Rolling R&B Thread 2012

"stop trippin', you can't control that freak" may be the single greatest vocal moment of his career

chuuuch

tried hard with that tamia lp but i couldnt make it happen

an extra 20% songwriting & production oomph and she's still got jams in her tho

Disappointed that Melanie Fiona is a non-contender in most year-end coverage. It wasn't perfect or anything, but that album really got overlooked

Encouraged that Miguel is placing so well, though. He's really right up there in a lot of these lists

latterly i've been really reminded how strong the jade alston mixtape from the start of the year is

that poor release received almost zero traction outside of this thread. excited to hear what else Alston has in her though; that tape suggested a lot of satisfying directions she could explore

"sober" got a very charming video

non-dawn, non-miguel 2012 POX

kalenna - matte black truck / poison
nikkiya - let's fly / alibi
melanie fiona - like i love you / watch me work
estelle - cold crush
tiffany evans - u got a woman
jade alston - searching
khia - dickmatize
nina sky - never kissed you / comatose
mariah carey - triumphant (get 'em) (vintage throwback remix)
keke palmer - love me, love me not
keyshia cole - get it right / hey sexy

evan - poor release was a statement of pity, not quality, right?

because i still really love that. it's not perfect but alston's a talent to watch and there are three or four jams there.

tamia had a new album? is it worth checking out to pick the best songs from it? secret affection for her based on 'so into you' and 'officially missing you (remix)' and the fact that she's canadian.

not "three or four jams", the opening run of six is flawless

xp yeah, pity, not quality. I've listened to that album a ton over the year, and while I've never completely loved it as a whole (it didn't make any of my lists this year, and not just b/c technically it came out last year), I'm always amazed at how different tracks jump out and click with me at different times. Wonderful singer, with a command of a lot of different moods.

xp sorry - i wasn't counting the intro because it's like half a song? if it were a whole song it would be one of the best.

it's three-and-a-half minutes long!

fine. i don't know why we are arguing about it. i've spent most of the year periodically raving about it. haha.

it just feels 'intro-y' to me somehow, but this is a silly thing to fight about.

anyway, i'm listening to the coline creuzot EP now. You and I'm Done are the standouts on first listen.

quite like this omarion mixtape, this is the standout on first listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Dc9EIk25w

the DRUMS

That Tank verse is the highlight for me. Wish that guy went as hard on his albums as he does on his guest spots

also jamming this off the lyrica anderson tape discussed earlier. hook is undeniable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKyP-xe1C0

yerp

frankly disgusted the thread is not falling over it after i had granted my imprimatur

tank album was not great but not too bad judging by some of the other free passes handed out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwobN0T3nyk

he's kinda digging out a male loverman niche stanbase version of what keyshia's doing

still, who cares it's only tank tbh

really like the omarion tape. not as much as late nights, but it's really good.

I'm not sure where to post Brandon Soderbergh's Alt R&B essay published in SPIN.

that was posted in the year end roundup thread, many eyes were rolled

http://i.imgur.com/KtWhL.png

hope that helps alfred

lol

was looking for a good trashcan app

I may have missed it but did anyone mention Wish's Me Against Her mixtape? It's not perfect but it does contain a few jams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wgc4yS3CNE

I like that.

Alt(ernative) R&B: Did I coin the term? I was stumping for it in 2000. It seemed obvious. I don't think we (AllMusic) made it a descriptor until '05/'06, though. Don't think it gained traction in the office until I cited There's a Riot Goin' On and PM Dawn and ranted about neo-soul (a shrewd marketing term).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dcNa4YNzWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7indskO9KIs

this solo track/bell biv devoe flip from v bozeman (as in that timothy bloom single) is super-dope

http://soundcloud.com/thatgirlv/v-poison-v-bozeman-thatgirlv

― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, December 3, 2012 11:35 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

reposting this because i'm still REALLY feeling it - i love how the original "poison" is just a distant echo

my mans trey songz and our girl maura on R&B in 2012:

http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/trey-songz-sticks-with-r-b-as-others-go-1008050982.story?utm_source=most_recent#/column/the-juice/trey-songz-sticks-with-r-b-as-others-go-1008050982.story?utm_source=most_recent

http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/music-news/spotlight/2012-in-review-the-rb-auteurs/?fref=300030&ecid=tafcb&tafisnid=3D87FEDC7DCC8FB3512E60AFE7962EDE

would love a Maura-Trey round table.

Trey Songz is always really elegant speaking on that subject; he's great at defending traditional R&B w/o advocating a purity test or abasing singers who do go pop.

I do wish I liked his last album more, though. I can barely make it through that thing, and this coming from somebody who devoured his last mixtape

Also Maura's piece is very good; love that it doesn't force an easy narrative on a year that can't be summed up by one

yeah Trey has a good head on his shoulders, wish i could've done a better interview w/ him a couple years ago than a rushed 10 minute phoner allows for. definitely pretty frustratingly flawed output despite his faithfulness to R&B, though.

1977 is out and it sounds MAGNIFICENT

http://i.imgur.com/HXiyO.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZh6RalvTqU

been getting into this heavy lately

i know roger is forever hard to take seriously but dude killed it, top 10 r&b of the year imo

tsk tsk tsk

tsk we're making that green
people always say what the hell does longneck mean

yeah that's dope

found myself digging the Tamar Braxton single the other day, anything is possible

The Marques Houston is good. I'm tsk'ing your Whitney gif. Outside of the strictly unnecessary AK47, the new 1977 is and sounds great.

we have an outbreak, patients are not obeying the quarantine, please return to your approved holding area: 6/7/2011, imma drop that body work / fuck my brains out double single (TERIUS NASH aka THE-DREAM, LOVE IV: anticipation and adoration)

what is "great" about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02JMBhxufJw

this sillyness has also wormed its way into my head loads

i'd like to imagine there's more of this lurking in the bay and other environs, thread resolution for 2013 should be to abandon the internet mixtape circuit for a rolling regional r&b pop thug steez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC3WnHxeHVs

super endearing corn, now with video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGUGPuUGW2w

in a similar vein i havent got bored of this one like i thought i might so watch it this time u bums

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

lex u ever hear this? merry xmas if not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiP5YMYxZ1Q

yes i am just cherrypicking a fave 2012 list instead of posting a 50 song list of trash, what of it

(dmile production this fyi)