That Raheem DeVaughn album was one of the year's big disappointments for me. It has a couple transcendentally good songs, "I Don't Care" in particular, but a lot of the didactic political songs (not to mention the Cornel West interludes) are really intolerable. Raheem has a great voice, but nothing to say that isn't really trite.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
lol at lloyd butching it up. good song tho
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 16 March 2010 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I need to play that ep again. it kinda went in one ear and out the other the one time I played it
agreeing with the others about the lloyd ep - so pretty and seamless, like a faberge egg
― but actually it is impossible to have a penis on the body of a mermaid (dyao), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i really dig the mystikal verse on this
― funky house septics, let me drain you of this (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
what makes the lloyd ep so special for me is, yeah, how coherent and thorough within its self-containment it is; there's a really strong sense of overcoming adversity throughout, whether re: lloyd's career or the various emotionally frozen women he sings to who find love impossible or unimaginable; or even the weirdly visceral extended drugs metaphor on "pusha" - and yet there's nothing strained or effortful about how these are resolved, lloyd makes it sound so pretty and graceful - he makes overcoming adversity sound alluring. the melodies throughout are always on point but i find the looped guitar samples on "think of me" and "everyday" particularly irresistible. and i never noticed how great the lyrics of the chorus are - "every cloud has its time before the sun" <3 <3
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Lloyd's voice is also so damn weird, and so fragile that it's easy to drown out. The Young Goldie EP really complimented it in a way I've never heard before. In part because of the silky production, it reminds me of the first Al Green/Willie Mitchell albums. Before Willie Mitchell, Al Green was trying his best to sing out shouting soul-man anthems, which really didn't play to his strengths. Then Willie Mitchell created a softer sonic template that flattered Green's voice without overwhelming it. I think Lloyd is the type of singer who needs that attention.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked the EP but found it a bit forgettable.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i do like the new goapelehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WYggG0ercw
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 18 March 2010 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
yonghost (4 days ago) Show Hideim gonna fuck on this song, enjoy it , please my baby and thank Goapele for it
not tryna be a pedant or anything but that song is from last year
― funky house septics, let me drain you of this (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 18 March 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
o rly? my bad then. saw it listed as a "new single" in a show review.
― forksclovetofu, Thursday, 18 March 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure what's up w/ foxx's new album -- speak french was pretty bad but i like this a lot better -- uptempo, glitzy beat & his voice sounds really great -- this is a low qual rip but the cdq could end up being very nice - we'll see where it leads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW63Rp8bILQ
who knows what r les is up to -- can't imagine who would allow him to put out a new album after his 09 output, but i guess he's still making tracks -- this won't make any fans of people who don't dig the dude, but for stans it's a nice switch up -- sounds kind of early 00s to me, all stuttery, short guitar plucks & punchy drums that almost mimic timbo's beatboxing era -- not to make too much of it tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ3eCYHCi4k
& maybe this will find more of a home here than on the drake thread -- his new single with terius -- conflicting reports on whether or not this is the final version or not -- i would tend to say not considering terius doesn't really do much of anything with his verse (it's more of an extended outro than anything) & his vocals are mixed super low -- and even tho this wasn't produced by tricky or los it sounds like something that could've been on the back half of love/hate to me, it has a "purple kisses" vibe (or "bed," i guess -- minus los's popping drums) -- i think the chorus is really pretty tho, it hits that sort of sublime weightless falsetto that the second half of the chorus of "best i ever had" did i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx0PUdVPgjA
― corrine bailey the chef (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 March 2010 06:38 (fourteen years ago) link
So I know you guys aren't really feeling Usher this go-around, but have y'all gave the album a listen? 'Cuz there are some tracks on there... I mean, there were some leaks that I think should've made the album and it certainly isn't his greatest album but this track in particular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz05RzrcjYg
Is kind of next level. Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis... intergalactic slow-jam, it's one of the best songs I've heard all year.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 22 March 2010 06:51 (fourteen years ago) link
really great song, yeah -- it's nice to know that the three of them still have some chemistry
― corrine bailey the chef (J0rdan S.), Monday, 22 March 2010 06:54 (fourteen years ago) link
and yeah j0rdan that R. Les track is very early 00s, wouldn't sound out of place on a Jagged Edge album or something like that. It's kind of early for 00s revivalism isn't it? lol... The Drake track is pretty chill, he's much better as an R&B dude than he is as a rapper actually, he should stick to that...
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 22 March 2010 06:55 (fourteen years ago) link
few other tracks :
Monica "Stay or Go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RTkjCgL6LU
haven't really gotten a chance to give the Monica album a proper listen but I had to post this track because I've been in love with it since I heard the demo, and Monica's version is great. It's kind of your typical Ne-Yo midtempo until the beat switches up in the chorus. Such a pretty melody though, and come to think of it Ne-Yo has been sort of quiet lately so it's nice to hear something he's written... he needs to come out with a new album soon.
Fantasia "Control Freak"http://usershare.net/egzgx2a2hru7Can't find a youtube for this one, but it's worth downloading... Fantasia could sing practically anything and I'd be in love with it, she's my favorite r&b vocalist of this generation pretty easily (well... her and Jazmine Sullivan). This song happens to be an excellent baby makin' jam in the vein of "I Nominate U" from her last album (which is a classic!)... production is very minimal, sensual... I can hear the sweat dripping practially. I hope this makes the album.
Kelly Rowland "Smooches"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8hucsspgcQ
There's some INTERNET DRAMA over this song since it was supposed to be Teyana Taylor of "Google Me" fame's first single and Kelly apparently "stole" it from her... the song is cool, I would much rather hear Teyana on it to be honest, Kelly isn't really convincing...
Marsha Ambrosius "She Don't Matter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsuQyruhQto
This song was on LeToya's seriously slept-on Lady Love album from last year. It was one of the standouts on that album, and it's the standout on Marsha's Yours Sincerely mixtape (though the whole thing is great and worth downloading)... Marsha really is an excellent songwriter.
I'm kind of bored with R&B recently to be honest. We're in need of an R&B jesus or something, someone to save this shit 'cuz things are looking pretty lame :-\ I need Return of the Ahnk to leak now please.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 22 March 2010 07:25 (fourteen years ago) link
really like that usher space jam
― 丫 power (dyao), Monday, 22 March 2010 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link
oh k-ro do you really think we're still in the age where "a milli" knockoffs are acceptable things to come with?
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 22 March 2010 09:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i need to hear the full usher album, but between mars/papers/little freak i still don't know why this album doesn't get some love. Daddy is admittedly horrible...
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 22 March 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
you'd think that people would have had enough of "a milli" knockoffsbut I look around me and I see it isn't so
― iggy figgy pudding pop (some dude), Monday, 22 March 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
all three jam & lewis songs on this usher are wonderful as fuck - so impressive the way they've dipped right back in with a perfectly-adapted modern style (although otoh who better to guide a dreamy revival perhaps). tricky stewart rises to their level with 'pro lover' too, a great and nicely judged beat he wouldn't have done for anyone else this side of like 2003 say.
pretty much like the whole middle section with all this stuff - 'papers' sounds much much better in this context, and 'foolin around' - which should be lol confessions shamelessness - actually no, it is exactly that, but very welcome and not as forced as it you'd think it oughta be. 'guilty' is cute but has the curious reflexive effect of making this part of the album suddenly seem like a dope cheerfully mackin 2nd jeremih effort. maybe just me eh.
all in all not a disaster; shame about the still-dire bookends and the clumsy danja cut.
― r|t|c, Monday, 22 March 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not as if ursh+j&l hasn't been previously awesome
― poppage or poop (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:03 (fourteen years ago) link
man j every time you say a song reminds you of "bed"/"pk" i wanna slap you but i'm feeling that drake joint
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
well uh los da mystro and the dream more specifically has plied that "bed" sound for a while now since it's came out
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:24 (fourteen years ago) link
and this song is one of a few not produced by los that also seems to take cues from the general vibe & sonics of "bed" & its ilk
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
no i'm saying the comparison is valid this time!
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, i'm saying that it's also valid lots of other times
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
& i don't disagree that dream/los (and others obv) have bitten "bed" to good effect in the past; more recently you mentioned it when describing "love king" and i didn't get that at all ("lk" has grown on me a bit btw)
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think i ever mentioned "bed" wrt "love king" unless it was to say that he uses those drums again -- i think i said "rockin that shit" x "i luv your girl"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
well here's why "rendezvous" sounded so early 00s to us
ryanleslie ...saw that a few more records leaked recently. "Rendezvous" is 8 years old.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 23 March 2010 08:01 (fourteen years ago) link
this track has really grown on me tho i guess it's not a good fit with the stuff itt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFuY8gtAY8
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 08:05 (fourteen years ago) link
huh that's a real chill video too imo
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 08:16 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much like the whole middle section with all this stuff - 'papers' sounds much much better in this context, and 'foolin around' - which should be lol confessions shamelessness - actually no, it is exactly that, but very welcome and not as forced as it you'd think it oughta be.
Glad to hear. I've liked almost everything I've heard from the new Usher album (save for "Daddy's Home," and even that only because the lyrics make me gag.) "Papers" is the perfect little single in my mind; it's such a pure sentiment, a nice change from some of his more over the top moments. I think it's Usher at his most earnest and sympathetic.
Also, that Jose James song is nice. A little slight, but it worms its way into your head, like a better version of the Dilla-esque, Stones Throw neo-soul singers who always forget to add hooks to their songs. What's the story behind this guy?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i know nothing about him! just seems to be a chill MOR sort of dude
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
haha i only have an untold remix of josé james (it's really nice though)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:19 (fourteen years ago) link
~just chillin at the studio, recording~
― 丫 power (dyao), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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haha i just realized that the first track on the album is titled MONSTAR
http://watertownultimate.com/db2/00173/watertownultimate.com/_uimages/388797843_ac47b1b29d.jpg
― iggy figgy pudding pop (some dude), Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Moodymann;s remix of Jose James' "Desire" from last year is also amazing.
xxp
― maciej recognizing trill, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
never been into robin thick bar his spot on the carter iii b4 but loving his slightly disco brand of contempor&b on rollercoasta + estelle + yuptastic video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8dJIglTyI
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
"sex therapy" was in my top 10 singles last year
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lol boy just cannot dance. and where is my much-anticipated "shakin it 4 daddy" video!! "rollacoasta" is a great song though, i think the whole thicke album is deliciously light
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:39 (fourteen years ago) link
robin thicke = 2010 rick astley?
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
"Shakin" was mercifully scrapped as a single iirc
― ronnie james dyao (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
airy falsetto = 2010 booming deep voice coming out of skinny little guy?
― ronnie james dyao (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
was referencing the music video tbh
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
but if you really want to hear a booming deep voice coming out of a skinny little guy in 2010
― it is just like an unknown puzzle till the end of the world (dyao), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:51 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxnxr3J9Tak
― abcfsk, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
such a dime
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
someone with more patience than me should really sift through all these leaks and find the best stuff: http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/2010/03/28/shakes-sunday-soothing-session-take-54/#more-89385
― ruh roh I'm having a scooby snack (some dude), Monday, 29 March 2010 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link