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