Album arts + tracklistings: Nelly Furtado - The spirit indestructible

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Behold. The purple hazed album covers of Nelly Furtado's fifth studio album The Spirit indestructible. Nelly's put on some (lots of) weight since Mi Plan, so I'm not surprised a head shot was all we got here. It's a boring ass album cover, but Nelly's album covers always are. She looks nice though. Digging the native American look. Liking the revision of the type face on her name too. Didn't think she's ever change that.

Nelly Furtado's worldwide follow up to Loose was scheduled for a June 19 release. But after the realization that Justin Bieber will be dropping his long awaited follow up album on the same day, Nelly has now run her ass back to September. I could live in the vain hope that she'll use this extra time to hit up Danja on Twitter and get him to hook her up with some extra material, but I know she won't. Don't nobody want that n***a's beats any more. Po' Danja.

  1. The spirit indestructible
  2. Big hoops (Bigger the better)
  3. High life (featuring Ace Primo)
  4. Parking lot
  5. Something (featuring Nas)
  6. Bucket list
  7. The most beautiful thing (featuring Sara Tavares)
  8. Waiting for the night
  9. Miracles
  10. Circles
  11. Enemy
  12. Believers
Deluxe edition tracks
  • Hold up
  • End of the world
  • Don't leave me
  • Be OK (featuring Dylan Murray)
  • Thoughts (featuring The Kenyan Boys Choir)
  • Thoughts (Tiesto Remix)

I want to look forward to this album, because I dig Nelly Furtado and I've been waiting SO long for her to follow up Loose (an album which does not get enough credit for the sound craze it started and the way it paved for a lot of female artists at the time). But knowing that Rodney Jerkins has produced the bulk of it is leaving me worried, because this man's sound has been falling off for the past 9 years and is sounding hella stale save for the odd gem here and there. He's gone from having a clearly distinguishable sound, to just ripping people off. "Big hoops (Bigger the better)" could not sound any more Timbaland-like if it tried. I'm surprised a n***a didn't throw some ♪ Rickiit rickitt ♪ on the top and just call it a day.

I hope Rodney Jerkins had one of his genius moments with this album. I really do. Because I want this album to be great. But Rodney's left too many pieces of shit in his wake for me to have any faith.

Does anybody even know what the hell "Big hoops (Bigger the better)" is about? I thought it was about earrings. Listened to it last week and figured perhaps it's about Kid 'n Play's House party.  Then I listened to it a minute ago and now I think its about c**k rings and sex parties.