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