R&B 2014

reusing the pun sample sounded v fresh to me tho

sort of a timeless sound maybe

yeah they at least put a spin on the beat. that link up there is like a straight rip of everyday struggle with like one pointless touch added

'trap snares'??

snare rolls

http://soundcloud.com/satinberetta/got-me

the tink mixtape is good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzH2u9dqwAc

that tinashe single is the first thing i've really liked by her. more mustard less hemsworth plz

i def prefer her rapping stuff

last year obv but i really like this song on the mack wilds album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uKn0qWMvWU

that was an xp to tink not tinashe

well tinashe doesn't rap

The Mack Wilds album is pretty OK. It commits to the downtempo '90s hip-hop vibe admirably (its only features are Method Man and Raekwon) and Wilds is an agreeable enough presence, even if the songs aren't all that memorable or ambitious. I'm a sucker for this stuff, though.

heard a really good algebra blessett song called 'danger zone' on the radio - throwback vibe but with that ever-elusive unbeholden, self-possessed jazmine sullivan swag. preview clips of the lp (on bbe) sound v strong

first listen to the algebra album (on worst promo stream in the world) is very pleasing indeed

this tink mixtape on the other hand is tedious in the extreme, she's like a parody of thin-voiced cassie fan club fetishists. occasionally decent when she raps though

that mixtape sounds barely anything like cassie

her voice

the beats are completely unremarkable and she doesn't alight on a hook once

oh as i type a beat that catches my ear hoves into view! it's the sub-2min outro

the sean paul interpolation in that tinashe song is so great

she's so right for dj mustard beats

tbh my exp with tink's R&B material isn't far from Lex's

shes a p great rapper tho, imho

she's not a star or anything but it's a solid tape with some sounds (the acoustic stuff primarily) that is hard to find right now

hang on how is any sound on that tape hard to find? are you serious?

I am finding it strange that Lex doesn't like Tink as a rapper, though

i do like her as a rapper but she only does it like twice on this tape? and not extensively on previous tapes i've heard

wow i appear to have four separate tink mixtapes in my itunes, all listened to once each, and i can't remember a thing about any of them

new danity kane is great : https://soundcloud.com/rap-up-music/danity-kane-bye-baby

i do like her as a rapper but she only does it like twice on this tape? and not extensively on previous tapes i've heard

wow i appear to have four separate tink mixtapes in my itunes, all listened to once each, and i can't remember a thing about any of them

― lex pretend, Friday, January 17, 2014 9:35 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't like the winters diary / R&B ones personally

but there are def memorable moments of rapping on her other tapes

yeah i guess it's all scattered and i never went back to them, point me to the rap ones? not going to sit through the r&b nothingness again

i do like the new danity kane on one listen but godddd that dawn/druski split really did rob us of something that was gonna be really special

Danity Kane song is v nice

Did they split for real? I must have missed that. Why?

http://kempiredaily.com/drew-scott-on-professional-fallout-with-dawn-richard-it-was-one-of-those-things-that-needed-to-happen

his solo EP was pretty iffy, hopefully he finds a new client or muse to work with

i was pretty surprised his solo thing didn't focus on production tricks at ALL

Ouch. Too bad.

enjoying the new jennifer hudson track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2PXJHsXno

v tasteful flickers of electric piano behind her voice throughout

oh i see this actually came out in 2013 oh well

yeah great single. Came out last fall but didn't get a video until this week, so it's current.

It's the first Pharrell track I'd heard in a while where I didn't immediately go "Oh, Pharrell," even though it's pretty obviously him when you think about it

i'm digging this rico love song

i bet it's better than anything on the next trey songz album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZiAw7n_TzU

it's certainly better than the new ty dolla EP (which is purposefully only okay anyway)

It's the first Pharrell track I'd heard in a while where I didn't immediately go "Oh, Pharrell," even though it's pretty obviously him when you think about it

oh wow i didn't even guess

Love j hud in the video, ti's interjections throughout (aside from the actual rap) throw me out of things a bit.

lovely hook on that j hud thing

was talking about Rico Love's EP on last year's thread, it's really dope, glad the single eventually popped off big

the J-Hud feels very transparently Pharrell to me, think it's a pretty wack song. J-Hud in the video tho <3

yeah i love the rico love ep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMAJ-itl4m4

anyone feeling this

compter love sample kinda played out but cool beat otherwise

I'm also very much into this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LQoM477wlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHc0Cay89w

this record is sooo igno but

lol ty really is prolific and versatile with absolute garbage

haha to be fair she actually writes her own shit

not that that says much for him either way, just saying

there is a new ne-yo song called "religious/ratchet wit yo friends" and i am not sure it can live up/down to that title

"ratchet wit yo friends" doesn't seem to figure much

stealing this from Greer's twitter but I love this. (not quite as Tinashe-wave as title and screencap imply, mildly nsfw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhsJxdYeGYQ

new teedra ep. she's moved to california.

http://teedramoses.bandcamp.com/