Let's Go On A Little Joyride ★✩✮ The Tinashe Discography Rate - THE WINNER IS...

What is commercial success

What is a Grammy​

What is critical acclaim

What is truth if truth is subjective​

What is regular release schedules​

When you have

The most important thing of all​

PJ's universal goodwill














Where to begin from? Tinashe Kachingwe, AKA Tinashe, AKA Godnashe, doesn't need no introductions. She's one of the most talented, brilliant, hard-working singers/songwriters/producers of the next generation, with a great ear for tunes and a good eye for aesthetics. She's also everybody's favorite Bubbling Under Queen by the way.

Sooooooo, which better way to celebrate all that than a brutal fight to the death? The reason I've gathered you all here on this lovely day is not because the dungeon started stinking (well, also that, it's not a good look for the neighbours, y'know?), but because you have to rate this incredible young woman's complete solo catalogue she's worked on in the course of just over 5 years, and crown one track the ultimate Tinashe song for eons to come until the next rate takes place sometime in 2019.

We'll go through everything, our journey encompassing: starting the guided tour from her first three mixtapes (In Case We Die; Reverie; Black Water); making a stop at her first major label studio album (Aquarius); driving through the highway of her fourth mixtape (Amethyst); stopping to pee at her numerous feature ventures (don't make me list them plz); and stepping off the bus when we get to Nightride, just before the vehicle mysteriously goes up in flames ().

I could have decided to do it all by myself, but no, in the name of likes democracy, I'm going to share this responsibility with y'all, with a warning: it's gonna be a tough and thankless job, so take part at your own risk (but still take part, Haus of @Kuhleezi have some dragons that need feeding). Without further ado, here's the list of all our contestants:

IN CASE WE DIE


1. The Last Night on Earth
2. My High
3. Let You Love Me
4. That
6. Boss
7. I Tried
8. Another Season
9. This Feeling
10. Stumble
11. Crossing the Cosmo
13. Biding My Time
15. Chainless

DatPiff link (free download) | YouTube link (full album)​

REVERIE
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2. Stargazing
3. Yours
4. Slow
5. Another Me
6. Come When I Call
8. Reverie
9. I'm Selfish
10. Ecstasy
11. Who Am I Working For?

DatPiff link (free download) | YouTube link (playlist)

BLACK WATER

1. Black Water
3. Vulnerable
4. Secret Weapon
6. Midnight Sun
7. 1 for Me
9. Fugitive
10. Stunt
11. Just a Taste
12. Middle of Nowhere
DatPiff link (free download) | YouTube link (playlist)

AQUARIUS

1. Aquarius
2. Bet (featuring Devonté Hynes)
3. Cold Sweat
5. 2 On (featuring Schoolboy Q)
6. How Many Times (featuring Future)
8. Pretend (featuring ASAP Rocky)
9. All Hands on Deck
11. Far Side of the Moon
13. Feels Like Vegas
14. Thug Cry
16. Bated Breath
17. Wildfire
19. Watch Me Work

Spotify link (bar Watch Me Work)

AMETHYST

1. Dreams Are Real
2. Wrong
3. Something to Feel
4. Looking 4 It
5. Wanderer
6. Worth It (featuring Iamsu!)
7. Just the Way I Like You
DatPiff link (free download) | YouTube link (playlist)

NIGHTRIDE

1. Lucid Dreaming
2. C'est La Vie
3. Sunburn
5. Sacrifices
6. Company
7. Soul Glitch
8. You Don't Know Me
9. Spacetime
11. Ride of Your Life
12. Party Favors
14. Touch Pass
15. Ghetto Boy
Spotify link

RANDOMS

Can't Say No
Drop That Kitty (with Ty Dolla Sign and Charli XCX)
Player
All My Friends (with Snakehips and Chance the Rapper)
Just Say (with KDA)
Superlove
All Caught Up (with GTA)
Freal Luv (with Far East Movement and others)
Text From Your Ex (with Tinie Tempah)
Quit You (with Lost Kings)
Flame

All links to YouTube videos

A few clarifications:​

• Tinashe is the true Multiplatform Queen, which means there isn't a single place where you can find her whole discography. You'll just have to suck it up and flip between DatPiff (100% legal btw)/YouTube/Spotify/iTunes/whatever you please
• The numbers are all messed up because I've deleted all the interludes, as it would be completely unfair to rate them against fully-formed songs
• Re: the Extras section. My criterion was relevancy, which means only songs released after her departure from the Stunners, released as standalone "singles" (no album tracks like Dollar Signs) where she has a significant enough part (no background vocals nonsense à la Body Language), and she's crucial in the existence of the song itself (= no remixes whatsoever, including, gasp, Slumber party)

Last but not least, THE RULES (which I may or may not have unashamedly copied from some other rate):

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Oh, and don't you dare not drowning me with tons and tons of questionable commentary. Or you'll get my very own version of

You have approx 6 weeks from now, meaning August 13, 23:59 BST to impress me and save yourself from elimination (and skull-dragging). Good luck, and don't

****
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You thought you had seen the last of me?

























OPTIONAL MINIGAME: THE INTERLUDE EDITION (what a tragic ass title but it's 2:32 AM lemme live!)

So, I said we weren't gonna rate the interludes right? I was lying! Well, to be fair, we aren't going to rate them in the main game. But they're definitely an essential part in Tinashe's work, making their first appearance as early as In Case We Die. Taking into account we're pretty much all hunties here, and we'd rate all our relatives using the Eurovision system if only we could, I presnt yu da rulz:​

• Choose your 10 favourite interludes and rate them using the Eurovision scale (12 to your favourite, then 10, then 8-1)
• This side game is OPTIONAL: if you decide to take part, send me your votes (together with the main votes or not, doesn't really matter) by August 13 at noon BST (so that on closing night I'll reveal the minigame results and the proper rate will get started the next day)
• To qualify as an interlude a song needs to be under 2 minutes and/or being "chorusless" (a song, however short, having a chorus repeated at least twice is automatically excluded from this and considered a proper song)
• Spoiler: List of Interludes

  The Will to Survive
  Fading
  Heaven
  
  Fear Not
  Illusions
  
  Before the Storm
  Video Tapes
  Daybreak
  Ain't Ready
  
  Nightfall
  What Is There To Lose
  Indigo Child
  The Calm
  Deep In The Night
  The Storm
  
  Binaural Test
  High Speed Chase
  You Can Stay Here Tonight

 

Spoiler: Easily PMable list

The Last Night On Earth
My High
Let You Love Me
That
Boss
I Tried
Another Season
This Feeling
Stumble
Crossing The Cosmo
Biding My Time
Chainless

Stargazing
Yours
Slow
Another Me
Come When I Call
Reverie
I'm Selfish
Ecstasy
Who Am I Working For?

Black Water
Vulnerable (feat. Travis Scott)
Secret Weapon
Midnight Sun
1 For Me
Fugitive
Stunt
Just A Taste
Middle Of Nowhere

Aquarius
Bet (feat. Devonté Hynes)
Cold Sweat
2 On (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
How Many Times (feat. Future)
Pretend (feat. A$AP Rocky)
All Hands On Deck
Far Side of the Moon
Feels Like Vegas
Thug Cry
Bated Breath
Wildfire
Watch Me Work

Dreams Are Real
Wrong
Something To Feel
Looking 4 It
Wanderer
Worth It
Just The Way I Like You

Lucid Dreaming
C'est La Vie
Sunburn
Sacrifices
Company
Soul Glitch
You Don't Know Me
Spacetime
Ride Of Your Life
Party Favors
Touch Pass
Ghetto Boy

Can't Say No
Drop That Kitty (with Ty Dolla Sign and Charli XCX)
Player
All My Friends (with Snakehips and Chance the Rapper)
Just Say (with KDA)
Superlove
All Caught Up (with GTA)
Freal Luv (with Far East Movement and others)
Text From Your Ex (with Tinie Tempah)
Quit You (with Lost Kings)
Flame

Spoiler: List of Interludes

The Will to Survive
Fading
Heaven

Fear Not
Illusions

Before the Storm
Video Tapes
Daybreak
Ain't Ready

Nightfall
What Is There To Lose
Indigo Child
The Calm
Deep In The Night
The Storm

Binaural Test
High Speed Chase
You Can Stay Here Tonight

A not exhaustive Spotify list ≈*

 

Interlude Minigame

#73 Flame (5.382)
#72 Quit You (with Lost Kings) (6.029)
#71 Text From Your Ex (with Tinie Tempah) (6.235)

#70 Biding My Time (6.382)
#69 Drop That Kitty (with Ty Dolla Sign and Charli XCX) (6.471)
#68 Just The Way I Like You (6.529)
#67 I'm Selfish (6.882)
#66 Thug Cry (6.931)
#64 (tie) Freal Luv (with Far East Movement and others) (6.971)
#64 (tie) Chainless (6.971)
#63 Who Am I Working For? (7.029)
#62 All Caught Up (with GTA) (7.147)
#61 Another Season (7.176)

#60 Boss (7.235)
#59 Stumble (7.264)
#58 How Many Times (feat. Future) (7.278)
#56 (tie) Let You Love Me (7.382)
#56 (tie) Secret Weapon (7.382)
#55 Can't Say No (7.412)
#54 Yours (7.544)
#53 Middle Of Nowhere (7.559)
#52 Slow (7.588)

#49 (tie) Another Me (7.647)
#49 (tie) Reverie (7.647)
#49 (tie) Crossing The Cosmo (7.647)
#48 Just a Taste (7.676)
#46 (tie) Fugitive (7.706)
#46 (tie) My High (7.706)
#45 Stunt (7.735)
#43 (tie) I Tried (7.765)
#43 (tie) You Don't Know Me (7.765)
#42 Come When I Call (7.824)
#41 That (7.868)

#40 Just Say (with KDA) (7.882)
#39 Watch Me Work (7.958)
#37 (tied) Something To Feel (7.985)
#37 (tied) Spacetime (7.985)
#36 This Feeling (8.000)
#35 Wanderer (8.088)
#34 Looking 4 It (8.118)
#33 The Last Night On Earth (8.206)
#32 Player (8.279)
#31 1 For Me (8.309)

 

Oh, and before I forget

@strangekin @strangekin @strangekin

 

Yas. Let's hope the PJ rate curse comes through and she releases Joyride halfway through the reveal.

 

FUCK YES.

 

This is going to be so messy. I'm in.

 

you deleted Indigo Child?

 

Like this post if you're giving Binaural Test 12 points in the interlude rate.

 

Bish you better add Indigo Child back. That was in contention for my 11!

 

Not when:

*ice clinks* *lighter sound* *deep breathe out* "OH shiiiit I'm WAY 2 On"

is coming to sIay in a club near you

 

Yas. Count me in. This will also get me familiar with her first mixtapes.

 

I questioned this a lot, because I know how much love it gets over here. But then I just knew 98% of the commentary would include some variation of "why is this just an interlude???", and we still can't ignore it's only 1 minute and 30 seconds long after all. If I included it, I'd have to include some of the others as well, and the side rate would be entirely pointless if it wasn't enough already.

I'm sure it's going to have its time to shine among the other interludes.

 

Then why you running this rate???

I'll try to rustle up some votes xx

 

High Speed Chase!

 

You're all gonna hate this gif so much​

 

All of us: @Kuhleezi what are you doing why isn't Indigo Child in the main list of songs? Why'd you make this decision?

@Kuhleezi:

 

Okay. I'm going to say it.

The Guilt Trips version of "One For Me"/"1 for Me" is better than the version on Black Water and should be included in the rate.

 

When going through possible entries for the extras section, the good sis Ryan Hemsworth almost fooled me with that different spelling, so I started playing, realised the intro was familiar, and thought "oh they just recycled it, next!".

Let me do the diplomatic (kii) thing: you can rate whichever you like (this also applies to other songs like Party Favors and Player Company).



If you dare mention Igloo anywhere near All Hands On Deck you're getting instantly thread-banned.

 

Do people actually use the Chris Brown and Iggy versions of Player and All Hands On Deck? eek.

I've got a handful of tracks all fighting over which will be my 11, I'm still not sure which one it will be. I'll say it now, I'm hoping we won't see a predictable winner in 2 On or Company. Both songs are absolute bangers, but I want to see something else win that better represents Tinashe as an artist.