Rolling R&B Thread 2012

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)

what is "great" about it

― 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.

xp hmm p sure that isnt the official hd video for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee933BAAvhE

ah ok found it

ships made me realise 'dope bitch' was indeed actually really great

can that be enough terius talk now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54jTH6Ybrgs

did we ever do this one? smooshing all these people into the one verrry slow moving elevator is entertaining. will we ever again in our lives get to hear mmts background operatic behind an easy miguel delivery (and ashanti doing something or other)

the-dream: officially better than the weeknd. phew

thx for the youtubes rtc

the-dream: officially better than the weeknd. phew

― k3vin k., Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:21 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Comparable because they both released retail versions of their free albums from 2011 in 2012, you know?

what in the world http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/15/trey-songz-arrested-strip-club-assault/

Least malicious assault ever?

NYC hip hop cops must be getting desperate for some action, it's been a minute since any rappers got busted on anything serious there

thanking rtc immensely for "who booty" and "these hoes is winnin"

be a dear and listen to shanell's mixtape for me would you?

ah fuck it nm i'm on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9FezaSWDk

OH SHIT

omg shut the fuck up where has this ho been all my life

well that's just the single of the year isnt it, let's check the tape

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

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING we have an electrik red on our hands, i repeat --

http://www.datpiff.com/Shanell-Nobodys-Bitch-mixtape.384293.html

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_7o1WgOsc

LISTEN

^^ THAT IS THE FINEST THING I HAVE HEARD IN YEARS ^^

been downloading

i have abandoned a) keyshia cole and b) dinner for this

trust me like you've never trusted anyone before

OH MY GOD I AM 20 SECONDS IN AND SO TOTALLY SOLD

i see one of the tracks is produced by "bolow". a typo?

i have abandoned a) keyshia cole and b) dinner for this

― lex pretend, Monday, December 17, 2012 3:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i hope keyshia writes some songs on her next album about this betrayal

"I Gave Up (Dinner for This)" ft. Ne-Yo

holy shit the beat switch-ups at the end of "fuck me daddy" O_O

xp lol

was gonna download til I learned there is a song called 'fuck me daddy'

oh my god what is this shimmering mirrorball perfection that is "just for the night"

SHANELL _ NOBODY'S BITCH _ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

oh yeah i did it

i did it without fully listening to it

those shanell tracks rtc posted are all great - thx alot. downloading the mixtape right now...

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING we have an electrik red on our hands, i repeat --

^^ that's quite a statement

"I Gave Up (Dinner for This)" ft. Ne-Yo

bwahaha

lol alfred

i suppose i "shall" give this a screening

Man, I seriously underrated Elle Varner's album, it is so great. so very very great. very jazmine somehow. and yet not at all.

shanell got one spin and i love a lot of it, but don't have time to fall madly in love with it until wednesday night.