Rolling R&B Thread 2010

somehow i really don't trust a major label saying a marginal figure's album is going to drop in february when it's august

Also: H/T to Janelle Monae for making it cool for R&B singers to cite Bowie.

ugh, no

lex doesn't like bowie?

~HATE~

and certainly hate anything of that prissy, arch, clever-clever, too-cool-for-soul approach being brought into r&b

I missed Miguel when he played live in the park but the crowd seemed really into him

and certainly hate anything of that prissy, arch, clever-clever, too-cool-for-soul approach being brought into r&b

For decades, R&B singers have been teasing influences by citing influences way more eclectic than the ones they actually draw from, so I'm sure the record will be more Confessions than Aladdin Sane.

How big of a hit is "All I Want is You"? It's one of my favorite singles of the year, but I haven't heard it on the radio yet, so I have no sense of its reach.

i like this drake song!

been listening to the fantasia album quite a bit. it's great

yeah the fantasia album is pretty great. been obsessively listening to 'falling in love again', even though it's quite maudlin, just for the part where the beat drops out and it's just fantasia and the synths

video for "when a woman loves" http://www.vevo.com/watch/r-kelly/when-a-woman-loves/USZM21000084

i feel like he might be able to rope me in to anticipating an album that harkens back to the 'chocolate factory'/'happy people/ era

this stuff is pretty U Saved Me but not very Chocolate Factory imo

yeah... i guess i just mean not doing anymore autotune songs or joints with kid rock

i feel like he might be able to rope me in to anticipating an album that harkens back to the 'chocolate factory'/'happy people/ era

Ditto. I liked TP3 and Double Up alright, but in general his newer albums have been really uptight, like he's singing with clenched fists and about to pop a blood vessel in his neck; they almost put me on edge. He had this wonderful, breezy vibe going for him with Chocolate Factory and Happy People. I'd love to see him tap that again.

http://www.myspace.com/treysongz

mmts album sounding proper so far. def more anticipation than ready, although weirdly enuff i gotta admit i was more in the mood for the former.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU6-oJj3G4U

let's get the lloydian spacejam out the way first shall we

woah

that is some zero gravity baby making music right there

what about this one then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdpTIzk7-0

incredible imo

ok right now i'm convinced this is the best song he's done

'already taken' is great but is kind of 'break up' (mario, garrett + mane) part 2 in that it makes me feel a bit ill

Yuuup!

odd comparison, warm Polow keybs don't remind me of seasick Bangladesh beats at all

it sounds v. slightly out of tune to me (like break up)

"when a woman loves" is kind of O_O

sometimes i forget that kells is like... a deity of singing

i've had to listen to it at least 4 times in a row now

yeah man

Just catching up one some old stuff from this thread and hit play on Alicia Keys "Love Is Blind". Scrolled down, totally zoned out for a bit, and completely forgot who I was listening to. Loving it, trying to think who the heck I'd consciously decided to listen to less than a minute ago, and didn't realise/remember it was Alicia Keys until I scrolled back up and checked. So basically this is great because it sounds nothing like her.

old news but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOVeDwFLd1Q

cross post to WS for saratune

random question: did anyone listen to the sean garrett mixtape & did it have any worthwhile jamz

it has a weird ass cover

*crickets*

'she geeked' was good but just for the gucci verse

i could not take a mixtape's worth of sean garrett's voice.

i can barely take a chorus's worth of it on a song i really like tbh

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i like 'you just need me' off the songz

songz album is sounding kind of boring/bland

maybe i'm just not in the mood 4 it rite now

i have yet to listen to the songz except for the middle part which i really liked -- skipped around a bit & it seemed boring -- his last album was like... a 6.5 or 7/10 which i think is prob his peak

yeah i'd agree anticipation/ready is most likely his peak

after one listen I'm really feeling the PLEASURE portion of this ("red lipstick," "unusual" and "doorbell"), the rest is quite generic/boring besides a few songs ("can't be friends," "made to be together"), and his r. kelly impersonation is kind of obnoxious on some of these tracks

Did mmts become super successful just by cutting his braids off? That's the theory I'm gonna run with

Fennessey compares mmts to judy garland in his wapo review, LOL :)

The characterization of his last album was a bit generous... "I invented sex" isn't exactly a zany song by any means

so i've found this whole john legend/roots project really *eyeroll*-worthy, but I'm loving this remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T14XjntKIA4

"I Invented Sex" is a pretty fuckin' goofy song, man

idk i've always seen trey songz & trey songz songz as incredibly generic, some just happen to be really good

the goofiest part about him is prob his ad lib

and his goofy-sounding vibrato

yeah he totally sounds like a cartoon character