I'm starting this because it's more than halfway through the month and no one else did. Sad state of affairs
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 02:57 (seven years ago) link
A theory: this year a big R&B "mainstream" rises again in between tasteful NPR approved cred nonsense like anderson paak & scumbag lazy drake karaoke like bryson thanks in large part to Apple Music's R&B selection & increasing #s of A&Rs investing in its development as the industry shakes off the pre-streaming era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24_3OIAsoHA
i like this
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
Tricky Stewart's new project sounds good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMv1tnddPu4
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/thegreatkhalid/saved
The guy behind Location comes up with a far superior follow-up single.
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 03:37 (seven years ago) link
Agreed
Curious what folks think of this song "Sprung" by Lucas Coly, kind of undecided what I think of him yet, seems talented but maybe a bit of a blank canvas
https://soundcloud.com/lucascoly/sprung
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 03:50 (seven years ago) link
Would be great if 2017 was the year prestige R&B finally shook those mellowed out subaquatic "Marvin's Room"/"4 AM" production tropes for good. The stray Tinashe track aside I don't think there's any life left in that sound. Time to move on to something new.
Would also love to see a commercial resurgence for R&B this year but I don't know that it will happen. Last year was a landmark one for great R&B albums, but the only ones that really got much attention were the ones with overt political subtexts. I don't see that halo effect helping guys like Kalin White or other '17 Omarion equivalents.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
right, what i'm saying is, my prediction is that will happen
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
people are already looking cynically at everyone marketing themselves "politically" after the election anyway
Did this latest Jacquees single ever get posted? Has a vintage T-Pain vibe (without the T-Pain shtick obviously)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEZaH-ENKbE
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I dig it, feels like it could do something
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
"location" is kind of good. i wish he didn't sing like that but the production is pretty cool and a bit different. it sorta strikes me as the "caroline" of R&B.
"saved" is alright but it sounds vaguely british to me in a way that is off putting to me. very mercury prize core.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 January 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
that kalin track seems replacement level in a zayn-ish way to me but i'm interested in if there's any juice in that solo career or not. wonder what myles is up to.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 January 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
that thidaniel song is good. i kinda want it to break into a full reggae thing a la "rude" but as a baby's first do you like druuuuuuuugs it's pretty hot.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 19 January 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Kinda curious what folks think of Kincy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33oTCnzQ-gs
south side chicago singer, did some work on bj the chicago kid's album, has a full album up on streaming services right now called 20s.
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 6 February 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
any relation to gemini
― r|t|c, Monday, 6 February 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
listened to his album. he's talented, i wasnt bored. more a studio lab ideas guy than concise solo artist maybe... songwriting is adequate and vehicular. kinda simultaneously over and under-focused as a producer; singles sound better out of context cos the dense tinkering comes off as interestingly offguard restless, on album the jodeci weighs too heavy and all its little creativities get blurry myopic. 'mo shots' is a good example, anchorless but great when it does coalesce
― r|t|c, Monday, 6 February 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
Name one song that you wish you wrote?Anything on the Diddy Dirty Money record.
― r|t|c, Monday, 6 February 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
i also posted this in the mumble rap thread but in the event that there are some who dont crossover between both, RIP dinnerwithjohn aka john walt, a v talented singer
This is a Chicago classic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1wxg0mN5U
he was still developing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iW-TyrEgxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGoeNPrGOE
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
some nice stuff on the jacquees & dej loaf valentine's mixtape,like "waves"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAr7w-fNPVA
― lex pretend, Monday, 13 February 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/thejamesfauntleroy/sets/dojo
and in the year of our lord 2017 did james fauntleroy finally release a dope ass masterful solo thing that didnt go in one ear and out the other. 10/10
― r|t|c, Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:44 (seven years ago) link
wow, had no idea about john walt. very sad. kemo walk is infectious - the line "i pull up in origami" still cycles through my head all the time. RIP.
― anza808, Thursday, 16 February 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
SZA's collab w/ kingdom on his debut record (one of 2 SZA collabs on the album) is gorgeous: http://www.thefader.com/2017/02/14/kingdom-sza-what-is-love-single-tears-in-the-club
― joshywinty (josh), Thursday, 16 February 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
here to register my deep unintellectual enjoyment of the new charlie wilson-ish charlie wilson record
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 17 February 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Anybody enjoying the Sampha album? It sounds superb but it's not moving me at all
― Evan R, Monday, 20 February 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
His singles put me to sleep.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 February 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
yeah, his voice is an incredible instrument yet somehow the final product feels empty
― Evan R, Monday, 20 February 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
can't stand his voice so the album is a non-starter
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 20 February 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
i love "timmy's prayer" but everything else hasn't hit me in the same way
― joshywinty (josh), Monday, 20 February 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
Does anybody else's rap/R&B station play that Bibi Bourelly song all the time? I can't figure out what's going on; it's always prefaced with a spoken intro from Bourelly about the song, and packaged so that it feels like sponsored content. The song isn't actually charting from what I can tell.
My station did the same thing a few years back with Tinashe's "2 On," but that song was a legit hit. "Ballin" is just atrocious
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Ack, so here's what's going on http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/01/10/bibi-bourellys-ballin-confirmed-iheartradio-verge-program/
Inactive since early in the fall, iHeartRadio’s “On The Verge” program is back.Monday, iHeart identified Bibi Bourelly’s “Ballin” as its new urban radio pick.In addition to branding support across the iHeart digital networks, “On The Verge” provides selected artists/songs with guaranteed airplay on the iHeartMedia network of stations. While not enough to automatically take a song to #1, the guaranteed airplay gives selections a legitimate chance to connect with listeners.“Ballin” was up to #39 on this past week’s Mediabase urban airplay chart.
Monday, iHeart identified Bibi Bourelly’s “Ballin” as its new urban radio pick.
In addition to branding support across the iHeart digital networks, “On The Verge” provides selected artists/songs with guaranteed airplay on the iHeartMedia network of stations. While not enough to automatically take a song to #1, the guaranteed airplay gives selections a legitimate chance to connect with listeners.
“Ballin” was up to #39 on this past week’s Mediabase urban airplay chart.
This is nuts. I understand giving a platform to an undiscovered artist to mix things up, but for nearly two months they've been giving constant, national airplay to a song that, as best I can tell, nobody enjoys. It's like they reactivated the program and forgot about it.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
she is very much an industry plant
― maura, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:19 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, like, every part of that song is so extremely cynical, even with out the irony of all those lines about working-class woes coming from a wealthy songwriter to the stars. And her vocal affect is just agony.
Anyway, turns out she's being hyped through the same machine that made Iggy Azalea happen. https://t.co/yTDkDaFYZn
But her failure to gain any sort of traction, even with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of free air time devoted to her, makes it all extra sad and obnoxious. Like, it's been eight weeks, maybe it's time to just move on to another artist or song or something
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
id like to observe that im actually not mad at the idea of this mechanism, i mean a kehlani record was semi-launched by it too, we all know it's a lot harder for radio to break records the way it once could & im not mad that they have some kind of panic button if it works on occasion
but of course its also just showing that they push some random ass shit
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
I mean, if they selected a new artist every week or even every other week, it'd be kinda great. A few dozen lesser known artists a year would have some fighting chance at making a name for themselves, and even in a worst case scenario there'd be some gems. Plus it's just always nice hearing new stuff on the radio.
Having the same shitty song force-fed to us for two-plus months though is dreadful, though. Somehow even with all the free airplay, Bourelly's song hasn't even cracked the charts, which tells the whole story. Like, it honestly feels like a clerical error at this point, like corporate decreed this song must be in hourly rotation but forgot to send out the memo saying it was time to move on
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link
she also played on some awards show- i forget which- as an "emerging talent." (maybe it was the BET awards?)
― maura, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah i heard a payola-spin of "ballin'" yesterday (my city's station had been playing it before it had been chosen for it) and ugh the chorus is really awful omg
it's currently at #26 on the r&b/hip-hop airplay chart, so technically it is charting. tho i find it super sad that radio playlists are now so tight that it is extremely hard for a new artist to break through w/o a mechanism like this (especially true at pop and country radio), i'm at least glad that at least some women are getting chosen for it at urban radio, since they've had it rougher than just about anyone.
― dyl, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
She's a Marylander and her dad Jean-Paul Bourelly was a guitarist involved with Black Rock Coalition bands, plus she wrote some songs for others first...
After attending Blake High School in Silver Spring, Bourelly moved to Los Angeles to continue pursuing her music career, and the City of Angels delivered on its promise. She penned one of last year’s biggest songs, Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money,” in addition to several cuts on Rihanna’s latest release, “Anti.”
From a freelancer's Washington Post review https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/maryland-native-bibi-bourelly-enchants-at-u-street/2016/09/04/99e8610c-72d3-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html?utm_term=.36f6241a5aad
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 March 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
Just more background, not defending song or the mechanism that is getting it airplay
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 March 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
iheartradio has been doing this for a while...
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
also that song is good
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link
lol yeah it's really nbd
― r|t|c, Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
new chloexhalle mixtape is really nice
https://youtu.be/O8_PGsVfw8E
― maura, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:00 (seven years ago) link
quite surprised by how good this single from terribly-named new british r&b boy band mic lowry is
https://soundcloud.com/miclowry/whiskey-kisses
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 12:52 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72-Un9QXgrA
i've heard this song on the radio late at night a couple times now and it kinda caught me off guard both times. (yes, it interpolates the soul ii soul classic, but that's probably the least interesting thing about it.) embarrassingly i had forgotten who letoya luckett is but in my defense it's been quite a while since she last made any waves.
(there's a music video too but i didn't embed that b/c there's so much dialog in it)
― dyl, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 06:55 (seven years ago) link
R.L.UM.R. "Frustrated" is excellent…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEAVmj_84K0
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
whoa, has that guy done anything else? That's really great... savvy mix of modernist stuff and Showtime at the Apollo-wave
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
there's very little info on him… but I hear that song all the time on the radio…
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
Great recommendations all around itt. That Letoya Luckett track is lovely and one of the rare times an interpolation like that doesn't pull me out of the song
And man that Chloe x Halle tape is a stunner, maybe the best R&B project I've heart this year, up there with Kelhani. They're Beyonce proteges? Love how fast the whole thing moves; such great movement and concision. Weird comparison, but since most of these songs are under two minutes it kinda plays like the alt-R&B answer to that Mannequin Pussy album from last year, just a splatter of brilliant ideas that never pauses. "Poppy Flower" and "Wonder"... man.
Lex, wasn't able to stream that song b/c SoundCloud wants me to have some sort of premium account (gross) to hear the whole thing. Preview sounded cool tho
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
that RLUMR single and the Chloe x Halle mixtape are really great! Went back to CxH's EP from last year too and that's terrific too - you can definitely hear a lot of the precision and detail of Bey's s/t in both.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
i think i LOVE the khalid album
― monotony, Monday, 27 March 2017 07:06 (seven years ago) link
No word on the new Trey Songz?
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 27 March 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/mary-j-blige-love-yourself-feat-kanye-west/
― maura, Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:46 (seven years ago) link
ILM's 2017 Rolling R&B Thread Spotify Playlist
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
lol i came back to ilm after a week away and saw how many rolling threads were on new answers and actually thought there might be an interesting reason for that! never mind
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 11:42 (seven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-and-b-albums
Hmmmm, Bruno Mars...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2017 02:56 (seven years ago) link
i mean, it is an r&b album
the adult r&b station here has been playing his pop hit "that's what i like" a lot lately and it sounds perfectly appropriate right next to mary j. blige's "thick of it" et al so \_(ツ)_/¯
― dyl, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
He is successful across many of the charts, true.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Thanks to Lex for the tip-off on the Jacquees & Dej Loaf mixtape – it's very nice.
― Mercer Finn, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
i'm really into this JHud song featuring Babyface and Ma$e from an adam sandler movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncKGyNksAcw
― flopson, Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
Fun song!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 16 April 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
sounds like sukiyaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUA-DcW1lFc
mixed with mariah carey's 'honey' lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 21 April 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
ironically 'sukiyaki' was covered by ... a taste of honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwkKDyKqCQw
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 21 April 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
This is great. Usually singles that double up R&B singers for added star power don't work at all, but here Jeremih and Chr*s Br*wn get a chance to actually harmonize a bit and they really nail it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=v4R7Q9SAcvM
― Evan R, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
embedded a screwy link up there, sorry about that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R7Q9SAcvM
― Evan R, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link
How did I not know that Jose James released a full-on pop/modern r&b record?
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 29 April 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
i tried to listen to it but wasnt in the mood atm, any good?
― Spottie, Monday, 1 May 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
New Lady Donli song is dope imo
https://soundcloud.com/ladydonli/ice-cream-feat-tomi-thomas
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 09:35 (seven years ago) link
Cali Roots Festival livestream---so far so good: https://www.livelist.com/caliroots/
― dow, Sunday, 28 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Love this
https://soundcloud.com/oneinthe4rest/jiu-jitsu-feat-chris-brown-1
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 3 June 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
Pretty close to gorgeous:
https://youtu.be/2jpFSvJ9UEI
Frank Gamble ft. Abra Cadabra, "J'adore"
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 4 June 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
UM how hasn't anyone mentioned "love galore" by SZA?? it's pure heavenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXfCOjb3fk
― joshywinty (josh), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 05:56 (six years ago) link
oh that's really nice
― dyl, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
SZA album is up: http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/09/sza-debut-album-ctrl-stream/
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Friday, 9 June 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
i really like this record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 9 June 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
I loved "Drew Barrymore" so I'm looking forward to this
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
"Doves in the Wind" is pretty near a DAMN. outtake if anyone needs suckering in
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
i love "prom" so much
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
whole album is solid as hell imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
the solo debut by stokley of mint condition is out today, and this might be my song of the summer
https://open.spotify.com/track/5FqG3x1prGXhGdNL7OQN6D
― maura, Friday, 23 June 2017 12:05 (six years ago) link
New Goapele album out. in love w this one atmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjJTCTf2Js
― down that brown path (Spottie), Thursday, 13 July 2017 06:29 (six years ago) link
also new sevyn for those who didn't follow the artist specific threadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4ID0mh27k
half year update on the playlist
ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 13 July 2017 11:59 (six years ago) link
New Lloyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkoPWwHgXdA
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
aww i like this!
― maura, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
i put this in the jeremih thread but nobody bit
this song he & yung berg did for justine sky might be one of the best things i've heard this year. maybe it's just cuz i've been listening to teedra moses a lot but i get that kinda vibe here, but also the textures and dueling guy/girl vocals remind me of last train to paris. and the chorus has this whimsical vocal melody that feels very characteristically jeremih to me. great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0TMSOWNafQ
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 22 July 2017 07:19 (six years ago) link
yeah this is nice. she sounds like dawn on a few parts, the production would def fit on lttp
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
a lil retro but i like it
in other news, kehlani should sue:
Demi really served up the bad bitch anthem of 2017. pic.twitter.com/tvOtzaUiiR— ً (@ButeraDemetria) July 19, 2017
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
damn yah
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Diggin that Justine Sky track.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 23 July 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
totally loving the stokley album, lots of prince/miguel/stevie/saadiq/d'arby vibes throughout... wouldn't mind a thread for it actuallyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfEfOK85HJw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 23 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I like the Luke Christopher album OK; it's a little too obviously post-Drake at times (particularly in terms of his flow, which is loose enough that I think the album is appropriate for this thread) but there are a lot of interesting ideas in the music. He's on ByStorm, which is the same imprint Miguel is on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iuzjjaWyw
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
also the lovely new ne-yo track has a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI1GyMlggo
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
i really hope the collapse of the pop market for anyone who isn't both a chainsmoker (or connected to one) and under 27 means that his label will stop forcing him to dabble in edm bullshit
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
"another love song" is so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
(that said, i don't mind if he does another pitbull collab)
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
ne yo track is great
― Spottie, Friday, 28 July 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
new cassie with (blech) g-eazy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4VwX2Ycso2PjDvQA9FbfBp
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
love the title line and the production is beautiful
g-eazy unsurprisingly offers nothing but the reminder that the industry sees guest raps as little more than signposts for radio programmers. unfortunately for some reason there probably won't be a maroon 5-esque 'without rap' edit for the ac stations cuz otherwise i'd be seeking it out.
― dyl, Friday, 4 August 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
there might be! adult r&b is a growing format
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
A solo version of that track was originally intended for release so hopefully we get it eventually, the random rapper addition must've happened pretty recently before they premiered it. Like I said in her thread it's smooth and I'm enjoying it a lot but I just hope she doesn't disappear again after this.
― all the way down, Saturday, 5 August 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
worth reposting herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-cNN_SPqL0
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 5 August 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
maybe i'm wrong but i feel like there's been a major uptick in adult r&b radio stars singing over trap-ish beats this year. not that trend-hopping hits are necessarily good, but if it means more room for male vocalists who don't have thin chris brown-type voices then i can't say i'm opposed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRF9TgkBCjc
(my favorite thing about this one is that the way he sings "fuck" sounds appropriately mid-coital)
― dyl, Friday, 18 August 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
Thraed of Iconika
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 19 August 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link
^^^good shit
new luke jaaaaaames
http://youtu.be/zYL3HPMiOho
i was so worried he'd given up music for acting. i love this
― maura, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
yeah song is a jam
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
great song & video
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
so good
― Spottie, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
agreed
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
Love this new Jean Deaux track
http://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux/wikipedia
― Evan R, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
new syd: https://soundcloud.com/internetsyd/bad-dream-no-looking-back
― monotony, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
pretty sure 'Fin' is gonna end up being a best of the year album for me
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
this is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GKxnBDu2g
also i need to listen to that syd record
― maura, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
it flags a bit in the middle but is otherwise aces
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
Syd solo i don't care for as much as the internet stuff
daniel caesar is v v good
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Daniel Caesar's album is so good!
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Really floored by the new Elijah Blake album. Feels like a more youthful spin on Anthony Hamilton's act—same virtuosic grasp of multiple styles and eras of R&B, but with more of a '90s spirit. A bunch of tracks sprawl in some Maxwell-esque directions, too... wonderful stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDKax9H0LAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQYxNVFstI
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
and yeah that Daniel Caesar album is sensational. What a week
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Caesar album is indeed great.
playing new york in november - http://highlineballroom.com/show/2017/11/24/daniel-caesar/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 26 August 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
On Under the Streetlight, Boyz II Men put their spin on classics such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), "Stay" (Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs) and "I Only Have Eyes for You" (The Flamingos) along with an original composition, "Ladies Man."
The album also features three guest vocalists who join the trio: Multi-platinum R&B artist Brian McKnight on "I'll Come Running Back To You," "Tears On My Pillow," and "A Sunday Kind Of Love"; Olivier Award Winner Amber Riley (Glee, London's Dreamgirls) on "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is"; and ten-time Grammy® winners Take Six join the trio on "A Thousand Miles Away."
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
also there's a new syd record out friday?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Never_Home
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
nice!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
enjoyed the Caesar album so much that i went back and tried his 2015 debut Pilgrim's Paradise and hooboy he's gotten much better over the past few years.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
These dudes are playing here tomorrow:
http://soundcloud.com/sonder/sets/into-ep-1
― maura, Thursday, 14 September 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
the r.lum.r single posted upthread five months ago left me cold when first posted but it is kind of a revelation on the radio
― dyl, Sunday, 17 September 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
i like the new musiq soulchild album. it's a double album. marsha ambrosius and neil degrasse tyson are among the guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN58r9zBGE
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Also, new Ledisi album out Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNH-VuD7vw
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
havent listened to enough r&b this year but rexx life raj has released some stuff i like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEMY1ZPaH-Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWsvpg7c00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUd5wOsV9JE
― Spottie, Monday, 2 October 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
I don't know if any of you watch the super soapy EMPIRE spinoff STAR, but Luke James is on this season and he's releasing jams. I really like this duet with him and Ryan Destiny, one of the main stars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zS_N_UDLRw
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
There's this one, too, which is a little current-trendy but I like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWex3znZRk
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The cast of this show is kind of bonkers. Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt are in the main cast; Michael Michele has a running gig; Paris Jackson showed up (and got throttled by the main bad-girl singer this week); Naomi Campbell and Lenny Kravitz play Ryan Destiny's character's parents; Keke Palmer plays a Nicki/Cardi hybrid; and Stephen Dorff is on it too.
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
brent faiyaz sonder son is my r&b aoty
― ANU (sisilafami), Sunday, 22 October 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
i only know him from the goldlink hit he sings on, didn't realize he had any albums. pretty impressed on first listen!
― dyl, Sunday, 22 October 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Is there any good reason why we're not talking about the new Ty Dolla album? If you cut the Pharrell and Skrillex tracks it's all pretty great imo.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
i haven't listened yet!
― maura, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
i like the jordan bratton mixtape that came out last week, especially this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNUa3rkMqQ
and curtis harding's new one, which is more old school (produced by danger mouse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahyM6VAM5cI
― maura, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
i like the skrillex track tbh, adds to the ~vibes~
would dump the pharrrell for sure
but yeah great album IMO
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 October 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Think this Daniel Caesar album will have any end of year traction? Went from sounding like a Really Good R&B Album to me to feeling like something we might be talking about a decade from now.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
i agree. prior album has not much of anything going for it tho'.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
I know you can lazily plop this narrative onto a lot of albums this year, but Freudian really feels like healing music at a time when we can all use it. Listening to it just now in the wake of Manhattan and it's like, yes, I didn't realize how much I needed this kind of comfort in my life right now.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
luv this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRXlNke8NaM
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
this rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6dN_92i58
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
^^^^ enthusiastically seconded
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
the ty tape is great except for the pharrell song which is dogshit
the melody on that one is so off-putting.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
I kinda like the Pharrell track? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
it doesn't really fit at all, i skip it every time
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
side effects & lil favorite are my uh favorites
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
The Pharrell track sounds as if he's trying to do an Andy Partridge (XTC) impression.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
i agree that it's a weird fit in the context of the project, but divorced from that context it's cool, if a little long.
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:51 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
side effects is so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
love ty but why oh why oh why does he still hang out with wiz khalifa so much
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
well, Wiz signed him to his label
― Spottie, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
still though
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTTfquV0iE
a bit of a step back for them but it's a charity single (released for world children's day) so i'll let it slide. that mixtape from earlier this year is still very good
― maura, Friday, 17 November 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVxrkQcXyE
haven't listened to the full-length but among the small # of youtubes i perused from the lyrica anderson album this is the one i'll prob come back to most. (i also like the instrumental break section in the music video to "don't take it personal" [not a monica or jermaine jackson cover] but it's not present on the album version!)
― dyl, Saturday, 18 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
Enjoying the Neisha EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQENPNd7d0
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Only just realized that H.E.R. spawned an answer record:
https://soundcloud.com/officialmusichim
― maura, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Pronoun tour with THEY and Us3 in the offing
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
quick check suggested charles x has not been mentioned on ILX before and a quick scan of his last album suggests he's pretty greatthe video for "Can You Do It" is from last year but is showing as part of an animation festival this month; give it a spin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRcLv2EzwA
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 05:47 (six years ago) link
I wish I'd heard "At the Club" last month
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
I really like the Lyrica Anderson album! It's nice to hear this ~smoky ambience~ Tinashe-style of production with someone with a full and rich voice instead of varying degrees of Aaliyah softness it usually comes with. I didn't realise she had a hand in Elijah Blake's "I Just Wanna..." which is one of my favourite r&b singles this decade.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 16 December 2017 11:36 (six years ago) link
just came across this album, which is really nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj2mAGm7rz0
― maura, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
^^^ this is so good
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
nice, like the weird bass synth on that.
― Spottie, Thursday, 28 December 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
Rolling R&B Thread 2018
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link