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Matamoros says even he rarely gets them without paying at least $300 a pop, which happens to be more than any other female singer alive today. But in her extended silences, her place in the pantheon of cultural influence has only grown more enormous. Sade is one of the most relentlessly quiet famous people on the planet. Is shall we say, limited lol,” one wrote. “All that says is your understanding of the world and what’s happening in it. So when the owners of East River Tattoo fired back on Instagram, posting a screen shot of the Yelp review beside a caption that said, “Proud to be shattering your expectations of what a tattoo shop should be, every day of the week,” obviously an army of Sade obsessives rushed to the store’s side. She did not so much wear polka dots as single-handedly rescue them from the dustbin of Upper West Side frumpiness.Īs a generation turned, house D.J.s turned remixes of Sade ballads into club classics, and a raft of hip-hop artists repeatedly sampled her. It’s that poignant clarity that captures what makes “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” so powerful - a triumphant cry of acceptance and moving on.The band’s trench-coat-favoring Nigerian-born frontwoman, Helen Adu, known to the world just as Sade, is more responsible for the popularizing of gold hoop earrings than an entire industry of jewelry executives. “It’s all too clear things come and go,” she sings toward the end of the song. Accompanied by softly-strummed acoustic guitar and earthy sounds, Sade’s lyrics feel comforting and strong.
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She has accepted that this love she invested in has come to an end and that she still loves this person, but she has her own life to live. The “ I’m good luv, enjoy” of Sade songs.
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“Love Is Stronger Than Pride” is what it sounds like when you’ve risen above the bullshit. A sentiment that’s all too fucking real if you’ve ever experienced it before. It’s a quiet storm diss track - the “Marvins Room” before “Marvins Room.” It’s the last attempt at salvaging something, or maybe the last attempt at feeling something that she’s so familiar with but knows it has come to an end. Who else’s love is wider than the Victoria Lake or taller than the Empire State? No one but Sade’s. If anything it’s a sequel to “No Ordinary Love.” Sade couldn’t give one fuck that this man has lied to her or that he’s seeing someone else. Now I know what you’re thinking: “‘Is It A Crime’ over ‘No Ordinary Love?’ She literally says ‘I keep crying’ in the latter.” “No Ordinary Love” is obviously a tear-jerker but “Is It A Crime” is tragic. It’s a question that punctuates her declarations - a sign that this love truly meant so much to her and still does. “Didn’t I give you/All that I’ve got to give, baby?” Sade croons in the track’s pre-chorus. Even now, as their relationship has presumably come to an end, he’s taking. She gave and gave and gave, and he took and took and took. “I gave you all the love I got/I gave you more than I could give.” This is how Sade starts off one of her saddest songs of all time.
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That uncertainty hangs over “Hang on to Your Love” and adds a melancholy that stays with you until the very end. Sade conveys a frustration in this track as she sings “In heaven’s name why do you play these games,” but wants to persevere through it all - even if her partner doesn’t seem to feel the same way. Similar to “Never as Good as the First Time,” “Hang on to Your Love” has an upbeat feel that contrasts the lyrics.