The ||NEW EVOLUTION|| begins with ||2NE1|| in their 8th Thread!

[Dream]

Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence

^Lee Hi is new to me. She has a nice voice. Not sure if she'll really grow on me enough to listen to her on a regular basis or not yet. As for CL, I ADORE the girl, and she did a great job as always, but her part seemed kinda unneeded. Like "oh lets just throw in some rap bit here for kicks".

Anyways, thanks for sharing.

That rap is not in the original song ^^, she just made it because she wanted to perform with Lee Hi.

[GREENsora]

I think "ROSE" sounds better with CL's rapping, but dammnit, where are the other girls?!

[*hearT_Place*]

^yeah, that irritates me too. I love, LOVE CL, but I hate how YG seems to be pushing her at the expense of the other girls.

[ILoveGeniuses]

Been reading reviews over amazon and itunes store this morning for Canada and US of will.i.am's new CD. Almost none mentioned "Gettin' Dumb" at all and very very few had anything decent at all to say about the album.

[inthezone]

I miss them so much

[NintendoHTF1242]

Well I went out and bought the deluxe edition of #willpower anyway since I dig that #thatPower song with Justin Bieber. Gettin' Dumb is much better playing in a car. Bass so sexy, and I adore Park Bom's vocals in the song.

[jewelbox]

Still nothing new for 2NE1

[Dream]

Originally Posted by jewelbox

Still nothing new for 2NE1

Lee Hi ends her promotion cycle this week so hopefully we will hear something on 2NE1.

[Not Fade Away]

^Unfortunately, we've still heard nothing lol. They will probably release something new on the one-year anniversary of 'I love You' which is pretty pathetic.

Luckily I have the sexiest R&B artist/rapper Jay Park to keep my ears (and eyes) happy until then.

[ILoveGeniuses]

^Agreed on 2NE1. I love the girls but theyre really ticking me off with all this. I'll be evenmore upset if we wait all this time and only get a damn mini album.

Btw, Not Fade Away, since u brought up JP, is he releasinga new album soon? I couldnt help but notice all the new singles on his facebook page.

Edit: Oh dunno if everyone knows already but 2ne1 will be guest stars performing on stage with Snoop Dogg at his latest concert tour through South Korea.

[inthezone]

I wonder how long they're gonna stay together, Dara and Bom are getting kinda old for girl groups. That's why I want them to come back ASAP because you never know how long they're gonna stick around

[Not Fade Away]

Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence

^Agreed on 2NE1. I love the girls but theyre really ticking me off with all this. I'll be evenmore upset if we wait all this time and only get a damn mini album.

Btw, Not Fade Away, since u brought up JP, is he releasinga new album soon? I couldnt help but notice all the new singles on his facebook page.

Edit: Oh dunno if everyone knows already but 2ne1 will be guest stars performing on stage with Snoop Dogg at his latest concert tour through South Korea.

I think he's dropping the full album this summer, but I'm not sure. It seems like he's releasing a new MV/song every other week though (not that I'm complaining). He just released a snippet of 'I like to party' and it sounds ahhhmahhzing.

Regarding 2NE1 - I agree, if it's a mini-album I will be greatly disappointed.

If you think about it this way......G-Dragon revealed that Big Bang will be back in August with another album. If they drop their album before 2NE1's next album, it will look extremely bad on YGE's part.

I mean, 2NE1's last full-length album was released before Big Bang's 'Alive' album and......well....Big Bang's 'Tonight' album also, so if the boys release another album before 2NE1 it will be a good 3 years since 2NE1 has released a full-length album. I'm not counting 'Collection' here as it was basically recycled material only in Japanese and with one new song and technically speaking, it has been 3 years since 2NE1's last full-length album because their last release was a mini-album.

Sorry for the rant, but I was looking at their discography earlier today and came to this realization and then became frustrated haha.

I know that they will have an album out before Big Bang's in August. If they don't it will be a) humiliating for the company and b) it will hurt 2NE1's popularity and (potentially) their sales. It doesn't really help that they made that public statement that they would not be participating in variety shows anymore. I understand why they don't want to, but when they do stuff like that, they essentially completely fall off the map and don't have any exposure to fill the void in between album releases.

On the other hand - who knows - maybe that's a good thing. It has certainly worked with Utada over the years (my other bias) as the disappearance-and-mysteriously resurfacing thing has seemed to draw fans to her rather than push fans away.

With 2NE1, however, it's different. I think it's mostly because of the K-Pop culture in which groups seem to put something out every so often (even if it's individual members putting something out in the groups' off period).

I know we've said it time and time again, but I also believe that the frustration stems from these "supposed" release dates for new material and then nothing comes from it. I'm not going to go back and count but I know of at least three times (if not more) where YG has announced a comeback date for 2NE1 and then we've either gotten no explanation for no releases or the excuse of "it's not ready yet".

Well maybe if 2NE1 would stop gallivanting around the country and performing with washed-up rappers they would have more time.

I just feel like it's a 'Boy who cried wolf' situation and when they give us the next release date, no one will believe them and the presales will be damaged (yet again, who knows...).

I knew this post was going to be long.....haha. I just wonder what goes on over there at YG concerning 2NE1. Do they think that two releases with Will.i.am that only feature two members of 2NE1 will tide us over?

Or do they think that 'I love you' had enough staying power to last us all these 10 months? (Which - for me - it didn't. I actually forgot about it until they performed it at the NYE show, and then forgot about it again until I realized today that in 2 months/2days it would be the first year anniversary of that song).

I mean....why would you create a whole new concept, release promotional ads and change up the girls style for one new song and then have nothing to do with 2NE1 for almost an entire year?

I know YG artists have said that YG allows them to work on their own schedule, but for heaven's sake. You know it's pretty bad when YG Ladies' posts are all filled with news about Bom's new nail art, or Minji spotting a rainbow, or Dara getting ready to eat some sushi or CL travelling to Europe -yet again - for some fashion show.

Yes.....I check the site at least once a week, lol.

I'm starting to think that - mentally - I should just act like they're pulling a Utada and are on an extended hiatus.

[/End Long Rant]

[ILoveGeniuses]

^Know the feeling and completely agree. I hear more about them doing normal life stuff or fashion shows. While they are impressive with fashion theyre supposed to be SINGERS, NOT MODELS. Also, why should we even care what they had for lunch or other daily things? It's not news. It's like posting that CL brushed her teeth. So what? We ALL do those things everyday, but I don't go bragging or telling people about it.....
Also, COMPLETELY AGREE on the washed up rappers thing. They go on & on about how many awards etc will.i.am's gotten with BEP, but it's more than obvious him & BEP aren't getting anymore anytime soon. -_-

[Delicious n Bold]

Who here feels like "I Love You" is the Kpop equivalent of "Sakura Nagashi" in terms of a hiatus?
Judging by what a comeback means to the Kpop market, 2ne1 have been gone for centuries, like utada.

[adantatu2]

Come here and read this article, 2NE1 could make a comeback soon

http://www.allkpop.com/2013/05/a-new...-entertainment

I hate this company

[Not Fade Away]

^I saw this. I was like "Umm....it BETTER be 2NE1 if you don't want chaos on your hands."

I loved that one comment that was like "Even you [YG] don't know who's comeback is next." hahaha, I was like "Couldn't be more true..."

I also love that the entirety of YG family rushes to take pictures with Will Smith when he shows up at the office but they can't seem to cater to their fans in the same manner and release some music when they've waited for months.

Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence

^Know the feeling and completely agree. I hear more about them doing normal life stuff or fashion shows. While they are impressive with fashion theyre supposed to be SINGERS, NOT MODELS. Also, why should we even care what they had for lunch or other daily things? It's not news. It's like posting that CL brushed her teeth. So what? We ALL do those things everyday, but I don't go bragging or telling people about it.....
Also, COMPLETELY AGREE on the washed up rappers thing. They go on & on about how many awards etc will.i.am's gotten with BEP, but it's more than obvious him & BEP aren't getting anymore anytime soon. -_-

Seriously - like, I don't care about your fashionable outfit you wore today or your nails, sorry 'bout it.

And yeah, I am pretty much over Will.i.am haha. I think he is highly overrated. I'm pretty sure I could compose a better song than him using a pair of chopsticks and a rubber band at this point.

There's also that thing about him having songs that are pretty much all over the place (Gettin' Dumb is a perfect example).

Delicious n Bold: I 100% feel this way tbh. I wonder what the K-netizens think of all this. I mean, their last significant release was a mini-album in 2011 and their last full release was an album in 2010.

That pretty much IS a Utada time line lol.

[Kouyou]

Originally Posted by adantatu2

I hate this company

This.

[Not Fade Away]

I guess YG is releasing new promos of the girls on this site:

http://2ne1loves.com/

The first one is of CL. I'm not sure if this is related to a comeback or what, but it seems pretty pointless if it's not lol.

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by Not Fade Away

I guess YG is releasing new promos of the girls on this site:

http://2ne1loves.com/

The first one is of CL. I'm not sure if this is related to a comeback or what, but it seems pretty pointless if it's not lol.

Nice. Thanks ^_^

[freedreamer]

OMG THAT WAS SO AMAZING!!!!!!!