NOW Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) From the scrapped 2012 mixtape project. Edited November 18, 2023 by NOW
May Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 the songs themselves are of course good, and have been good in their previously leaked formats but i can’t believe we waited so long for these mixes specifically, they’re rly nothing special in comparison to the versions we’ve already had 2
suburbannature Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 Not the autotune still being on the finished version. I waited 10 years to be disappointed 1 1
Summer Boy Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) omg, I used to be obsessed with this song... I forgot about it until this topic! Edited November 15, 2023 by Summer Boy
flower moon Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 but where is Hollywood's Dead coz that aint it on youtube
Living Legend Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 the beat ruined Damn You. One of her best unreleased tracks but this is not it. Sounds like a fan made it. 3
secretgarden Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 Damn You snippet being better than the full I'm howling. It seriously took 11 years to leak this garbage?
AlexLockhart Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 'Damn You' now sounds like an unpolished fan-made demo when the actual demo was already perfect It would've been much better with re-recorded vocals and a better production, not like a mashup with BTD songs stems 2
Innocencelost Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 the “Cut” missing at the end of Hollywood’s Dead
Frozen99 Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 the BTD-ization the demo was truly perfect... one of the demos... i forgot which one. there's an amazing song hidden inside, she just needs to find the right version. 2 hours ago, Innocencelost said: the “Cut” missing at the end of Hollywood’s Dead lol it just shows how demos so often end up being better than the final versions. i remember being scared there would be no shattered glass in the next best american record after the BAR demo (she ruined the song anyway with the flop lyrics).
VENUSWAVE Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 (edited) still remember when certain infamous scammer on LanaBoards got the snippet along the BTD instrumentals from some music database it's full circle it's extremely disappointing though another Roses situation i fear Edited November 15, 2023 by VENUSWAVE 1
RideOrDie Posted November 15, 2023 Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, VENUSWAVE said: still remember when certain infamous scammer on LanaBoards got the snippet along the BTD instrumentals from some music database it's full circle it's extremely disappointing though another Roses situation i fear now not too much on Grammyses... there's a piano version of it that leaked earlier this year (but only found yesterday ) if you haven't seen, maybe you'll prefer that.
liquiddiamonds Posted November 18, 2023 Posted November 18, 2023 Whats the backstory of this mixtape? Never heard of it
dumbsparce Posted November 18, 2023 Posted November 18, 2023 The production on Damn You sounds like the typical radio mix some of the BTD singles received (Summertime Sadness, Dark Paradise). I didn't know there was a scrapped 2012 project. Was everything scrapped or did some songs make it on Paradise?
ontherocks Posted November 18, 2023 Posted November 18, 2023 It's crazy how boxed in her BTD sound was. And while I love BTD, it's really crazy how ppl trash Jack these days and praise Emile (or even worse: Rick Nowels) almost as if they have forgotten how incredibly dull their productions were.
NOW Posted November 18, 2023 Author Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, liquiddiamonds said: Whats the backstory of this mixtape? Never heard of it 7 minutes ago, dumbsparce said: The production on Damn You sounds like the typical radio mix some of the BTD singles received (Summertime Sadness, Dark Paradise). I didn't know there was a scrapped 2012 project. Was everything scrapped or did some songs make it on Paradise? Shortly after BTD came out she talked about putting together a mixtape of songs that didn't make the album. These 2 were probably included since they got a final mix but plans shifted once she began putting together the Paradise EP which were all entirely new songs except for the Yayo rework. My hunch is that the mixtape contained these songs: Damn You, Hollywood's Dead, Hit and Run, What's a Girl to Do, You Can be the Boss, Hundred Dollar Bill...they had the BTD feel but never made it into final tracklisting which they would have then been worked on by Emile Haynie. Just now, ontherocks said: It's crazy how boxed in her BTD sound was. And while I love BTD, it's really crazy how ppl trash Jack these days and praise Emile (or even worse: Rick Nowels) almost as if they have forgotten how incredibly dull their productions were. I personally think Love is a career highlight for her. It revisited some of the BTD sonic palette but a bit of a refresh. Edited November 18, 2023 by NOW 1 2
liquiddiamonds Posted November 18, 2023 Posted November 18, 2023 Thank you so much for the info @NOW 1
NOW Posted November 18, 2023 Author Posted November 18, 2023 These 2 songs would've sounded gorgeous with final Emile Haynie production but I'm glad she went the Paradise route...these wouldn't have stood out with the rest of the BTD songs and while Paradise isn't my favorite release, it did push her into raunchier territory beyond the 1960s pinup Americana dressup that stylized BTD.
Jeremiah Posted November 19, 2023 Posted November 19, 2023 Just more examples of Lana demos >> final versions
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