Rolling R&B Thread 2010

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.

it's not as if ursh+j&l hasn't been previously awesome

man j every time you say a song reminds you of "bed"/"pk" i wanna slap you but i'm feeling that drake joint

well uh los da mystro and the dream more specifically has plied that "bed" sound for a while now since it's came out

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

no i'm saying the comparison is valid this time!

yes, i'm saying that it's also valid lots of other times

& 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)

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"

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.

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

huh that's a real chill video too imo

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?

i know nothing about him! just seems to be a chill MOR sort of dude

haha i only have an untold remix of josé james (it's really nice though)

~just chillin at the studio, recording~

really like that usher space jam

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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

Moodymann;s remix of Jose James' "Desire" from last year is also amazing.

xxp

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

"sex therapy" was in my top 10 singles last year

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

robin thicke = 2010 rick astley?

"Shakin" was mercifully scrapped as a single iirc

airy falsetto = 2010 booming deep voice coming out of skinny little guy?

was referencing the music video tbh

but if you really want to hear a booming deep voice coming out of a skinny little guy in 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxnxr3J9Tak

such a dime

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

Needless to say, the Electrik Red track is freakin' awesome.

yipes, needs a zip comp

new ciara/dreamer/tricky, caught it off rich fourfour's twitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC3ZpHMOyYk

damn that is GOOD

Hey guys, I've been bored of r&b for a few months and not paying attention except for like Sade/Erykah/whatever. What's did I miss?

doesn't feel like many albums have even been released yet. the Raheem DeVaughn and Omarion were OK, only others I can think of that I haven't heard are Usher and Monica.

Essential tracks?

this is my fav r&b track of the year (besides "window seat"), but i actually have no idea in what year it was recorded

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

i'm with Cibula on the tip that the 11-minute house track "Lose Control" is the standout from the Raheem, although the deluxe version it's on is the audio equivalent of tl;dr

there's an 11-minute house track on the devaughn album?!?! OMG. i loved "i don't care" but i didn't even realise the album dropped. still haven't even got round to listening to omarion and despite not hating "lil freak" can't muster up the desire to bother w/usher. cassie's "fuck u silly" is prob my r&b jam of the year so far (erykah, sade, teedra excepted).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCU5hZd4iz8

liking this new ciara/dream track! kinda...brassier than i expected.

the fact that she's put out a track called "Fuck U Silly" has me thinking that Cassie's looked at her non-career and gone into desperation mode

all of the three jimmy jam & terry lewis songs on the usher album are A+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNMOIeg5Lkw

it's cool that they sort of adapted their style to the more modern style r&b that ursh has been going for (as opposed to 'confessions' stuff) and still did better tracks than polow & danja & bangladesh etc

durpi & bryan michael cox w/ a dope one here -- would've sounded good on confessions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KipYHHfbDXY&feature=PlayList&p=D03BC5C3EA697FC7&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=8

gr8tly appreciate the last few posts, kindof out of the loop wrt music in 2010 but nicki minaj on that cassie track is just bad imo

i don't know if i can even bring myself to check out DNOMYAR V RAYMOND at this point, too many other new albums that i already like to listen to

it's a worthless album pretty much except for the tracks that i posted! (and "mars vs venus" which brainwasher posted)

i also gr8tly appreciate the last few posts, hard for me to remember what i already wrote a week ago sometimes

rich 4/4's usher rvw btw, featuring a v cute closing paragraph. (interesting faves too.)

sad that wiki lied to me about tricky producing 'pro lover'!! happy that it turns out j-lack of 'get it shawty' fame did 'okay' though.

Hey guys, I've been bored of r&b for a few months and not paying attention except for like Sade/Erykah/whatever. What's did I miss?

Very little, I think. The new Future of R&B mixtape (vol. 31, I think, with Jay Sean) has a lot of nice stuff on it. The Raheem DeVaughn I thought was a disappointment, though. Very schizophrenic. The new Usher album has a few more decent songs on it than I think this forum gives it credit for, especially in its final half ("Guilty" is almost up there with "Foolin' Around" and "Papers), but probably isn't worth buying.

I guess the onus is on the new Erykah Badu album to tide me over until Love King, and thankfully, it actually seems up to the challenge.