Rolling R&B Thread 2010

jesus how many people have songs out called "where they do that at" now

― some dude, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 8:10 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

(i still haven't heard any of them apart from k michelle)

lol the chorus of latest youtube posted itt contains "where they do that at" as a lyric

k michelle's wtdta is so great, i love the way she slides into the "where they do that at" after you would have expected there to be nothing left in the chorus.

yeah the whole thing just flows so naturally, reminds me of deemi's "soundtrack of my life" from a few years back. love the way she enunciates "video hoes", all those flashes of anger amidst the sadness.

this is a mario winans joint, i had high hopes but it seems to be completely missing a hook?

trey's second single fwiw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v731w6aoEpE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXyO3K-SOFk

fucks with this... fantasia would've killed it tho

kind of an odd choice for a lead single, but I'm glad she didn't go for "knock me down again" or "still turnin me on," this is classy and soulful but still modern, reminds me of Mary J. Blige's "Kitchen"...Keri's strongpoint is her midtempos anyway, "Where Did He Go," "Quicksand," "Slow Dance" etc.

my bad I meant to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1j-f1WVuhs

"last time" is a great song tho, love that melody

other new shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnAbCzmeOXw
(This song is cool but I'm not sure about this more aggressive vocal from Lloyd, part of what makes him so great is his smooth, sweet, laid back voice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgguIzNQzM
(I need to listen to the Fantasia album... it's sounding kind of classic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSrP5tUAIw
(jam)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llFYolZQZsA
(is it just me or does ne-yo suck now)

ne-yo sucks now

yo i heard some dope shit on the radio that sounded like jazmine sullivan but i don't think it was -- it was maybe brianna??

Keri's strongpoint is her midtempos anyway, "Where Did He Go," "Quicksand," "Slow Dance" etc.

― / (The Brainwasher), Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:22 PM (58 minutes ago)

word, and "alienated"

man that keri joint you posted sounds just like a timbo job, it's nice too

yo i heard some dope shit on the radio that sounded like jazmine sullivan but i don't think it was -- it was maybe brianna??

― be my anchor baby (J0rdan S.), Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

jazmine's new single is getting pretty big so it could be that, i'm not really into it, though

lol guys i'm probably gonna be interview Trey Songz next week -- gonna try to come up with the funniest questions possible without coming off mean or disrespectful

interviewING

hahaha awesome

"breaking point" is really gorgeous, damn - and it is timbo i guess, his best beat i've heard in a while

MY LOVE HAS A LIMIT, MY LOVE HAS A LIMIT

still think that trey songz mixtape brainwasher posted way back is dope. dont really get why hes so superhated

i wouldn't say he's superhated -- he's an object of a lot of jokez among mostly me and Rev and J0rdan, but i think most R&B fans like at least some of his songs

xp to myself i have no idea why i was surprised it was tim, he's worked with keri before

wasn't really keen on that lloyd track :(

i note that los has a production credit on the fantasia album! off to d/l.

if the mmts mixtape deej refers to is anticipation, that's the one that turned me round on him to an extent - i was shocked that it was good at all, let alone as good (and interesting) as it was

i note that los has a production credit on the fantasia album! off to d/l.

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, August 20, 2010 11:02 AM (8 minutes ago)

oh shit me too

lex you'll like this keri i think

yeah i've heard it, liked it but it hasn't sunk in yet

new cee-lo is pretty awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAV0XrbEwNc&feature=player_embedded

yes, this fantasia album is great!

Loving that Fantasia.

digging on fantasia and this cee-lo.

ftr, i do like some mmts songs, even did at the time i discovered how enjoyable a pasttime clowning on him is, but he is still a mans of alarming inconsequence

he is like the rick ross of r&b in terms of the "how the fuck did this guy become a star?" effect

that cee lo is great an it sounds like its from the past

i don't know about that, demographically speaking Trey seems kinda like the perfect midpoint between Usher and Chris Brown that his stardom seems somewhat inevitable. even when he was an also-ran for a couple years he was steadily on the rise, it's not like he was the 5th most famous guy on Slip N Side for almost a decade like Ross. (xpost)

dunno about that, feels like his first two albums both made zero splash and by the time of the third r&b had sunk low enough that he was the only guy of his ilk around. gucci and drake spots sealed the deal.

he does seem to be getting better with fame though tbf.

i've listened to "breaking point" like 10 times now, i think it's her best song

where are yall on this

"breaking point" is kind of... lurching, but i also think that it's pretty great

fantasia song is great too

ne-yo ain't bad, it's just really sappy in a way that i can't get past

yeah the song i was talking about is the new jazmine -- i like this a lot, much more than any singles off the last album aside from "need u bad"

yo

http://nahright.com/news/2010/08/21/drake-what-if-i-kissed-you-fullno-tags/

"breaking point" is kind of... lurching, but i also think that it's pretty great

ha sure but so is like, "pony" - i think it's classic timbo

http://nahright.com/news/2010/08/21/drake-what-if-i-kissed-you-fullno-tags/

havent listened yet but 'what if i kissed you' -- how neurotically 'perfect' (wack) for the drake persona

it's a good joint

it's a reference track anyhow

also it has some classically dope stargate production

fantasia has a new album coming out ,what!!

flicking thru the fantasia alb and it sounds like it might be pretty good but maaan i forgot all about 'man of the house', let alone how much i loved it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Nxpes6wgM

fave r&b song of the year i think?

looks like it's gonna be the 2nd single as well

I hadn't even heard that before! It is great.

nice

most important thing i learned from MMTS is that the ad lib that i thought was "C'MERE" is actually "C'MON." also he said that the new album is more like Anticipation than anything else he's done, which some of y'all should be happy to hear.

i kind of like that i can hear mmts working really hard to overcome his inconsequentiality these days

"bottoms up" is pretty good -- the problem is that it's just as generic as "say ahh" but not as fun