Rolling R&B Thread 2010

damn no i still need to listen to her

teedra's just put a bunch of her mixtapes up on her site for free d/l - you absolutely need complex simplicity though obv

did we miss the new lloyd single??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSkRBCPRf8Q&ob=av2n

his voice is kind.... of strangulated? it's weird. polow on the beat.

does he sound like michael on this or is it just me?

im drunk but DOPE IMO

i love that

i feel like i've heard it before though for some reason

what does the rev think about his voice here

sounds to me like he's taking out some of the heights of his falsetto and aiming more for trey's crowd. definite MJ sound. a bit less gonzo and a really restrained polow beat too.
this is making the rounds on BET right now

Kells style yodeling!

i love that

i feel like i've heard it before though for some reason

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 October 2010 14:01

cuz I posted it already lol

can't listen to that now, but i've been pro-lloyd since like "get it shawty". i posted new lloyd earlier this year.

lex has been really pro Lloyd iirc

haha brainwasher, i knew it! dope song

lolz get a grip, damn near everyone has been pro lloyd round here for years - certainly don't ever recall any outright haters at least

right i didn't mean to imply otherwise - given rev's distaste for someone like holiday's voice i was curious what he'd think of this partic song

This Electrik Red tune is new right? http://www.rap-up.com/2010/10/23/new-music-electrik-red-put-ya-money-on-it-africa/

As of right now, of the top 10 songs on the Hot 100, only "Bottoms Up" is a hit on the R&B chart. Six of those ten songs are by black performers. Eight are by minorities.

I feel like labels for the most part don't really understand this R&B chart schism. They keep pushing back albums by artists who have huge R&B hits that aren't crossing over, even though those artists' core audiences already have their appetites whetted.

lloyd joint quickly becoming one of my favorite of the year

came to the conclusion that "bottoms up" > "blame it"

also this new keri single is the shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAGb6m0JhG8

FUCK ME FUCK ME
IT'S THE WAY YOU FUCK ME

(wow keri lol...)

u getting scherzinger rejects boo?

lmao it is very scherzingeresque in it's slutty desperation

liking the return of rihanna's accent

(wrong thread)

keri :o

i really like it! never got into "breaking point" but "pretty girl rock" was fun and this is even better

I never even heard "Breaking Point" but last night I heard "Pretty Girl Rock" on the radio and man! that is great!

motherfucker you better have heard "breaking point" if you were clowning me for gushing over it a couple months ago

but yeah it's not like it got onto radio or anything

oh wait i guess i did listen to it once and instantly forget it?

lol

haha all love ships

apologies to k3ller, turns out i do really dig "Breaking Point"

The new Chrisette Michele album is really striking... she's definitely taking more risks on this one, and it's a lot snappier than Epiphany. And "Goodbye Game" is a hell of an anthem

apologies to k3ller, turns out i do really dig "Breaking Point"

― deej otm (some dude), Sunday, November 14, 2010 11:04 PM (3 days ago)

ha i saw what you said on your blog a few days ago and figured the guilt was punishment enough

chrisette's album leaked? I really, really dislike "I'm A Star" but loved her first two albums

btw have y'all heard that awful new Ameriie single?

http://www.rap-up.com/2010/11/17/new-music-ameriie-outside-your-body/

:(

what the hell is this

well at least i won't have to worry about whether to scrobble it with the stupid extra i

i have not heard remotely as many R&B albums this year as i did in 08 or 09, and i'm not sure if that's my fault or there really has just been fewer full-lengths generating any excitement. can we start talking year-end favorites? i'm sure i missed some good shit.

yeah i'll second that request

the r&b contenders for my overall list would be:

erykah badu
sade
k. michelle
quadron
the-dream
fantasia
corinne bailey rae
trey songz

it's a bit of a weird year in that, even though i've been actively disappointed by v little, nothing 's really leaped out and demanded the top spot. i've absolutely caned love king but i can't honestly give it album of the year status when i compare it to its predecessors.

still some to come - is the keri hilson album due this year? and ciara, obviously, who actually might well have made by album of the year.

-dream and corinne bailey rae are my top r&b, i think.

most exciting release left is def LAST TRAIN TO PARIS (very well could be end up my album of the year!), then BASIC INSTINCT and the Jazmine Sullivan (anyone heard this yet?)

...caned is good, right?

caned = played over and over again. lol.

oh yeah jazmine sullivan! def a contender based on the 5 songs i've heard. is diddy/dirty money still scheduled for this year? labels seem to be doing a bit better at keeping music under wraps these days. apart from ciara's, sigh.

yeah, dirty money and ciara both drop on the same day

last train to paris = best album cover of the year: http://www.amazon.com/Last-Train-Paris-Diddy/dp/B003MPAFZ0

15 dec release date is frankly inconsiderate for those who have to submit year-end ballots NEXT WEEK

for me i've liked (in rough order)

kelis
monae
bilal
badu
bailey rae
-dream
foreign exchange

after that i get lost

btw y'all join the movement: http://twitter.com/CassieArmy/statuses/2282780255846400