Let's do this!
We'll begin with Jazmine Sullivan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2nSh7QraY
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link
lol oops rolling R&B thread 2015
― un chill goon (some dude), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
gonna just throw my post from the other thread in here before i ask mods to delete that thread:
should hopefully be getting albums this year from Miguel, Jeremih (?), Maxwell (???????), Frank Ocean, Usher, Ne-Yo, Jazmine Sullivan, T-Pain, Tamar Braxton, The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign, TeeFLii, Elle Varner, Brandy, and Alicia Keys.
i heard a really good new Sevyn Streeter single, "Don't Kill The Fun," on the radio today, but it doesn't appear to be online yet (which I didn't think was possible anymore.
― un chill goon (some dude), Monday, January 5, 2015 8:26 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― un chill goon (some dude), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
i'm excited for jazmine's album; "forever don't last" clicked w/ me so much recently
i need to hear that sevyn streeter single!! was chris brown on it? my googling just now seems to indicate that possibility
― dyl, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 05:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah, CB is on it. i missed the beginning of the song so it's possible he has a verse or something but he didn't seem like he was on it very prominently, like glorified backup vocals basically.
― un chill goon (some dude), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 06:14 (nine years ago) link
this was from last year, oh well, but i dont think i saw it in the R&B thread? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2XwUazy1Q
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 13:18 (nine years ago) link
new jazmine stream!
http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/01/jazmine-sullivan-reality-show-album-premiere
― prolego, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
"Mascara" is a wonderful song but I'm not quite feeling the rest of the album besides "Stanley."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
the run from "forever don't last" to "masterpiece" is all really good to me. the rest other than "dumb" and "mascara" did not really click on one listen... but then again "forever don't last" is prob my favorite of them all and it had to grow on me over the course of ~a month.
― dyl, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
pretty psyched to dig into this. Dumb, Forever and Mascara were top tracks for last year.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 January 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
ha i came in to say i'm really feeling this brooding, dissatisfied album and i haven't even got to the stretch you guys love yet
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 12:00 (nine years ago) link
her voice is a revelation
i'm going to be in a work cave for most of this month and i'm pretty happy that i can just soundtrack it with an endless loop of the rae sremmurd/dawn richard/jazmine sullivan albums. 2015 already better than 2014 tbh
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 12:02 (nine years ago) link
and then i got to "stanley" and omg its outro and that bassline
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 12:12 (nine years ago) link
I spoke too soon. "Stupid Girl," "Hoodlove," "Veins" – I love this. She's never sounded so confident, and the material allows her to perform with a hint of glamorous self-parody.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 January 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
someone have a link for j sullivan 4 me
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 8 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Matt Bomer, who looks like Josh Brolin restyled as a Reagan administration lawyer, will play Monty Clift in an upcoming biopic.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 January 2015 15:34 (nine years ago) link
lol wrong thread
boys have toys too, you know they dothey call us stupid girls, they call us stupid girlsand when you love 'em like i do, you'll be a foolyou'll be a stupid girl, you'll be a stupid girl
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
dissatisfaction over making money (whether behind-the-curtain music industry stuff or theatre girl roles like "silver lining"), dissatisfaction over love that builds up to the most uptempo trax...who knew jazmine could sound so good so jaded? her last album was so elated
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
her vocal delivery on "stupid girl" and "if you dare" is unlike anything she's ever done before
"dumb" and "forever don't last" feel like real red herrings!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 8 January 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
"Mascara" too – it's like she's attempting some mocking theatrical Shirley Bassey shit that works.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 January 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
i thought Love Me Back was a fantastic album and a hard act to follow, but so far this one is at least close to the same standard
― un chill goon (some dude), Thursday, 8 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
according to the songwriting credits this is much more spare too: very much an intimate affair.
I officially love this record. The bonus track "If You Dare" is terrific too.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 January 2015 20:51 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fohpiig8N4U
― Andy K, Friday, 9 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
heh, i didn't know jazmine premiered "stupid girls" last year...to a barbershop full of men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkC3ZEb-_7s
― lex pretend, Friday, 9 January 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link
new sevyn streeter also existent and it's a great look for her, love those early 90s house horns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcHppmXGGK4
― lex pretend, Friday, 9 January 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
jazmine album is great; excited to hear about the sevyn release... sad to see her continuing to have to piggyback on less interesting male r+b dorks
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 January 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
that youtube is slowed down i think; see http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/sevyn-streeter-dont-kill-the-fun-premiere/
but i love it!! so fresh and floaty, makes me wanna move fast then slow :)
― dyl, Friday, 9 January 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
xp Wow, Chris Brown sounds like hell there. Maybe he had a cold? Or did they just not tweak his voice in the studio? Like, why even have him on the track if that's his contribution?
― Evan R, Friday, 9 January 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
oh i didn't listen to the youtube i just d/lded an mp3
― lex pretend, Friday, 9 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
sadly chris's mere presence on the track will help it fly up radio playlists
― dyl, Friday, 9 January 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
good song but i wish the drums weren't so busy underneath, the whole of the production doesn't really work 100% for me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 9 January 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
love the jazmine
― ANU (sisilafami), Saturday, 10 January 2015 00:20 (nine years ago) link
I'm curious as to who produced "Stanley".
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:28 (nine years ago) link
stanley does feel like the next most likely standout after the already released singles don't it.
― shmup....smug....shmub....shmug.... (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 10 January 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid),
Da Internz
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 10 January 2015 13:05 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaRypcAQGps
http://thumbs.gograph.com/gg66440626.jpg
― r|t|c, Sunday, 11 January 2015 13:39 (nine years ago) link
they're gonna ride this formula out huh
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 11 January 2015 13:47 (nine years ago) link
i mean, it's obv a bottle of red preserves, kinda cant deny that, but conceptual & at a remove it's kind of a boring maneuver
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 11 January 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
that be the pectin
― r|t|c, Sunday, 11 January 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
i mean yeah objectivity don't really come into it but eh who cares
basically i glean all of this from the tim westwood radio show here because tim continues to curate his dancehall style juggling sections of mustard wave and it is all simply irresistable
like the other week he even had me vibing on this before i had to slap myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDDVE2l0sPw
― r|t|c, Sunday, 11 January 2015 13:56 (nine years ago) link
lol martorialist has been trying to get me into that for weeks prob bc of westwood
not clicking for me tho
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 11 January 2015 14:00 (nine years ago) link
not that anyone should be proud of capitalizing off 'thots' but of COURSE its French Montana who manages to swipe that one
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 11 January 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
lol yeah there is quite literally no other explanation for a fondness for that tune
tim seems to still have his old hotline to ny going so he plays the shit out of even the most minor french montana appearance, and that plus tim's trick of playing no more than 90 seconds of anything leads to these regrettable jammings
fwiw i checked the recent show i was thinking of and he fired thru all these in series
French Montana - Bad Bitch (feat. Jeremih / Diggy Simmons ft French Montana - Ain't Bout To Do / French Montana ft Jeremih & Chris Brown - Don't Panic / Wash - Can't Trust Thots ft. French Montana
― r|t|c, Sunday, 11 January 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6436328/tomorrows-hits-natalie-la-rose-wash-josh-dorr
damn both of these were profiled here now i look l8
otoh how can i compete with the article's author mr g thot here https://twitter.com/gthot20
― r|t|c, Sunday, 11 January 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
lol
― dyl, Sunday, 11 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
they're just using shazam prob
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 12 January 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
i passed on covering natalie la rose for the french montana/jeremih record for my column but i feel like the latter just has a nice menacing darkness to it which is refreshing in the ratchet milieu
― deej loaf (D-40), Monday, 12 January 2015 02:51 (nine years ago) link
la rose's mannishly dorky "in the cluuhhh like wuuhhh goin duhhh like wuhhh" bit is a relatively unexpected treat, for a leona lewis lookalike at least
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 10:35 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0mjP09Idg
;_;
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
that la rose song is great, we touched on it in the pop thread. lol-obv whitney interpolation but it works a lot better than "don't tell em" imo
the jazmine album is so, so well sequenced, albeit it feels like its narrative starts at "mascara" and ends at "masterpiece" (with "if you dare" feeling like a victory lap bonus track)
― lex pretend, Monday, 12 January 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
pshhhhhhh pop thread. no conviction sops to the moribund
― r|t|c, Monday, 12 January 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
http://saintheron.com/featured/devonte-hynes-reviews-jazmine-sullivans-reality-show-album/
Dev Hynes reviews the album
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
I did too: http://www.spin.com/reviews/jazmine-sullivan-reality-show/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
new ciara single out of nowhere ... prod by harmony samuels, co-written w/ some fool from rock city who's really taking the success of "i don't mind" as license to do his fake migos ad libs all over the place
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6436671/ciara-i-bet-exclusive-song-premiere
i'm.... willing to give this the benefit of the doubt. i guess i have a soft spot for songs that sound like fake ne-yo songs written by stargate
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:30 (nine years ago) link
imagine they're gonna need a new single to really get an album in motion but this is decent gossip fodder at least
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
These faux-Future ad-libs are hilarious.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
Song would be good without those adlibs
― Spottie, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 06:28 (nine years ago) link
album's gonna be called jackie apparently, no release date given
song's aight, might grow on me
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
Rock City must be stopped
― some dude, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:41 (nine years ago) link
well this is embarrassing
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 12:36 (nine years ago) link
this new ne-yo single is kinda nice but the chorus is pretty underwritten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lao5NnhhEVE
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Timothy Bloom's new song is '60s soulman meets Prince plus 808s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOaph8MAlI#t=61
― Evan R, Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
that Ne-Yo single is much better than Jessie J.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
*er, the Juicy J collab
lol i was gonna say, not a very high bar to clear
― dyl, Thursday, 15 January 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link
http://highlineballroom.com/show/2015/02/25/luke-james-bj-the-chicago-kid/
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/5rQ0tsWmY41jKw4bNmllLN
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
ty
― Spottie, Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:49 (nine years ago) link
np. let's see if I can keep this up!
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 24 January 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
The new Ne-Yo album is really great, glad he's mostly jettisoned EDM (and in the moments that it's used, it makes sense within the context of the songs)
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
well that's an exciting report
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
21 tracks huh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Mine has 19, but yeah, it's kinda long so it fizzles out a bit near the end and "She Knows" is reallyyyy jarring within the context of this album, like they should have made it a bonus track or left it off entirely
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 17:13 (nine years ago) link
"coming with you" is very "down on my luck"!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
LOL @ the moment "she knows" comes in, i think murgatroid's warning made it less jarring than it probably is.
yeah, i'm enjoying this so far. "integrity" was quite striking
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
"story time" is striking in a bad way o_0
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
ne-yo protesting too much in it
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
new jodeci!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTkHE7Zyes
― maura, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
I want to believe Ne-Yo will be good again but YOTG sounds like his last will and testament.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
This Jodeci!
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link
speaking of nineties comebacks: the new Johnny Gill track has him doing a credible Pharrell imitation.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 23:45 (nine years ago) link
I literally turned off everything in my room to play that Jodeci
― 龜, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
I'm sitting here in darkness and my computer is off and I have no idea how I'm posting or listening to Jodeci rn but I am
"Story Time," wft?
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
so wtf i can't even type wtf correctly
enjoying this track by (i guess) a relatively new singer named alexandria: https://soundcloud.com/supernaturaltracks/a-l-e-x-a-n-d-r-i-a-treat-me-bad-bad-ep-2015
― j. winters (josh), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 08:46 (nine years ago) link
i like that
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:34 (nine years ago) link
is jazmine sullivan really going to not push "stupid girl" and "stanley" as singles
honestly, making songs as good as those then just sitting on them
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:44 (nine years ago) link
Stupid Girl should be huge. The problem is that they seem kinda intent on hiding her from view since she's gained weight, cf. the album cover.
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:09 (nine years ago) link
comparing how jazmine and adele's careers have been managed is infuriating
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 11:29 (nine years ago) link
"stupid girl" is a great song but i do think it's probably hamstrung by the winehouse-lite production
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Well I kinda agree but tbh I think the song and her performance are cathartic enough to break through the barrier. The if you're like me - you'll be a stupid girl trope is goose bump inducing.
― longneck, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
I created a playlist in which a Sullivan and Dawn Richard song alternate.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 14:50 (nine years ago) link
i love both those records but that sounds like a terrible way to listen to them
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
WIGGING OUT over the Jazmine Sullivan album omg, I snagged this on a whim and it is really exciting me.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 January 2015 04:21 (nine years ago) link
this teefli song w/ snoop & quik is pretty nice http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/teeflii-addicted-snoop-dogg-dj-quik
quik's verse is kind of a masterpiece
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 January 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
i wanna have a straight menage a troisboth them pussies fat like some foie gras
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 January 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
that verse is A+ vintage quik
― Spottie, Friday, 30 January 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
lol that quik verse
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Friday, 30 January 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Quik's verses are tastier than foie gras ime
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 January 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
Is there a specific late '90s album that the Jazmine Sullivan album cover is reminding me of? Or does it just have sort of a throwback look?
― Tove Lo Tove You Baby (jaymc), Sunday, 1 February 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
hahaha that quick verse
― sae nnwurd - throw sum mo ka (k3vin k.), Sunday, 1 February 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
saw this song on jezebel this morning & it's amazing http://themuse.jezebel.com/nyc-singer-rahel-will-not-serve-you-lobster-on-a-beach-1683213655
production is like balearic R&B but with a dancehall tempo. hook is nice too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odht9-G7im0
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 February 2015 06:12 (nine years ago) link
oh damn
― dyl, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
i've heard the full album, i think it's very good especially for a debut
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 February 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
so nice to hear an r&b vocalist over a track like this and not have the singer's identity basically scrubbed out of the track and visual like is so often the case in trendy deep house/nu disco cuts lately (esp remixes of old songs). not saying this is a dance track or anything but yeah.
― dyl, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Wow nice find Jordan
I'm sure these boards have touched on this but "arty" R&B has become so codified over the last few years that very little of it surprises anymore, so it's rare find something that truly breaks form a bit
― Evan R, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
the album (it's out next tuesday) might turn some people off (lex) -- it's being put out on le1f's label and reminds me some of the inc. album only i loved (at least as far as ilm goes)
but the production is incredibly rich throughout -- it's very airy and open and almost balearic (though not as much as "serve"), but not floaty. the basslines are juicy and prominent, and there's plenty of texture. it's not a songwriter's album, which again will turn some people off, but the vocals are very strong. you have to be open to vibe-y hipster R&B but i really think this is the sort of album that justifies the entire enterprise. it's a skillfully played and arranged record, and it's luxurious as hell.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
sold. completely obsessed with 'serve'
― flopson, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
Love this. A lot of what I was irrationally hoping for when I first heard Nguzunguzu's perfect Lullaby.
― tsrobodo, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
Reminds me a little of the better moments on that SZA album
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:14 (nine years ago) link
this Ne-yo album IS his best since 2008 (even the T.I. collab) but I don't know if I care enough to rate this higher than a recovery.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
guhhhh Jazmine Sullivan's playing at a cool venue but tickets are $28 and after fees they're over $40. What the fuck.
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 5 February 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
tbh though it's not even that great of a venue
imo the Ne-Yo album cements my theory that all of his albums have different strengths and weaknesses but are ultimately all pretty much equally good. never thought Year of the Gentleman was any better than the others.
― some dude, Thursday, 5 February 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
Rahel is on a bunch of stuff from the past several years -- Herbert's remix of Koze's "Magical Boy," Eric Lau's New Territories, etc.
"Serve" seems far more suited for 4AD than any Inc. song.
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
"Serve" is cool but not amazing. Inc were hot flammable garbage.
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
they weren't, actually. that was the problem
― r|t|c, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
very funny
andy- that's a different Rahel.
― How to Destroy How to Dress Well (lou), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Am I missing something about "Serve" it feels like ... approximated R&B
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
the songwriting and vocals are pretty clearly R&B .... the production is different though. i like that it sounds like an edit of another song that doesn't exist.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 February 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:16 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agree with this
the production is interesting but the song doesn't do much
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 February 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
reminds me of a lesser version of that new sevyn streeter single more than anything
Huh! Thanks for the correction.
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:51 (nine years ago) link
had a friend suggest this to me; i don't know much about her but i'm into ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8RguidJ3hM
― j. winters (josh), Friday, 6 February 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
this new sevyn streeter single, gawd.
incredible.
― real hip hop for j dilla fans (o_sailor), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:19 (nine years ago) link
agreed with deej's assertion that it accurately self-reviews/scolds itself
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
who produced the new Jodeci track?
― mingalaba, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
this bobby brackins/tinashe/jeremih track sounds exactly like you think it will & i love it https://soundcloud.com/bobbybrackins/my-jam-feat-zendaya-jeremih-prod-by-dem-jointz/s-JZULO
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 10 February 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
sorry ZENDAYA not tinashe lol
not that it particularly matters in this case
love love love that bobby brackins
kinda unbelievable that we never really mentioned "hot box" from last year
more rnbass, basically
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 February 2015 08:48 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ymnNSqRKI
― abcfsk, Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
i've never heard an argument about that album where i'm like "yeah ok
love love love that bobby brackinskinda unbelievable that we never really mentioned "hot box" from last yearmore rnbass, basically
yeah "hot box" really had legs for me
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
did anyone hear the teeflii album? i wasn't impressed, as ever with his stuff, but not so unimpressed that i wouldn't give it another go if someone was to really rep for it
― lex pretend, Saturday, 14 February 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
hes always been unimpressive except as a mannequin for dope Mustard beats
― deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 14 February 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
Damn, that Nieah track ruins some gorgeous production with some miserable vocals.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Monday, 16 February 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Saturday, February 14, 2015 3:53 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark
it sounded okay to me ... i was surprised/disappointed that they didn't really hone in on a sound. it felt like he was fishing around too much. the song with quik & snoop is great though.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 16 February 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
that nieah track!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 16 February 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ToUSfvXXE
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Monday, 16 February 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I guess I should warn people she's still continuing her aversion to wardrobery but fuuuuuck.
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Monday, 16 February 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Maybe it gets a bit CB4 but still amazing.
― aybaybayfan (The Reverend), Monday, 16 February 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
i was just wondering what happened to her
― lex pretend, Monday, 16 February 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
lol aversion to wardrobery
― raccoon tanuki dye dashiki nefertiti edges kinky (some dude), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
that's a really great song, too
― lex pretend, Monday, 16 February 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko)
I don't think so at all although she comes from a collective of female rnb producer/performers so knob twiddling might be her main forte.
― abcfsk, Monday, 16 February 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
tantalising v. bozeman news, notwithstanding timbaland's presence:
On the music front, Bozeman finished two albums last summer and will be releasing them both this year. Before her solo debut Music is My Boyfriend drops this summer, her collaborative album with Timbaland, Opera Noire, will arrive late February/ early March and is, what she describes, “so powerful it’ll hit the [music] industry in a way it’s never been hit before.”
"race jones" isn't on itunes though :(
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 10:00 (nine years ago) link
new luke james is rather beautiful, i hope he continues in this gothy cosmic vein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDpVF0D21Y
also quite enamoured of "ice cream" by someone called audrey rose featuring remy ma and fetty wap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1XnH--XaLU
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 10:53 (nine years ago) link
wow that v bozeman song is really something. jaw-dropping, how on earth has it been on the internet for months without blowing up already
such a wonderful surprise to see her do something so terrific too, i loved her on "'til the end of time"
― dyl, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
i rep v hard for this v. bozeman single from a couple of years ago, "poison"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvznv1hDJVc
seems like she's on this empire tv show and her career's getting a commensurate boost?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
"race jones" apparently co-written by cee-lo!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
rnbass plus salt n pepa? love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No0qMR3jINk
― if you're reading this is an ed sheeran album (o_sailor), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
:D
― dyl, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 17:57 (nine years ago) link
oh my god LOVE IT
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
second pro-female song from mustard in a row after the jordin sparks one. is he ATONING??
touch of old rasheeda in the way she snaps down on "earthquake"
this song is my platonic ideal of pop
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
So much gold in this thread lately.
"Figure 8" makes me really want Mustard to produce a Rye Rye comeback album.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
err, I guess comeback isn't the right word but you know what I mean, an album ppl care about
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
New Raheem DeVaughn album is out.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
I like the song "Pretty Lady" (with Trombone Shorty). But that's to be expected with my interest in N'awlins brass
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
got put onto this other malibu n helene song "starin at it" that i think is better than "figure 8" cc: lex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr46FKbT2Ig
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 February 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
yh i found that on itunes with "figure 8", i think it's excellent but not better
― lex pretend, Friday, 20 February 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
prefer figure 8 but both are great. both on spotify btw and they have a cover of chris brown's loyal on youtube. really like both of their voices and after listening to the maliibu ep it's clear that they're a good combo/sound better with each other than alone
― misterjoshua, Friday, 20 February 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9pnBZv_TWs#t=183
― Evan R, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
very nice!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
the year's first SPRING JAM
loving the groove
Produced by Pop & Oak. But Tamia really owns this one; could imagine a version of it that just sounded like a Miguel retread
― Evan R, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
tamia's voice is so lovely
― dyl, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
High-octane Sevyn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-GlW8n3r_E
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
that tamia is really nice
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 February 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link
not very forward thinking but it's a fun song
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 05:14 (nine years ago) link
that new sevyn is a banger
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 11:04 (nine years ago) link
people who like pretty vibesy r&b with no real songs might enjoy this https://keiya.bandcamp.com/releases
on the subject of which, that rahel album only seems to have been "released" as a soundcloud stream, what is the point of that
(it's the kind of album where the hitherto uncatchy single really pops out, the sun is streaming into the kitchen right now and i'm enjoying this sound washing over me but i can barely remember what's happening as it's actually happening)
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 12:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g2lDLZ0urw
― soyrev, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
sorry d'angelo this that real sophomore heat the game's been missing
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:14 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol who talks like this
― raccoon tanuki dye dashiki nefertiti edges kinky (some dude), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 13:50 (nine years ago) link
loving the inc song. trying to place what the solo's channeling
― soyrev, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
"forward thinking" is the worst most meaningless phrase, i'm sure i was guilty of it in my early writing days
inc are still the worst get it out of here
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
i tweeted this to jordan recently but it bears repeating: only Inc that we acknowledge is Murder
― raccoon tanuki dye dashiki nefertiti edges kinky (some dude), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
i've been listening to the inc album a lot recently, this track sounds pretty good
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 February 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
oh, and we touched on this in her thread, but the new estelle album is excellent. she does classy x insouciant so well.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
tamia album will also feature collaborations w/ the-dream and tricky stewart apparently
― dyl, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
lol the inc
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/bemyfiasco/mondaymorningblues
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
hating inc is basic. find me other R&B that does what they do better (or other R&B that does what they do at all) and i'll reconsider
― soyrev, Thursday, 26 February 2015 06:19 (nine years ago) link
:|
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 February 2015 06:26 (nine years ago) link
that might mean they're making unique indispensible R&B or maybe just maybe it means they're not making R&B at all
― raccoon tanuki dye dashiki nefertiti edges kinky (some dude), Thursday, 26 February 2015 06:34 (nine years ago) link
lol who talks like this― raccoon tanuki dye dashiki nefertiti edges kinky (some dude), Wednesday, February 25, 2015 "forward thinking" is the worst most meaningless phrase, i'm sure i was guilty of it in my early writing daysinc are still the worst get it out of here― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 25, 2015
"forward thinking" is the worst most meaningless phrase, i'm sure i was guilty of it in my early writing daysinc are still the worst get it out of here― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 25, 2015
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 February 2015 07:24 (nine years ago) link
@raccoon and yet their music is clearly r&b, primarily?
― soyrev, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
lol clearly it is time for me to drop that display name
― some dude, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
hahaha ouch
― Evan R, Thursday, 26 February 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
wow that bemyfiasco track is awesome. it does not go where i expected it to after the intro!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 26 February 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bet.com/news/music/2015/02/26/luke-james-hits-the-stage-at-the-highline-ballroom.htmlThis was a good show!
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 February 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsiN0W15w0U
love this song
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 1 March 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
the relative paucity of r&b shows in boston is one of the few things that makes me entertain moving back to nyc
― maura, Sunday, 1 March 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
RIP Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell of Brownstone
http://www.bet.com/news/music/2015/03/01/report-charmayne-maxee-maxwell-of-brownstone-dies-from-fall.html
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Monday, 2 March 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
terrible news, RIP
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Monday, 2 March 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
yikes.
― Steph def def (Spottie), Monday, 2 March 2015 05:48 (nine years ago) link
RIP :(
― lex pretend, Monday, 2 March 2015 07:51 (nine years ago) link
this Macy Gray/Bobby Brown joint is really sweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8cltY-Xv2c
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
the new tink single is the first song i've really loved by her - fits into my general preference of rap tink to r&b tink but it's the first time i've really got her persona and what she has to say and why she's worth getting excited about
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
The second 2NYO single was a terrible disappointment.
― longneck, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
it really was :/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 5 March 2015 14:44 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was a foregone conclusion that 2nyo record was a one off
Anyway agreed with lex about tink, have always felt Her solo work was just ok and she needed a real collaborator to color in the lines she's drawn for it to work
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 5 March 2015 18:14 (nine years ago) link
kinda digging gabriel garzon-montanohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2WH42MLgUE
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 March 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
seeing Jazmine at Irving Plaza tonight, psyched
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 March 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
jeremih's "planes" is so good but wtf who allowed that j cole verse on there
― dyl, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Sullivan live is a thing to behold; getting a room full of 1k people who can sing every word to Mascara was a joy
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 March 2015 05:38 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 3:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
IDK feels like he'st rying to reclal the minimalims of his debut but it's kind of a nothing song
― 龜, Thursday, 12 March 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link
idk feels like he's trying to recall the buoyant openness of his debut but he's kind of a nothing person
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
He hasn't really done anything good in a while has he :(
― 龜, Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:10 (nine years ago) link
do seem to remember someone saying that yeah
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope
nice
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:15 (nine years ago) link
how do we feel about the empire soundtrack
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:29 (nine years ago) link
i haven't heard anything other than "conqueror" which sounds kinda like a ryan tedder hackjob :\
― dyl, Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Jennifer Hudson sounds great on "Remember the Music."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
"you're so beautiful" is okayeverything i've heard so far seems well past the sell-by-date but what do i care
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the estelle song? urgh it's so bad and a horrible outlier on her album too
― lex pretend, Thursday, 12 March 2015 17:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah the estelle song, they redid it as a duet for the show
― dyl, Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
i am all for this soundtrack succeeding tho
― 龜, Thursday, 12 March 2015 12:47 (6 hours ago) Permalink
Song is great except for j cole, Rtc otm that it's more a personal shortcoming
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
estelle finally has another hit at least!
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
oooof that j cole verse on "planes" is so so bad
not much of anything to ruin though, agree that the song is pretty blah
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 March 2015 12:42 (nine years ago) link
the live debut of "Planes" with Chance The Rapper and his band sounded awesome but it turned out that a lot of that was from the horns and stuff that the band added to the song and the studio track sounds nothing like that.
― some dude, Friday, 13 March 2015 13:00 (nine years ago) link
NEW AMERI(I)E/RICH HARRISON ALERT NEW AMERI(I)E/RICH HARRISON ALERT https://soundcloud.com/officialameriie/outloud
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 08:16 (nine years ago) link
ok, 'planes' is better than anything on 'late nights w/ jeremih' as far as songwriting
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 17 March 2015 08:30 (nine years ago) link
voice contestant ashley dubose's new album isn't half badhttps://ashleydubose.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZTewXngMzA
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
it's crazy that she still doesn't have her own thread to bump at times like these but the jazmine sullivan is, once again, absolutely killing me today
every word and ad lib and intonation absolutely nailed for maximum impact
― lex pretend, Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:40 (nine years ago) link
"when you love your man you'll do anything they need goddamn"
entire album is roleplay and theatre but she's so present and inside the roles at every moment
― lex pretend, Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
I'm at the student radio station now and the kid who does the "alternative R&B" show on Saturdays is blasting Dawn Richard and wondering if he can play the Jazmine in a couple days. "No one else down here is," I told him.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, it's one of the best written-through albums of any genre I've heard in months.
"Don't I Deserve to be Privileged?" - A Thread for Jazmine Sullivan
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
saw ledisi, raheem devaughn, and leela james in boston the other night. it was a great show — ledisi has had bronchitis for a bunch of this tour but she sounded incredible, especially on the tracks from last year's album (she released an 'unplugged'-style EP earlier this year). raheem devaughn was very playful and sexy; i guess i missed that he had a new record out last month. i'm giving it a first spin now.
i wish there were more r&b concerts in boston. ledisi at one point told the audience they needed to buy more records in order to make that happen, and i was like PLEASE YES
― maura, Saturday, 21 March 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
DC gets plenty of shows, but they can be pricey
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
― raih dednelb (The Reverend), Tuesday, March 17, 2015 8:16 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is the best thing she's done in an age. time to drop the extraneous "i" now you've come back to us amerie!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:13 (nine years ago) link
smh it is terrible
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:18 (nine years ago) link
it's the yea-eh-eh-eh post-hook that really made it click for me
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:20 (nine years ago) link
i consider this track a valuable art installation interrogating alzheimers in formerly inspired artists and concomitant fanbase reluctance to ever let go of anything no matter how low the ink gets in the photocopier
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link
the beat sounds like the binmen disturbing my sleep on a saturday morning
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:33 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like "love's off the chain"!
― lex pretend, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:33 (nine years ago) link
i've called the terrorist hotline, you won't get away with this
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 March 2015 12:40 (nine years ago) link
i had no idea she was now "ameriie" and checked to see what she's been up to, "Mustang" is kinda horrible.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 March 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
yeah she's been Ameriie for five (very uneventful) years now
― some dude, Sunday, 22 March 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
yeah this one seemed like a clunker to me
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
this interview with her is pretty great (and sheds light on what else she's been up to):http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/20/and-another-thing-ameriie-interview/
― maura, Sunday, 22 March 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
this is the third classic half-sung half-rapped rnbass with a perfectly brief 90s nod of 2015 by my count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVfqNmY0JRk
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 11:32 (nine years ago) link
i miscounted
maliibu & helene - figure 8natalie la rose ft. jeremih - somebodyjidenna ft. roman gianarthur - classic manhoney cocaine - sundaebobby brackins ft. zendaya & jeremih - my jam
that's such a good bunch of singles
(and none for "planes" whatsoever)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 11:36 (nine years ago) link
i like planes too except for j cole obv
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
That honey cocaine is nice xp
― 龜, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link
What do we think of the new T-Pain/The-Dream
I think it's kinda eh
― 龜, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
you mean, "that's my shit"? I like it.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Nah man Let your hair down
― 龜, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
ah whoops, i got T.I. and T-Pain confused; too many T guys with punctuationplaying now and avoiding the MAGIC! song by the same name
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:24 (nine years ago) link
i am also into "that's my shit", his voice works very well for it
― dyl, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
Can I get a late pass https://soundcloud.com/marc_e_bassy/lock-it-up-ft-kehlani-produced-by-jahaan-sweet
― 龜, Thursday, 26 March 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
I like the t-pain & terius.
― longneck, Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a few album selections) are being posted as updated to a thread-specific Spotify playlist that I'm maintaining. I just did a quick sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.... serious omissions include "Let Your Hair Down", "Sundae", "Bad News", "Race Jones" and "Serve".
That playlist is currently a bit more than three hours of music and is clickable below. Give it a spin and subscribe if you want to listen along through the year.
Rolling R&B 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 April 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Thursday, March 26, 2015 7:58 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Bandwagon def tipping over this week lol
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
― dyl, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:26 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's his best record in years we discussed in the-dream thread although there was some stupid push back
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
It's his best record in years
literally no one would disagree with this, the pushback was over whether that low bar is something to get excited about
― lex pretend, Friday, 3 April 2015 06:28 (nine years ago) link
thank you for new display name
― some stupid push back (some dude), Friday, 3 April 2015 11:33 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, April 3, 2015 1:28 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
p sure people did disagree with that, in that thread.
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
surprised by all the Ne-Yo on that list (I'd have subbed "Congratulations" for "Integrity") but, yeah, that album's his best since 2008.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 April 2015 12:54 (nine years ago) link
pia mia ft g eazy - "fuck with u" is my fav ratchet r&b single of the year i think. right up there with "my jam"
prod by nic nac who appears to be her boyfriend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRhbnN2ckY
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
i haven't heard anything about the chris brown & tyga album... was it bad? there has to be some secret jams on there right?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
not rly iirc
'ayo', 'bitches n marijuana', bunch of awkward filler, upsetting song or two where they fancy themselves bone thugs doubletimers
there's an 80sish one at the end called 'it's yo shit' that isn't great but is probably better than anything on the ne-yo album i didnt listen to
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
may as well shout out kid ink & kells 'dolo' too to complete the nic nac vague acceptance (tho i still prefer 'body language' and the dej loaf one of course)
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 April 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
yeah "dolo" is great
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
the dej one is a single now but i like "dolo" better
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
dolo -> hotel -> body language -> be real
one of the better stretches on a rap album this year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
ah there's a fake tyga rip off song in between there but you get the point
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 April 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
be real is v cool imo, goatlike nagging chorus into jump up verse is a wavy vibe of sorts
― r|t|c, Friday, 3 April 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
nic nac is really dating pia mia?
i'm pro nic nac since i discovered him producing pop songs for bay area street rappershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqq4aDz-AxI
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
^^^he's in the video lol
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
at the risk of spamming the board, here's the lineup of pertinent shows at NYC's SummerStage for the upcoming season:
FREE SHOWS featuring (in alphabetical order) CHARLES BRADLEY, THE CHI-LITES, GABRIEL GARZÓN-MONTANO, GEORGE CLINTON and PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, HORACE BROWN, JAZMINE SULLIVAN, JELLYBEAN BENITEZ, JORDAN BRATTON, JUNGLE, MARTHA REDBONE, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, ROY AYERS, TAANA GARDNER, WHODINI, and many more
• Saturday June 6 - Central Park - 3pm - Blue Note Jazz Festival with Meshell Ndegeocello + Roy Hargrove + Gabriel Garzón-Montano• Sunday June 7 - Flushing Meadows / Corona Park, QNS - 4pm - Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires + Hollis Brown + Damien Escobar• Friday June 12 - Betsy Head Park, BK - 7pm - Horace Brown + Jeff Redd + DJ Chuck Chillout + DJ Mell Starr• Sunday June 14 - Betsy Head Park, BK - 4pm - Brooklyn Family Day with Martha Redbone + Ebony Hillbillies• Thursday June 18 - Herbert Von King Park, BK - 7pm - Taana Gardner + Johnny Kemp + DJ Yoda + TC Izlam• Saturday June 20 - Central Park -7pm - Jungle + Ibeyi• Sunday June 21 - Herbert Von King Park, BK - 7pm - DJ Spinna + The Bullitts + Film Screening: They Die By Dawn (2013)• Tuesday July 14 - Queensbridge Park, QNS - 7pm - The Chi-Lites• Wednesday July 15 - Queensbridge Park, QNS - 7pm - George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic• Sunday July 26 - Central Park - 3pm - The Rock Steady 38th Anniversary Concert with Whodini and Big Daddy Kane• Wednesday July 29 - Clove Lakes Park, SI - 7pm - Jellybean Benitez + DJ Street Tech + D-Train• Sunday August 9 - East River Park, MN - 4pm - Manhattan Family Day with Invincible: A Tribute to Michael Jackson + Marika Hughes and Bottom Heavy• Wednesday August 12 - Marcus Garvey Park, BX - 7pm - Mobile Mondays! Live: Everybody Loves Roy Ayers• Sunday August 23 - Central Park – 7pm - Jazmine Sullivan + Jordan Bratton
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
• Wednesday July 29 - Clove Lakes Park, SI - 7pm - Jellybean Benitez + DJ Street Tech + D-Train
dope i am going to staten island
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
RIP Brad can I have yr stereo
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 17:41 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGVTAhjmUqA
there's a new pretty ricky single, lol
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 9 April 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
I'm pretty sure Kid Ink is my current least favorite rapper.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 9 April 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Rabit & Myth - Lonely Backseat Love, this is Rinse FM's track of the week, that should be popular on this thread:
a looping groove, flowing sound that is so hypnotic
Myth / Ciara - Lonely Backseat Love (Rabit Mix)https://soundcloud.com/mythproductions/mythciara-lonely-backseat-love-rabit-mix
riyl: tinashe remixes and the overlooked brilliant, chay$e https://soundcloud.com/chaysemusic
Rabit & Myth - Lonely Backseat Love (Blacklink Sound) - Official Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryAguA7oKiw
― djmartian, Monday, 13 April 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
there's a whole ratchet R&B honey cocaine EP on spotify
"sundae" is prob the best song but it's a pretty strong listen
this one is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gWVq9HNTYg
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 14 April 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I like the new Trey Songz EP a lot
https://soundcloud.com/treysongz/sets/intermission
― Evan R, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
is that honey cocaine ep entirely produced by dj carisma? i love it
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 16:07 (nine years ago) link
i feel like his drops are on all the songs?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 15 April 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
her drops
i looked it up and it appears it's all her, yeah
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
someone have a dL link for that shit
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
xp i think shes just hosting the EP rather than producing it?
― just sayin, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
turns out that cici single could actually be enlivened by a judicious remix!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBRz5vsgqRU
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 08:52 (nine years ago) link
on itunes or https://soundcloud.com/queenhoneyc/sets/thegiftrap-ep
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
ATL Bass remixes always improve the originals.
― longneck, Thursday, 16 April 2015 08:54 (nine years ago) link
truth
new zaytoven-produced shanell is alright, primarily reminds me of what i love about some of her vocal tics, like the way she ends a lot of her lines with this sort of aggressive gasp rather than drifting off sensually as you might expect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxVCFRqhhQ
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:23 (nine years ago) link
that first shanell mixtape came on afterwards and my goodness it is still straight fire tho
― lex pretend, Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
Kehlani release gonna be so goodhttps://soundcloud.com/kehlanimusic/kehlani-alive-feat-coucheron
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Friday, 17 April 2015 06:17 (nine years ago) link
that's really great, pretty hyped for her now
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 April 2015 08:43 (nine years ago) link
Alive is nice but DAAAAAAAMN "Jealous", as nice a nu-aaliyah sound as i've heard lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yp7TeNr7p8
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 April 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
"alive" is really good, the songwriting is very in a dr. luke style but the production doesn't quite go there (thankfully)
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 April 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
she sounds acoustic arrangements really well
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 April 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
*suits
I'm still totally charmed by this Tamia single, which has a video now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwWQ_RayAOw#t=125
― Evan R, Friday, 17 April 2015 21:05 (nine years ago) link
yes same here, wish the radio stations in my area would play it :(
― dyl, Friday, 17 April 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
I've got to the head-over-heels stage with Honey Cocaine
― lex pretend, Friday, 17 April 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
The Honey Cocaine EP is great.
My favourite is probably 'Done Done', mainly because it features the great diss 'what type of man has a heart as small as his dick'.
― gregus, Sunday, 19 April 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
damn that tamia track is really great
― j. winters (josh), Sunday, 19 April 2015 07:47 (nine years ago) link
it's one of my faves from this yr
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 19 April 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link
this is lovely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqb5gvWB60
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Saturday, 25 April 2015 01:03 (nine years ago) link
i welcomed her
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 April 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
Getting a lot of John Legend vibes from that
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 25 April 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/kehlanimusic/sets/you-should-be-here
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 05:54 (nine years ago) link
listening to that new kehlani right now, really enjoying it so far
― j. winters (josh), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 06:11 (nine years ago) link
listened through twice so far and I think most of my favorite tracks have already been released but it's a good tape overall. I think I preferred how succinct her previous one was because songs like Bright and The Letter kind of stunt the mood (especially since they're the longest tracks here aside from The Way).
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 08:59 (nine years ago) link
looking forward to the kehlani, didn't realise it was coming so soon!
new sevyn streeter is a lovely low-key thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQVp6GHchg
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 10:50 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah and i have upgraded the honey cocaine ep from "pretty great" to "near-flawless", i love her
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
also i know that this thread is, in general, determined to let estelle pass it by but this deep cut from her new album is just a brilliantly performed and written song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKf7XZzYN1U
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 11:06 (nine years ago) link
this kehlani album is pretty brilliant imo. a lot more plain-spoken than i expected. she really lays it all out there.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 12:57 (nine years ago) link
Like that Seven track. Hope she gets a full-length soon
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:22 (nine years ago) link
That Sevyn Streeter song is lovely.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
that estelle lex posted is pretty flimsy, though much of the album is enjoyable. the kehlani is lovely, wanna try more.as the artist specific thread has been tanooki'd, what does an R&B thread think about the new Janelle Monaehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OkB6p_FZAw
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
fwiw, i think the song is pretty awful but likely just a dispensable cut/populist outlier for whatever the new album is; she does that
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah dreadful song
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
Good song. Going to be huge.
― longneck, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
bad song, not going to be huge
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
i'm feeling this sevyn streeter song tho
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
"Unconditional" off the new Kehlani is fire
― deej loaf (D-40), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
i feel like i know what "4th Street" is interpolating... anybody wanna help? sounds like late 80's stevie wonder.it's a nice song.
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
trilogy of: Trendy Norway - Mainstream America - Remixed in London
Cashmere Cat - Adore Feat Ariana Grande (MssingNo Remix)https://soundcloud.com/mssingno/cashmere-cat-adore-feat-ariana-grande-mssingno-remix
does this track get the lex approval?
― djmartian, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:35 (nine years ago) link
I actively dislike Janelle Monae's music (she's a great performer) aside from a few songs but that song is definitely among her worst.Don't see a reason to listen to that when i can hear that Jidenna song too.
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Also, Yoga is appearing on the Eephus EP (5 songs), not Monae's own album afaik. Should be out relatively soon.I initially thought Eephus was gonna be Jidenna's own thing but it's actually showcasing Wondaland Records as a whole.
― misterjoshua, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
omg @ baby kehlani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5BLNpZWVbQ
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 1 May 2015 07:05 (nine years ago) link
― deej loaf (D-40), Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:28 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this has been in my head all day
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Friday, 1 May 2015 07:14 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's one of my favourites, i like how she gives the ~flaws and all trope a slightly novel and distinctive-to-her twist, presenting it as an ultimatum like that
very into "you should be here", "jealous" and "yet" as well
― lex pretend, Friday, 1 May 2015 07:57 (nine years ago) link
though it's really a very impressive body of work overall, it might not have a summer jam like "fwu" but her songwriting voice comes through so strongly
― lex pretend, Friday, 1 May 2015 07:58 (nine years ago) link
"Yet" is my other favorite
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 1 May 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF4WtpA7L6Q
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 May 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
year of the girl crush; that one is sonny digital production
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 May 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
awful song
― some dude, Friday, 1 May 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
don't necessarily disagree but wouldn't be surprised if it didn't catch
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 May 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
"did catch"
I would be surprised if it did. So dull.
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Friday, 1 May 2015 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Kehlani needs a thread. this album is so good.
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Friday, 1 May 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
"coffee" extensively discussed in the artist thread but deserves mention here in case anyone isn't checking in therehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJAelCB8hdYwale version is abhorrent.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
Marissa has a new single out. It's not "Rules" but it's still pretty good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZh8Hu6dp5E
― Nabozo, Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXq3qPc3f1s
― dyl, Saturday, 9 May 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
new Melanie Fionahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZ-9R7omGE
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link
anyone fuck w/ jean deaux? I guess Soular System Vol 1 came out end of last year but @ times in the summer this is kindof exactly what I want to be listening to
https://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux
― johnny crunch, Friday, 15 May 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link
we just confirmed sunni colón for a show and I've enjoyed the soundcloud tracks thus far. RIYL Frank Ocean, Miguel and... well, Frank Ocean really.https://soundcloud.com/sunnicolon
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 May 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
the Rico Love album is waaaaay better than it has any right to be
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 10:37 (eight years ago) link
The Rico Love is PHENOMENAL.
― longneck, Thursday, 21 May 2015 10:41 (eight years ago) link
huh really? the ep from 1 or 2 yrs ago was ok but kinda forgettable, gave me the impression he didn't have much of an identity as a performer. i've long been into him as a writer tho so i guess i'll give the album a shot.
― dyl, Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's a big step up in quality from the EP, although obviously the same basic deal
― some dude, Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
specific track recommendations?
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Just play it from the start. It's v much an album.
― longneck, Thursday, 21 May 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
going in
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
kehlani album getting a lot of play. 'yet' is fire
― tpp, Monday, 25 May 2015 09:50 (eight years ago) link
the natasha mosley album seems v much in the vein of the kehlani album - intimate, singer-songwritery. not quite as distinctive (so far) but worth hearing
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 08:44 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8XwTRrJr0w
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 May 2015 08:45 (eight years ago) link
Best Tinashe impersonation award of 2015
..goes to Wolfie from London
Wolfie - I Be Ghost (Prod. Levi Lennox)https://soundcloud.com/itswolfiemusic/i-be-ghost-prod-levi-lennox
― djmartian, Saturday, 30 May 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
i listened to the rico love album the other night and was pretty impressed, definitely didn't expect it to be that good. he hasn't exactly shaken off some of my former reservations about him but it definitely makes for a nice listen. i had next to no idea he even had an album coming out tho. i guess there might have been a radio single but it didn't go anywhere? (that's what that one hot 97 video would suggest i guess.)
― dyl, Sunday, 31 May 2015 04:00 (eight years ago) link
Kehlani upon first listen was good but her voice didn't get me yet
― surm, Monday, 1 June 2015 08:03 (eight years ago) link
posted this in the relevant thread but NYC Afropunk announced the lineup for the festival on 8/22 and 8/23Lineup for the 22nd is Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Kelis, Danny Brown, Suicidal Tendencies, Lion Babe, Adia Victoria. $40!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpP2_C2cNI
Have we discussed this Elijah Blake single? Feels like the first thing he's done that other people might care about
― Evan R, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 19:16 (eight years ago) link
deej showed that to me the other day, pretty good
― some dude, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
It's sounding more and more like a hit to me.
Also maybe some of the best attainable dance moves I've seen in a video since Ne-Yo's "One In a Million" convinced me to take hip-hop dance classes (I didn't last long)
― Evan R, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
they just sent me a stream (ugh) of that album, should i check it out? I don't know much elijah blake
― supreme problematics (D-40), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
I've been posting his tracks in these threads over the last few years, but they understandably never garner much excitement. He's one of those consistently good, rarely great mid-tier R&B singers, but guys like that can put out good albums with the right team behind them, so I'd check the album out
― Evan R, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
He also co-wrote "Climax"
― Evan R, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
song's a pleasant morsel tho i v much feel it's really more about dej (<3) than dude
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
i like the tamia record a lot!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 04:12 (eight years ago) link
same!
― fetty wap, kombucha, where to trap queen (some dude), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
oh cool that's out now! i still love "sandwich and a soda" even if it is a lil corny
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 05:25 (eight years ago) link
so uh we all heard that kehlani got her laptop stolen and that the thieves made songs?
https://soundcloud.com/tbmlilbear/tsunami-boyz-ft-kehlani-laptophttps://soundcloud.com/tbmlilbear/tsunami-boyz-ft-kehlani-i-know-you-want-your-laptop-back
― misterjoshua, Friday, 12 June 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
fucking hell
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 June 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Hah Jesus I heard about the stolen laptop but :...
― supreme problematics (D-40), Friday, 12 June 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
First track is flames
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 13 June 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link
Actually convinced me to listen to the album which is great so far.
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 13 June 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
By the album I mean her album
― tsrobodo, Saturday, 13 June 2015 11:31 (eight years ago) link
Loving the K-Major album/tape.
― longneck, Saturday, 13 June 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
Kehlani is awesome, one of my favorite records this year
― supreme problematics (D-40), Saturday, 13 June 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
i don't have much time to listen to music atm but i listened to half of it on shuffle while waling to work and i loved the song with chance
― flopson, Saturday, 13 June 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
the kehlani album is excellent
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 June 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
nice track on the tamia album prod by polow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXq3qPc3f1s
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 June 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
the reversion to the original key on "nowhere" on the tamia album is really clumsily done. would've been a total banger otherwise
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 14 June 2015 07:11 (eight years ago) link
tamia album is really enjoyable, lighter and more carefree than i expected
here's another new polow da don production, which is basically him doing a dj assault song. i love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RfFrkkD6U
― lex pretend, Monday, 15 June 2015 09:49 (eight years ago) link
I love that, but it feels utterly indefensible.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 June 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
whoa that is Lexcore to the extreme
― Evan R, Monday, 15 June 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
Oh it's a reworked Shanell cut.
― boxedjoy, Monday, 15 June 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
prob not perfect for this thread exactly but strangely enough Bilal doesn't have his own thread so here's his new single, "Satellites"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJDC4BEEMwo
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 June 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
i'm not sure i'm totally into the tamia album as a front-to-back listen but it does have some really gorgeous cuts on it (beyond the two singles obv)
― dyl, Thursday, 18 June 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Bilal has a thread we've been usingBilal - Airtight's Revenge
― Spottie, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
Bilal's voice floors me on that song. End of the video is devastating, too.
― Evan R, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
This is very striking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Kjmd5L4jM
― Evan R, Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link
thanks spottie, didn't come up on search for some reason
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 June 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
new janet and ginuwine on the same day wow
― 龜, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
what's the date?
― surm, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
i think he means they both dropped new singles todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeWygq_hEkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_2_VgUdeq4
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 June 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
oh shit
― surm, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
no sleeep is smoooth
― surm, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
they're both quite good!
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 June 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
i could listen to this janet for hours p sure
― surm, Monday, 22 June 2015 18:57 (eight years ago) link
new trey songz & ty that interpolates the rent song is hilarious & dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWz_el_X48I
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
i got
five hundred twenty five thousand
six hundred women
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
oh my god
― maura, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:42 (eight years ago) link
hahahahahahaha
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― dyl, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
this abra album is superb despite the ~aesthetic
https://darkwaveduchess.bandcamp.com/album/rose
the natasha mosley album i mentioned upthread is really growing on me, works really well as a more vulnerable counterpart to the kehlani album in terms of singer-songwriterly r&b
listening to the justine skye album - opening track is pretty great, obvious rihjects less so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsNYUfH9Uw
― lex pretend, Friday, 26 June 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
omg at the rent ref
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 June 2015 03:24 (eight years ago) link
robin thicke is good again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=73&v=b-7gr8QvRbc
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 June 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
― Spottie, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link
need to reiterate that the abra album is in fact amazing and i can't stop listening
everyone's talkin bout their fallback game, game, gamebut i ain't got no fuckin chill cuz love is like a drug to me
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 08:40 (eight years ago) link
Lex OTM. The ABRA album is really great.
― who epitomises beta better than (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
This is a quick, mid-year reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.
98 tracks and 6+ hours with especially heavy representation from Jazmine Sullivan, Dawn Richard, Ne-Yo, Kid Ink, Honey Cocaine and Kehlani.
ILX's Rolling R&B 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link
damn just caught this on mtv jams, fire
http://www.youtube.com/embed/HdjaiXGUam8
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
(mila j - smoke, drink, breakup)
& they followed it w/ miguel coffee omg yes
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
that song was semi-big last year, but i was just lamenting recently that Mila J kinda disappeared after her EP was released, and then she released a new single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCB6wKa6d4
― some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
jhene aiko's sis iirc
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 July 2015 14:20 (eight years ago) link
New The Internet album "Ego Death" (if you can decipher that) is excellent.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmY8mG4_3j4
― Hikikomori Povich (tsrobodo), Friday, 3 July 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Stacy Barthe, BEcoming: spare, never inexpressive vocals, though lyrics don't always keep my attention (so far). But they may well yet, because the overall effect just keeps on ticking, and she won't give up--eyes on the skies though they're frequently shades of gray---shades of post-Sade too, a wised-up but still cautiously hopeful seeker (because she has to be: whole thing is vs. depression, prob diagnosed; she mentions shrink early on, but haven't spotted any psychbabble yet). Good on headphones, will be good on radio, out of context (not only the ones w Common, John Legend, herself multi-tracked):http://www.npr.org/2015/07/01/416860000/first-listen-stacy-barthe-becoming
― dow, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
anyone fuckin with the pia mia hit? tyga's verse is unconscionable and her singing is a bit..... round? but it's a jam i think. nice lil nic nac beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsTq5rc41s4
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
it sorta sounds like sia doing a post-"loyal" song? i fuck with it tho
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
timely lyrics tbf
― r|t|c, Thursday, 9 July 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
Sevyn Streeter album is out and 4th street isn't on it?
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
I think it's just an EP.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Saturday, 18 July 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link
in today's industry lingo ep has an additional alternate meaning that's something like 'full-length, low-priced release w/ no hit singles on it'
― dyl, Saturday, 18 July 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
a lot of the tracks are interludes, it's basically EP-length.
still pretty annoying that she's doing another EP considering the SHOULD'VE gotten an album out the last time she had an EP about 18 months ago. but i'm glad she's releasing music.
i never even heard "4th Street," wow, this is great.
― some dude, Saturday, 18 July 2015 04:05 (eight years ago) link
it may end up being one of my fave tracks of the year; feels kinda timeless
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 July 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
i guess it wasn't a radio single like "Don't Kill The Fun" (which i also loved) but it's crazy how it totally escaped my attention, i even follow Sevyn on twitter.
― some dude, Saturday, 18 July 2015 05:17 (eight years ago) link
ooh i didn't realize, i haven't listened to it yet but i will v soon :O)
"4th street" is indeed lovely -- i guess it's still slated for the album, whenever that may be coming?
― dyl, Saturday, 18 July 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
is that a lumineers sample? o____O
― The Reverend, Saturday, 18 July 2015 05:27 (eight years ago) link
if it is i don't feel like it's too overt or annoying. same song has a little of Timberlake's "Not A Bad Thing" in it too.
― some dude, Saturday, 18 July 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
i thought it might be a stevie wonder interpolation.Rev, what song are you thinking of?
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 July 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
"Just Being Honest"
― The Reverend, Sunday, 19 July 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link
...?
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 July 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
love this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4XTZLnVsk
― ANU (sisilafami), Monday, 20 July 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
def the best alt rnb cover of 'genie in a bottle' in a while
― r|t|c, Monday, 20 July 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
― dyl, Monday, 20 July 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
I am really impressed with the Elijah Blake album, a lot of jams and personality for someone I had always thought of as slightly workmanlike. I wish the Dej Loaf version of the single was on it though.
The new Sevyn is fantastic, she has such a way with melody and delivery.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 09:25 (eight years ago) link
i really like the wale/usher song im just now hearing
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
i liked the new bj chicago kid/og maco song when i thought it was by ray j
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
love this random kehlani offcut. lil b rapping properly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9-HHLvfG9Q
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 July 2015 08:03 (eight years ago) link
ugh "The Matrimony" is prob the worst Wale R&B single to date
― teenage good-ass kinja turtles (some dude), Friday, 24 July 2015 09:15 (eight years ago) link
anyone fuckin with the pia mia hit? tyga's verse is unconscionable and her singing is a bit..... round? but it's a jam i think. nice lil nic nac beat― J0rdan S., Thursday, July 9, 2015 10:18 AM (4 weeks ago)
― J0rdan S., Thursday, July 9, 2015 10:18 AM (4 weeks ago)
it's a "cover" of a 5(?) year old Jah-waiian song by J Boog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fgVVlPl08
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 August 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
ah no shit. i had been thinking that it would sound even better stripped down.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 6 August 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
Ooh, love that J-Boog song, it was all over Hawaii four or five summers ago. Gotta hear this remake I guess
― bunny slopes, Friday, 7 August 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
wow even by the standards of ilm deadness these days, really no one thought to even mention the release of a new teedra moses album in passing?
― lex pretend, Monday, 10 August 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
i forgot it dropped on friday, need to check it out this week
― some dude, Monday, 10 August 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
i mean it's not like she has a marketing budget, forgive people for being slow on the uptake
I haven't seen press about it anywhere. Lex's tweet was the first I'd heard of it
― carly bae jepsen (monotony), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
a shame this is in support of a liquor ad buthttps://soundcloud.com/generationsofsoul/bj-the-chiacgo-kid-charlie-ray-raphael-saadiq-cover
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
thus has it ever been i supposehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZHWF0KtGs
debut single by Tayá
remarkable talent and only 17 years old, has Britain's answer to Tinashe arrived? yes
Tayá - Got Me Wondering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT2Q4hQcDfw
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/taya/got-me-wondering
via Notion Magazine: INTRODUCING: TAYÁ – GOT ME WONDERINGhttp://notionmagazine.com/introducing-taya-got-me-wondering/
there is another track on spotify & soundcloud
Tayá - More (Goldsmyth edition)https://soundcloud.com/taya/taya-more-goldsmyth-edition
spotify artist link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QHXPsTQVqvNPfK6edjInM
― djmartian, Saturday, 15 August 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSMOzOi1b4A
― maura, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
new kalenna single is gorgeous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLm1xhDU5Ck
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
this Van Hunt ballad is really beautifulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6GzfL_z7c
― Spottie, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
his album is crazy good
― drown zoowap (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 06:56 (eight years ago) link
its special, a pretty unique trip. love all of the studio effects. the back half is perfection.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 07:23 (eight years ago) link
Semma from London with her debut single, 2 tracks produced by Star Slinger
Semma - Cut the Ropehttps://soundcloud.com/semma/cut-the-rope
Semma - Fantasyhttps://soundcloud.com/semma/fantasythis was on this week's Spotify Fresh Finds playlist
i agree with this blogger: http://www.hillydilly.com/2015/08/semma-fantasy/
Fantasy is the stronger track, powerful vocals - that they compare to Janet Jackson.
― djmartian, Thursday, 27 August 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
really loving "consistent" off the sevyn streeter ep (obv the whole thing is quality), it's so sinuous and tactile
― lex pretend, Friday, 28 August 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
That Sevyn EP is incredible. I had considered starting a thread about her, everything she does is so good and excitingly full of promise.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 28 August 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Also the new Teedra Moses is being very neglected in proportion to how good it is.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 28 August 2015 17:57 (eight years ago) link
fuqqqq i need to hear the van hunt and teedra moses records
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
i like jordin sparks record a lot
― bla.p, Friday, 28 August 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/12/431650873/first-listen-the-foreign-exchange-tales-from-the-land-of-milk-and-honey
brad have u heard this yet tho
― r|t|c, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
oh holy shit
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Friday, 28 August 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
heh don't dally u will love it imo
― r|t|c, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:33 (eight years ago) link
o soz i thought a stream was still on that link (lest it seemed i was rating that review... "R&B album for grown-ups" yechh)
― r|t|c, Friday, 28 August 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
TĀLĀ is back with a dark twisted R&B track with a dense bass production
TĀLĀ & Sylas - Praisehttps://soundcloud.com/talaofficial/praise-featuring-sylas
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0iJADInidhOCGDNE2fxt6A
― djmartian, Friday, 28 August 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
― boxedjoy, Friday, August 28, 2015 10:44 AM (4 days ago)
this!! every single song on it is so good. i thought her first ep was impressive but really she has just gotten even better since then. (see also "4th street" obv)
"just being honest" is so cathartic i can't even handle it ugh
i'm gonna need the commercial stars to align for her asap so she can drop a full-length
― dyl, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 07:19 (eight years ago) link
K.Michelle has also uploaded photos of Sevyn and herself in the studio which is all kinds of exciting.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 09:21 (eight years ago) link
sevyn ep really is front to back jams. personal fav is 'boomerang'
― tpp, Thursday, 3 September 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/generationsofsoul/bj-the-chicago-kid-when-a-womans-fed-up-rkelly-cover
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 September 2015 23:15 (eight years ago) link
That instrumental might be better than the og version
― Spottie, Friday, 4 September 2015 03:25 (eight years ago) link
Bonzai - KBGhttps://soundcloud.com/anchorpointrecords/bonzai-kbg
the coolest track of the year KBG (Knickerbocker Glory)
― djmartian, Monday, 7 September 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
um the van hunt record is fuckin wild
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
yep
― Spottie, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
has anyone heard the new tamar braxton? just caught up on the first single and i feel kinda *shrug* about it, i dunno
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
No. Am curious though. Listening to the uneven but interesting new Lizz Wright one. Its polished adult slow jam stuff albeit with producer Larry Klein who worked with Joni Mitchell, and a bit of a hippieish Toshi Reagon feel (and even a Sweet Honey in the Rock aspect). Toshi even helped with it. There's a Gregory Porter duet too. Plus Bee Gees and Nick Drake covers...
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 September 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
one album that got minor praise when it came out but which i now feel should be hailed as a masterpiece is the kehlani one. i listen to it so often, she's so sharp and empathetic and wise and just a great presence to have in my life. her songwriting and the way it's foregrounded, the production initially unshowy but actually packed with all the right details to enhance her words, reminds me of a young teedra (like, younger than complex simplicity, before she tasted champagne). i fucking love it so much
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
"bright" is just...so committed to empathy, i need this to be an x factor standard forever
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
SO BE BRAVEBE KINDDON'T LET THEM DIM YOUR LIGHT
also "i'm not dumb, no i'm not dumb, i know exactly went wrong in my past"
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
it's a really great album
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 September 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
teedra moses "skin diver" is so good
― J0rdan S., Monday, 14 September 2015 14:47 (eight years ago) link
the foreign exchange record rtc recommended upthread is super weird but i like it a lot. it is definitely not an "r&b album for grownups" but it is like fifteen things at once
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 14 September 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
also "champion" that wasn't on kehlani's album is a banger (and lil b! rapping properly!)
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
xps yeah "skin diver" is a standout, "only u" too and the moment where she starts rapping along with rawse
― lex pretend, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, September 9, 2015 3:27 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
album got pushed back once again, now to October, but they released another single called errrr "Catfish" that is surprisingly good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2DJCY6e1f0
― some dude, Monday, 14 September 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
this is a song dedicated to the Warriors championship team fyi. kinda good in a novelty way i guess.
― Spottie, Monday, 14 September 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
kehlani album is real nice tho.
'You Should Be Here' and 'How That Taste' are my current favs on there.
― Spottie, Monday, 14 September 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
another find via spotify fresh finds, Toronto singer Jayd Ink
Jayd Ink - At.lantahttps://open.spotify.com/track/2aRb0148ajNXASm3AnI25c
Jayd Ink - This!https://open.spotify.com/track/2EULFGZ7eRVA2HTe9WgIco
more info, and soundcloud links
Listen: Jayd Ink Premieres New EP ‘Invitation Only’http://www.thisisrnb.com/2015/09/premiere-jayd-ink-invitation-only/
― djmartian, Sunday, 20 September 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
"space and time" really hitting me
― dyl, Monday, 21 September 2015 05:08 (eight years ago) link
Did anyone post about Lion Babe's Impossible ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuRYVOSIN5A
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:50 (eight years ago) link
This is a quick, third-quarter reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist as posted. I just did another top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have revised as of today with everything that's been added since first mentioned. Subscribe if you're into it!
It's 128 tracks, over 8 hours.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
i wrote about D.K. The Punisher, a Baltimore dude who produced Jill Scott's lead single and some of the SiR album: http://www.citypaper.com/music/music-features/bcp-092315-music-dk-the-punisher-20150922-story.html
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
Discussed in the Janet thread but holy shit, BURNITUP! with Missyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QvdrmRphjc
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link
I finally got to the Sevyn Streeter EP and holy shit.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Listening to this now, but I gotta say I'm a tad miffed that she didn't include "4th Street," which is easily among my top 3 or 4 fave songs of the year.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's so annoying that people now leave great songs off of their major label albums AND off of their little stopgap mixtapes and EPs as well
― some dude, Friday, 25 September 2015 16:27 (eight years ago) link
warner made a video and everythinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8DdSFHNNZs
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
basically every song so far on the finally-released tamar braxton album except for the single they put out in may ("if i don't have you") is pretty good/interesting
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 2 October 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
(tbf i'm only 4 tracks in and this is 16 gahdamned songs for some reason, which might not go over smashingly)
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 2 October 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I pieced out on the Tamar by track 12, but what I heard of it was really good.
― Greer, Friday, 2 October 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
using this sample in this way could have turned out really hackish but i think it really works -- plus that it's pop & oak makes me feel better about the intentions
also tory lanez had that great song on the YG album so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUq1rZ7mmns
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
his rappity rap follow up is kind of a regrettable direction imo but he can flow at least
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K239Z8YzWI
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
this guy's vibe is weird he did a hipster dance producer EP and is playing at Cool Brooklyn Venue baby's all right in a few weeks but then he has this traditional R&B song done by very tradition-driven producers
since he's on interscope i assume the latter will win out but i guess i could see him as a sort of test case for a brave new future where major labels try and break artists to "tastemaker" scenes first
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 3 October 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
yeah i've been enjoying hearing "say it" on the radio. i didn't know pop & oak were involved, that's cool
― dyl, Saturday, 3 October 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
"feat Chris Brown" is some kiss of death shit just lately but i am willing to make an exception for tinashehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKMKBmpwrg
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link
There's a Brown-free version out there as well. Posted on the Tinashe thread, I think.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
oh hey, you CAN get it without, thanks for the heads uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-htwnPdp18
― a literal scarecrow on a quaint porch (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
Anyone disappointed with the Tamar Braxton? Starts strong, drags in the middle. Sometimes she wails like Keyshia Cole.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
it's not great but not nearly as many missteps as her last album
― some dude, Sunday, 11 October 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
lol, keyshia sprung to mind a few times as well for me, it was very wearying to slog through. i don't think it has the highs of the last album either
― lex pretend, Monday, 12 October 2015 11:22 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoIcRQEvijw
great
― r|t|c, Sunday, 18 October 2015 09:43 (eight years ago) link
alive got a videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqpQgp8_ajonow i want summer back :(
― Spottie, Thursday, 22 October 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
i f/w this, clever
https://soundcloud.com/dj-victoriouz/the-hoodgeekz-x-jeremih-bone/
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 24 October 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
what do you guys think of SHADOWY TORONTO R&B artists dvsn
https://soundcloud.com/dvsndvsn/the-line
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 24 October 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
i want to hate on it so hard but its good
eff canada
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 24 October 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
http://sobs.com/2015/6040/sevyn-streeter-2Sevyn Streeter at SOBs in NYC - November 5 at 9:30pm (more likely 10.30 i'd guess)
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 October 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
Streeter's Northeast US tour also includes
Mon, Nov 2
The Foundry Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USWed, Nov 4Baltimore Soundstage, Baltimore, MD, US
Sun, Nov 8Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, US
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 October 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
btw i saw that angie stone video on vh1 soul recently and wow that song rules
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 26 October 2015 19:32 (eight years ago) link
apparently teyena taylor put out a throwbackish EP a few months back & i like this bass track that interpolates "swing my way" (with good rapping by iman shumpert!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fszSp8WZlOY
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 November 2015 04:09 (eight years ago) link
i think i'm the only person who's checked for the natasha mosley album but it's really proving to be an excellent slow burn as the winter draws in. these two mid-album tracks work so well back to back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssVutHtQmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44W6Ni5u_0Y
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
new Tiffany Evans EP is good, albeit not as good as the one she put out in 2013
― Viva la Wu Tang or Meth and All His Friends (some dude), Tuesday, 10 November 2015 12:26 (eight years ago) link
i was sort of disappointed by it, will give it another shot though
the natasha mosley album seems barely to exist - i can't find production credits anywhere (was wondering which the zaytoven ones were, and there are some amazing sparse, subtle late-night sounds on it). it's not on allmusic or even wikipedia!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 November 2015 12:31 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/strangetown-records/sets/baby-queens-1/s-lp1Ko
new baby queens tracks
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link
couple of interesting things out this week, the mila j mixtape makes pretty good use of her sour sneer and boots has released something called aquaria which...is pretty gnarly and weird on one listen, awkward rhythms and dense production and distorted voices and a hell of a lot going on
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 November 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
the boots thing is interesting, sounds like Beck in midnight vultures mode to me
― i made a scope for my laser musket out of some (forksclovetofu), Friday, 13 November 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
there's something very 90s about it
― lex pretend, Friday, 13 November 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
from last yr but im not reviving r&b 2014 sry, this chick opened for weeknd i dig this track, huh 9 mil views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twix375Me4Q
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 November 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link
lol every post ive made in this thread this yr has been abt some last yr shit
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 November 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
surprised anyone thinks of that song as r&b! it was big on alt-rock radio.
― some dude, Thursday, 26 November 2015 02:27 (eight years ago) link
lol alt-rock hm i guess is could be idk
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 November 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
i mean she doesnt have a band rite
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 November 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
half the stuff on the alt-rock charts now has synths and drum machines
― some dude, Thursday, 26 November 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
not sure this "counts" as r&b but I love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLR3ip6v31E
Danish singer, just 16 years old - it's a break-up song, title translates to something like "you and I are in the past tense now" ("we 2 past tense now")
Comments on youtube filled with young boys complaining that she must care a lot about the boy she's thrashing in the song since she wrote an entire song about him, such provocation
― niels, Thursday, 26 November 2015 08:49 (eight years ago) link
WHY HAVE I BEEN SLEEPING ON MR RICO LOVE'S 'BAD ATTITUDE'?????????
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 November 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
whole album is slept on, love that song
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Friday, 27 November 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
i def consider banks rnb
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 06:01 (eight years ago) link
http://hiphop-n-more.com/2015/11/new-music-erykah-badu-hello-feat-andre-3000/
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 November 2015 08:09 (eight years ago) link
alsohttp://blaecny.com/music/mixtapes-albums/mila-j-black-friday-ep/
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 November 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
seems like this might be some appreciated corp-R&B for the cruhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD7tEguFu1A
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 November 2015 07:44 (eight years ago) link
also this is old but i recently was shared a twerk vid to this rmx & found it very compelling. i'm pretty sure it was the song, anywayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocv-Fyd0uAY
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 November 2015 08:49 (eight years ago) link
As we move into December, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite as-yet-unmentioned RnB tracks from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 08:47 (eight years ago) link
the Baltimore rap station has a habit of putting non-official versions of big songs into their rotation, for instance they only ever play the shorter EP version of "Adorn." and the only way they ever play "Swimming Pools" is in a weird mix that affixes a minute of that Lloyd mixtape version to the Kendrick original. so it's not bad but i kind of hate it.
― just knocked me cold and left me on the sidewalk (some dude), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 09:52 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-EU_ahEj8
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 03:51 (eight years ago) link
KING is proud to announce their long awaited debut full length album We Are KING will be released on February 5 through the band's independent label KING Creative. The first sampling from the album is "Hey (Extended Mix)". In a review on Pitchfork naming the song 'Best New Track' writer Marcus Moore wrote, "'Hey' is perhaps the best song in KING's discography so far. It's remarkably blissful, recalling tender milestones no matter how modest or grand."
― Eugene Goostman (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
oh. my. GOD
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
18 months of spoiled mash potato dinners. finally their ufo has returned
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
Haha
― Tim F, Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
:D :D :D :D
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
@__@
goddamn celestial visitation music of the spheres every time
think ima book the whole week off for when the album drops and then idk walk directly into a stripclub for valentines or something
― r|t|c, Thursday, 3 December 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (Jill Scott, Van Hunt, V. Bozeman) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 December 2015 07:32 (eight years ago) link
One last one on the way out:https://soundcloud.com/seramic/people-say
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link