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Post by I'M ON ONE on Mar 16, 2011 21:54:10 GMT -5
 Ryan Leslie takes it way back on his new song “Joan of Arc,” expected to be included on his third album Les Is More. The singer-songwriter laments living life as a player, rapping over burning synthesizers about how hooking up with a slew of girls has its consequences.
“I took a chance on romance, I loved you/ And now that it burns, still I yearn to touch you,” he sings on the chorus, flipping back to rhyming on the verses. |
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Mar 17, 2011 5:41:01 GMT -5
This is really hot but in a background way. Not in a "should be a single" way.
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Post by duh5 on Mar 17, 2011 6:29:42 GMT -5
This is his worst single IMO.
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Post by angeltimes on Mar 17, 2011 7:30:29 GMT -5
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Post by Grenade on Mar 17, 2011 11:31:05 GMT -5
I like it. He's on an indie label now, so I don't see it doing much.
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Post by angeltimes on Mar 17, 2011 12:38:33 GMT -5
me no likey
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Post by Someone Like You on Mar 17, 2011 14:45:46 GMT -5
I like it but it's an awful single.
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Post by AFRO SAMURAI on Mar 19, 2011 9:49:17 GMT -5
The whole Ryan Leslie situation frustrating.
He's a great talent with great lyrics and an awesome voice, but his production always falls just a little short. Paired with the right producer, I think he could nail down some decent hits. This isn't going to be one of them.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Mar 22, 2011 20:19:39 GMT -5
Mar 22 2011 5:20 PM EDT
Ryan Leslie Gets Burned By A Bad Girl On 'Joan Of Arc'
'That record is based on a personal experience,' R.Les tells MTV News of his betrayal ballad.
By Jayson Rodriguez (@jayhovawitness) , with reporting by Ade Mangum
Ryan Leslie may be best known as a ladies' man (and a child prodigy; he graduated Harvard at 19!), but the singer and producer doesn't always get the girl.
In fact, on his latest track, "Joan of Arc," the Harlem-based crooner waxes poetically about one he had to let get away.
"I wake up to detect messages in my email/ This what I get for messing with pretty females," he sings over stuttered production. "It's a crazy life, yeah it's a mad world/ Where good dudes will betray you over a bad girl/ And bad girls'll take advantage of good dudes."
The song ends with an actual voicemail message Ryan Leslie received from police asking him to come in for questioning.
"That record is actually based on a personal experience that I went through over that week," the newly independent artist told MTV News about the track, which he recorded and released in one day. "I actually spent that week in the studio with Ne-Yo, and [Fabolous] came through. That's how you know I was really going through something because of the creative output. I did four records with Ne-Yo [and the] 'You Be Killin' Em' remix and the 'Joan of Arc' record all in the span of five days."
"Joan of Arc" is darker and more sinister than Leslie's standard fare, but he manages to execute a kiss-off as effective as Chris Brown's "Deuces." He delivers chilly lines more in tune with a rapper than an R&B singer: "They say in love and war, all's fair/ But when you break up and go out, yeah, they all stare / Obfuscating the real reason we've grown apart/ You played the victim so well, Joan of Arc."
"There's just an ability to story-tell through rap and poetry, where sometimes you don't want a note to it," R.Les explained. "Maybe in certain moments in life you want to sing something. But when you're upset sometimes or when you really want to get your point across, you don't want to sing to someone, you want to directly let them know what's going on and that's what the 'Joan of Arc' record is about."
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Post by Chains on Mar 22, 2011 23:52:35 GMT -5
Coldplay inspired single art.
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