure it'll be up soon though.
#58
Posted: 11/3/16 at 3:48pm
I'm very excited about Kelly Clarkson singing It's Quite Uptown.
#59
Posted: 11/3/16 at 3:50pm
When something is available for pre-order, it comes up on the day that you can pre order it.....
Wow this looks amazing. Andra Day singing Burn?!?! Swooooooon. Love love love this!
#60
Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:17pm
Was so excited when I saw Regina attached. I can only imagine how beautiful her and Ben's "Dear Theodora" will be. I was SUPER excited when I saw Ingrid Michelson attached <3 hands down my favorite singer and so I can't wait to hear her!
Listening to Kelly Clarkson's "It's Quiet Uptown" right now... in tears. BEAUTIFUL. absolutely beautiful.
#61
Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:32pm
Pianolin717 said: "Listening to Kelly Clarkson's "It's Quiet Uptown" right now... in tears. BEAUTIFUL. absolutely beautiful."
Where is it available to preorder? It's not on iTunes yet
#62
Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:35pm
It was on mine! usually things are released on iTunes at 11 PM. I just searched "Hamilton Mixtape" and found it.
#63
Posted: 11/4/16 at 12:23am
Two tracks are available to stream on Spotify, It's Quiet Uptown, and My Shot, also on iTunes and Amazon.
Gonna take a second to digest how I feel about them. It's incredible this is happening.
#64
Posted: 11/4/16 at 12:31am
Hm. I don't care for Kelly Clarkson's version of it. Just something about it. "My Shot" is dope though, as I knew it would be since The Roots were involved.
#65
Posted: 11/4/16 at 12:36am
I have only been able to listen to snippets, but yes "My Shot" = great. Can't say I find find Clarkson's song very 'beautiful' with all that synth and beats - just takes the song completely out of the moment/context in my opinion (I suppose it isn't a cast recording).
I don't often like when they deviate too much from the original arrangements - I hope I am not disappointed by Sia's "Satisfied". One of my favourite artists and perhaps my favourite song from the show.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#66
Posted: 11/4/16 at 12:38am
Kelly Clarkson's "Quiet Uptown" is auditory ambrosia and you're lying if you say otherwise. I am in awe.
#67
Posted: 11/4/16 at 12:41am
Do you think any of these songs will get radio airtime?
#68
Posted: 11/4/16 at 1:21am
I have a feeling many fans of the show are going to dislike this album... But Busta Rhymes destroyed My Shot so so far things are great
#69
Posted: 11/4/16 at 1:53am
My Shot is incredible.
#70
Posted: 11/4/16 at 4:59am
"Quit Uptown" - I was immediately turned off by the synths but the arrangement was on the whole a lot more subdued and I enjoyed it.
"My Shot" I also enjoyed but didn't think it really did anything new with the material.
Both were good but didn't "blow me away." Looking forward to other tracks much more, especially the ones that aren't from the show.
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#71
Posted: 11/4/16 at 5:28am
I love Clarkson's Quiet Uptown . I didn't really notice the synth until the comments here, but I really focus on vocals - so it didn't bother me at all.
Excited for the rest.
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#72
Posted: 11/4/16 at 7:23am
Both these tracks seem way overproduced to me, with too much going on to distract from the points of the songs, but that's the way pop music is today. I'm not the intended audience, so I'll shut up now.
#73
Posted: 11/4/16 at 8:11am
I love Kelly's vocals on It's Quiet Uptown but I REALLY hate the synth and all that backbeat. I really hate it. It makes it sound like a dance song for a club or something instead of the saddest song ever. I wanted to cry!
Busta on 'My Shot', on the other hand, is f-ing incredible, like jaw-dropping. I expected great from him but this is EPIC. And I didn't realize it would be all different lyrics and that was an awesome surprise.
#74
Posted: 11/4/16 at 8:18am
I'm liking both versions...and I tend to focus on vocals as well, so I'm digging It's Quiet Uptown. IMHO, Kelly has gotten better as she has gotten older--so it's nice to hear her voice in such a way. The synth is a bit much...but I don't think it's distracting from the whole thing.
My Shot is absolutely rad. Wow.
I'm hoping maybe other songs will be released along the way to December...I mean, if this is only the beginning...I can't imagine the rest.
#75
Posted: 11/4/16 at 8:20am
nightnic001 said: "Do you think any of these songs will get radio airtime?"
I desperately would like Helpless to be a huge radio hit for Ja Rule and Ashanti (replicating their success from the early 2000s on songs like Always On Time and Mesmerize). The song just seems tailor made for them so I'm very excited. With people like Usher, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Sia, John Legend, Common and Wiz Khalifa I could definitely see some of these songs on the radio.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
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