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
― r|t|c, Monday, 3 December 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Encouraged that Miguel is placing so well, though. He's really right up there in a lot of these lists
― Evan R, Monday, 3 December 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
latterly i've been really reminded how strong the jade alston mixtape from the start of the year is
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
"sober" got a very charming video
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
non-dawn, non-miguel 2012 POX
kalenna - matte black truck / poisonnikkiya - let's fly / alibimelanie fiona - like i love you / watch me workestelle - cold crushtiffany evans - u got a womanjade alston - searchingkhia - dickmatizenina sky - never kissed you / comatosemariah carey - triumphant (get 'em) (vintage throwback remix)keke palmer - love me, love me notkeyshia cole - get it right / hey sexy
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 3 December 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
not "three or four jams", the opening run of six is flawless
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Monday, 3 December 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
it's three-and-a-half minutes long!
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
anyway, i'm listening to the coline creuzot EP now. You and I'm Done are the standouts on first listen.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
quite like this omarion mixtape, this is the standout on first listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Dc9EIk25w
the DRUMS
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
That Tank verse is the highlight for me. Wish that guy went as hard on his albums as he does on his guest spots
― Evan R, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
also jamming this off the lyrica anderson tape discussed earlier. hook is undeniable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtKyP-xe1C0
― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
yerp
frankly disgusted the thread is not falling over it after i had granted my imprimatur
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
really like the omarion tape. not as much as late nights, but it's really good.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not sure where to post Brandon Soderbergh's Alt R&B essay published in SPIN.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
that was posted in the year end roundup thread, many eyes were rolled
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Friday, 7 December 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KtWhL.png
hope that helps alfred
― r|t|c, Friday, 7 December 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― D-40, Friday, 7 December 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
was looking for a good trashcan app
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 December 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
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
― scarfs, Friday, 7 December 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
I like that.
― small-scale fux with (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 7 December 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
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).
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 December 2012 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dcNa4YNzWkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7indskO9KIs
― Andy K, Sunday, 9 December 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
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
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
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
― some dude, Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
would love a Maura-Trey round table.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― some dude, Thursday, 13 December 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
1977 is out and it sounds MAGNIFICENT
― dyslectic Christ Brown (longneck), Friday, 14 December 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HXiyO.gif
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
tsk tsk tsk
― dyslectic Christ Brown (longneck), Friday, 14 December 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
tsk we're making that green people always say what the hell does longneck mean
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's dope
found myself digging the Tamar Braxton single the other day, anything is possible
― Poli oppa lice style (some dude), Friday, 14 December 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― dyslectic Christ Brown (longneck), Friday, 14 December 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― Poli oppa lice style (some dude), Friday, 14 December 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
what is "great" about it
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC3WnHxeHVs
super endearing corn, now with video
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCotUYLPFJI
lex u ever hear this? merry xmas if not
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 December 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, December 14, 2012 1:04 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The remaster and added touches makes it sound as gorgeous as his other albums + the songs are still great + there's less Casha. I have no idea why you guys like to pretend like it's a bad album. It has held up waaaaaaaaaay better than the Weeknd ones.
― dyslectic Christ Brown (longneck), Friday, 14 December 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link