Rolling R&B 2016

was very impressed with how gorgeous the gallant album sounds, less impressed that after a few listens i can't really recall any hooks, early days yet i guess tho

i'm listening again and was trying to work out what the melody of the "episode" hook reminded me of and it's... "i wanna sex you up"

def a lotta familiar sounds on this one.

not an uncommon groove, I guess, but "bourbon" reminds me a lot of king's "the greatest."

i like the Gallant album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=929ZmjBzyPI

has anyone heard this song before. i myself have not but i am eavesdropping some distant neighbours party ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and these girls are turnt the fuck up screaming along to it? it is from 2013 and has 22 million views lol

oh nice it's fantasia 'no time for it' now, some elite bitch coven over here

i'm secretly singing along with them to 'lose to win' now. my god theyre doing handclaps and everything. this is the best party i've attended in years

what would you beeee, without meeee

into a honey cocaine segment. blimey

Tinashe – Watch Me Work

forgot about this one, even more proof she is the new ci-error wrt fifth element

fifth harmony i mean lol

That Toni Romiti song is impressively low wattage.

right yeah that's what's fascinating, like the style/delivery of the original was completely incidental to the actual underlying anthem they were attuned to and hollering out. real culture tunes like this are the very rarest pokemons

another example i've long thought this about is sizzla 'give me a try' from idk 2003 (actually usually the rihanna version later maybe). like it was always just around in a way nothing to do with what we think of as ~heat~, it wasn't a minor hit that came/went/was remembered, it just became a lowkey standard that everyone knows off by heart with no paper trail whatsoever. and if you play it out now you will shell down any gathering guaranteed

(current party update fwiw: there was a big grime section, lots of krept n conan love, and then some guys came round and the coven lost focus TUT TUT. standard dancehall now mostly, lots of alkaline ofc because they are real ppl and not herbs on the internet) (he says)

toni romiti collab'd w/ speaker knockerz back in the day iirc, id heard that song before but it didnt stick w me at the time, there's this whole world of like, unprofessional R&B (lol) that im not privvy to

like this girl ann marie from chicago has millions of views & a big fanbase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVV51aJAVFA

unprofessional non-indie R&B

"2 Hours of Ann Marie, Tink, Sonta & Tynisha Keli"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QmRIjdsy1A

mcdonalds parking lot wave

i mean that song's understatement rested on its specificity rather than lo-fi platitude but tim's kehlani throughline is viable here i think

wave is too strong obv lol, try core

just thinking about that early 00s kinda amateurish girlishness minor rise that keh tapped into, like 3lw or w/e, but maintained alongside foundational relatable rnb blues (young person "blue collar" ugh)

^^^^^^^ gets it

That whole Sizzla album is fire, on incidentally. But "I've got to stop them from compelling you" is forever my jam / pick up line.

THREE fantasia songs and honey cocaine? i need to find and befriend these girls immediately

talking of fantasia her new country ballad is pretty incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7YTDzhrBDQ

gallant's "bourbon" is so good

Some free show as part of SummerStage in NYC that might interest y'all, including KING, Ginuwine and Angie Stone.

R&B and Funk at SummerStage 2016: Ginuwine and Mack Wilds, Angie Stone, KING, Cymande, Deva Mahal, Lyfe Jennings, Jon B, Trouble Funk and Operator Emz, Vivian Green, Backyard Band and more

Cymande, KING, Deva Mahal, DJ Parler
June 11 – Saturday - 2:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Angie Stone, DJ Chuck Chillout
June 22 – Wednesday - 7:00pm - Betsy Head Park, Brooklyn - FREE SHOW

Only in Queens Summer Festival - Ginuwine, Mack Wilds, Kid ‘n’ Play
June 26 – Sunday - 5:00pm - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens – FREE SHOW

Vivian Green, GrandWizzard Theodore
June 30 – Thursday - 7:00pm – Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW

Trouble Funk, Operator Emz
July 3 – Sunday – 7:00pm – Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW

Lyfe Jennings
July 28 – Thursday – 7:00pm – Queensbridge Park, Queens – FREE SHOW

Jon B
August 2 – Tuesday – 7:00pm – Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island – FREE SHOW

Igmar Thomas and Revive Big Band: A Journey Through The Legacy of Black Culture
August 7 – Sunday – 6:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

GoldLink, Backyard Band, DJ Spicoli
August 28 – Sunday – 2:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

tiny's daughter zonnique, formerly of omg girlz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c1gK46bjIg

feeling this one w/ young thug from last year more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RmBPtKPRQ

I'm not convinced

What do the people think of Bryson tiller? Has this been discussed? Is it more than a literal mile marker for some current R&B aesthetic center? Are ppl bonding emotionally w such a Cool Guy? Wtf is the deal anyway?

everything old is new again

Thread doesn't care for him, the general public likes him a lot. I like his aesthetic and I like the singles (they're super durable) but the album was pretty one note and I don't connect with him emotionally.

the album is HUGE. he's one of the biggest new "stars" in R&B rn

even tho hes like the R&B equiv to idk john goodman's character on roseanne, the loveable schlub

just some meat & potatoes extremely modern but not very self aware type ish

i think i've defended him on ilx before. not sure why his on record persona is so douchey, i feel like the songs would work regardless.

anyway "don't" and "exchange" are pretty solid radio jams. i get why people think he's extremely corny but the gatekeeping around him feels like drake stans trying to keep their own turf for themselves. also do think there's a good chance he grows into his own as an artist and that if he hangs around for 5 years we'll look back at this stuff as the typically generic beginning to a career.

do u believe there's something attracting ppl to him, an ineffable state of being, or is he merely the man for his time and place, an everyman if you will

this article resonated w/ me http://noisey.vice.com/blog/why-is-bryson-tiller-so-popular

maybe im just bored by the aggressively relatable

I love PJ so much. She's very relatable in a non-aggressive way, lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l185-AGZhnA

what's wrong with relatable in an aggressive way?

idk. That the aggression goes into making it relatable vs. aggression itself being presented as something you can relate to?

what's wrong with relatable in an aggressive way?

― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its for simple insecure ppl who respond to the empty pointlessness of the universe by constantly reaffirming in group status?

nb PJ is not aggressively relatable she's a gem

even tho hes like the R&B equiv to idk john goodman's character on roseanne, the loveable schlub

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, April 27, 2016 7:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao what the fuck is this comparison

He makes very-current R&B music that sounds good and he has some good singles. Not sure why writers have cast his popularity as this inexplicable mystery.

Because the songs are boring and forgettable and derivative full of extremely general and generic lyrics?

I mean obv that's what people like, but I think it's fair to be like, weird that this is the standard bearer for r&b male rookie class

lmao what the fuck is this comparison

― some dude, Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Was looking for a regular Joe ass character in popular culture broadly relatable but not especially fleshed out or, like, deep

what's wrong with relatable in an aggressive way?

― cher guevara (lex pretend), Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its for simple insecure ppl who respond to the empty pointlessness of the universe by constantly reaffirming in group status?

― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, April 28, 2016 11:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh haha i meant artists whose aggression is relatable, i agree w you about the type of artist whose uninteresting ~relatability is laid on so thickly, which seems to be like 75% of genuinely popular charting artists right now

like...i feel aggrieved at the thought of even having to have an opinion on bryson tiller tbh

Inna Michael Franks vein I dig this hard https://soundcloud.com/inglewoodsir/tricky

This one too. He got that something
https://soundcloud.com/freshselects/sir-the-real

https://soundcloud.com/freshselects/sir-right-by-you

Playlist is updated for the month of April.

ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist