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FutureSex/LoveSounds vs. The Fame

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  1. 1. Better album?

  2. 2. Superior smash hit?

  3. 3. Which popularized dance-pop in the US?

    • FutureSex/LoveSounds
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    • The Fame
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    • Actually, another album did it (specify in the comments)
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Two blockbuster albums that have been credited for popularizing dance-pop sounds in the US. But which is better? And which deserves the credit?

 

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shame on you OP for questioning THEE FAME's credentials to that cheesy album 

 

 

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1 minute ago, shyboi said:

shame on you OP for questioning THEE FAME's credentials to that cheesy album

Cry about it

 

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The Fame musically does not come close to FSLS. Timberlake gave us a whole sound that was not popular in US yet. Gaga jumped on the train that was starting to take off. US artist jumped on the "dance pop" train because they wanted a #1 in the UK.

 

There was also the "Prince-ly sound" that took over R&B after Justin's 'Until the End of Time' came out. Love him, hate him... he that album was definitely the future sound.

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2 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

Cry about it

 

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THE FAME for me 

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Gaga for all. The Fame/Fame Monster are legendary. 

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Virgos Groove Grand Master

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Making this poll and looking at the streaming numbers made me realize we failed as a society when we made SexyBack a bigger hit than My Love.

 

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Gaga clears easily

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I never listened to FSLS so I can't choose. Musically they're two different things. Justin was always staying on the r&b music lane while Gaga was doing europop/dancepop/edm, etc. two different products. A better comparison would be The END vs The Fame and FSLS vs loose or blackout  

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26 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

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Two blockbuster albums that have been credited for popularizing dance-pop sounds in the US. But which is better? And which deserves the credit?

 

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Gave this a reaction because #that. It's a harmless thread. :deadbanana2:

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Virgos Groove Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, VioletsandRoses said:

I never listened to FSLS so I can't choose. Musically they're two different things.

How would you know they're different if you never listened to one of them?

 

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Just now, Virgos Groove said:

How would you know they're different if you never listened to one of them?

 

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Based on the singles which radio played. 

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I came in here and expected to be the only FL stan, but it's a tie omg, shocker. 

 

But Fame took the world by storm

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Just now, VioletsandRoses said:

Based on the singles which radio played. 

My Love and SexyBack are clearly inspired by dance music.

 

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I heard dance and techno and was always interested in it but didn't really know where to go. But I went to a club one night and saw that people were losing their mind to these dance tracks. It wasn't really that I wanted to mimic that sound. I just wanted to have that energy and have people going crazy. So I knew the fusion was putting R&B with trance. As soon as I put the boom-boom-kack, I knew it. - Danja, 2006

FS/LS and Blackout (both children of Danja) have more in common with The Fame and The E.N.D. than Loose, which followed Timbaland's traditional sound.

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7 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

My Love and SexyBack are clearly inspired by dance music.

 

FS/LS and Blackout (both children of Danja) have more in common with The Fame and The E.N.D. than Loose, which followed Timbaland's traditional sound.

Sexyback and My Love are Electro-R&B songs with hip hop elements, while the songs from The Fame/The End are euro-pop and dance pop. They sound nothing like. The Loose singles were very similar, especially Promisicous and Say It Right. Which makes sense since they're from the same year and follow the same music trend. 

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shame on you OP for questioning THEE FS/LS credentials to that cheesy album 

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1. FutureSex/LoveSounds

2.Poker Face

3.The Fame

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Nothing on FSLS is touching the highs of Poker Face and Paparazzi I fear not to mention all the other bops

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This is actually quite tough

 

As an album, Future Love is stronger. But the singles in The Fame DEVOUR 

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Let's not forget that 'Confessions On a Dance Floor' was released in 2005

 

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1. FutureSex/LoveSounds is the better album imo.

2. Poker Face is the superior smash hit.

3. The Fame popularized dance pop and this is in conversations constantly as the catalyst for the resurgence of it.

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Oh they both a great ... I can't choose between them honestly. They were both a peak from my high school days

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