Rolling R&B 2016

Grammys voters nominated a number of old-school acts for best r'n'b album (Grammys "year" is like a fiscal one ending in September I think)

Best R&B Performance:

"Turnin' Me Up" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Permission" — Ro James
"I Do" — Musiq Soulchild
"Needed Me" — Rihanna
"Cranes in the Sky" — Solange

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

"The Three Of Me" — William Bell
"Woman's World" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Sleeping With The One I Love" — Fantasia
"Angel" — Lalah Hathaway
"Can't Wait" — Jill Scott

Best R&B Song:

"Come and See Me" — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)
"Exchange" — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
"Kiss It Better" — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
"Lake By the Ocean" — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Luv" — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna

Best R&B Album:

In My Mind — BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits — Terrace Martin
Healing Season — Mint Condition
Smoove Jones — Mya

'turnin me up' was a grown person summer smash for sure. quite right too

love that song

More Lloyd; new EP out tomorrow

https://soundcloud.com/officialloydmusic/holding-feat-lil-wayne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT0f-eSaf4M

wanted to pull this out of her specific thread, really into this new sevyn song. it's so soulful.

i am super enjoying this alt R&B album by a 20 year old from the UK

https://soundcloud.com/ladydonli/sets/wallflower-an-e-p-by-lady

agree this is legit impressive

u were asking about new uk dance waves but these are the fixed income securities and trad dividend stocks we'll be seeing in the current bear market

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

I like this Keke Palmer EP a lot.

cheesy

i mean that in a certain way relative to this moment in time

in retrospect we were fools to think we could enjoy fifth harmony without raising sean garrett from the crypt

yeah i'm kinda feeling that keke palmer too

gallant getting stiffed scandalously this awards season i see

not that i could rly find any evidence that the people that heard it were actually listening

Ha. Old-school me saw Gallant live at a Library of Congress in DC Smokey Robinson tribute event. Pretty good but didn't completely wow me on his Smokey cover.

Is there a new R&B thread yet?

anyway Tricky Stewart completely murdered this:

https://soundcloud.com/thidaniel/purple

those 90s pop ska drum fills kill me lol

also feeling this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24_3OIAsoHA

no new thread yet?

im always a lil behind ~ really feel paloma ford - do it again

Rolling R&B Thread 2017

Playlist is finalized.

ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist