Rolling R&B Thread 2008

it's so repetitive though.

well I won't figure that out or be bothered by it until I start hearing it outside of 90-second mix show snippets.

lovin u long time T.I. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEMIX

http://www.zshare.net/audio/13779986d1e85cf5/

can we amend the constitution so that t.i. raps on at least 3 r&b songs a year

synthpop-tastic new john legend song:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/137206042d9dcc20/

youtube sensation phatfffat/dondria nicole's debut single sounding like solange "i decided" a little bit:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1374013983359c19/

Raheem DeVaughn's myspace has his new single "Text Messages," which he called into one of the local D.C. stations to debut today, and said is going to be on a re-release of his album. it's not bad, although it kinda feels like he realized he could write R. Kelly songs after R. showed up on that "Customer" remix and said "this song reminds me of something I would do." the page also has Raheem's remix of "Flashing Lights," which is pretty good.

i like that jay sean maybe song a lot.

too bad about that T.I. remix

the maybe one i mean. the rest of the album is just o-k.

i like the ne-yo closer single a lot too.

Does Priscilla Renea deserve her own thread? Why isn't she famous? :(

Take A Bow
Cry (snippet)

should there be a Rolling YouTube Cover Artists Thread or something? I never can muster any interest in that kinda thing and I don't know where it fits in the context of a thread about mainstream releases of original material.

Cry is original

a 45-second snippet, though! I do think that would make a good rolling thread, though, if people who paid attention to that kind of thing posted on it enough to make it interesting.

uh, she has at least ten other originals up

I fell in love with you
One Voice
I need you back
I apologize

excuuuuuse me, princess for not knowing that!

WHATEVER

p.s. Cry Acoustic

sinks

sucks

if you must insist on using yr internet telescope to peer into kids bedrooms at least maybe say some shit and make it worth a while

feeling that missy. that kinda counterpoint where verses go 'ditch that' style android confident "i love him, he love me ME ME ME ME ME" but then chorus into swooning "don’t want you touching on her agaaaaaain" human vulnerabilia, it's strangely touching. a welcome return, to fantasy

also it sounds like bola 'aguila' or some shit, haha

http://www.zshare.net/audio/13876198453531f1/

d(-_-)b

fucks sake brainwasher really comparing that thicke tosser's new song to gaye/ware? u an inane dude! i just keep thinking he's about to bust out into everybody was kung fu fighting when it comes on

^^^Lolz at this.

Priscilla's a'ight but she needs some real focus on her voice same with this woman LadyBirdTicia but damn if she isn't sassy! She's really fun to watch (she crazy!) and has an amusing rotation of weaves.
Back To Black
Me & Mr Jones (Fuckery) <---this never needs to be sung by an American

here now see this off the new peven everett lp is how it should be done

(pretty much that good all the way thru, really great album)

xp

the dream song on the radio really is affects me archetypally, and was also written with regard to me, specifically, i'm positive. so are some op-eds in the nyt, as well as most television commercials. if you didn't know, i'm a famous person, and i'm tired of all these dis songs, i need to totally revamp my lifestyle again, this is not working and it might be pointless if my time is limited, tell all the people that avoid responding to me that if i take time to read them and not just reread a few posts over and over again, trying to extract the celestial implications of the energy contained in them

part of me feel so bad / but ooooh / not that bad

oops, sorry for not continuing Rolling R&B Thread 2008's longstanding tradition of offering insightful commentary with each link posted

I just don't think we're ready for that Esmee Denters/Arnel Pineda next level shit, sorry.

my shred of insight for the day is that Ray J is still unctuous, still got some jams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGlWnDQZqA

p.s. here's what i have to say about priscilla: totally a natural...tends to impersonate each singer rather than trying to create her own interpretation, but she impersonates so well that it doesn't bother me...on top of that, her original songs are surprisingly good and memorable, i esp. dig the "cry" for its ambitious vocals and hooky verses(though it's missing the whoaaaaa CRYYYYYYYYYYY note, i might actually prefer the longer acoustic version).
i thought she was going to sign with ryan leslie, but that never happened...crossing my fingers for her.

Lee Carr's "Stilettos" is my jam right now, nice to hear Los Da Mystro work with someone less annoying than The-Dream.

-- some dude, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 17:16

someone less annoying = someone that does exactly everything the-dream does but who just happens to not be called the-dream? ... you totally caved!!

(btw what is the official term for that 'erotic city' thing los does on all his beats - flanging? whammying? i just don't know.)

ehh The-Dream's voice has a one-of-a-kind quality that makes me want to kill myself, this guy just sounds generically silky. and yeah, the flanged drums totally make it (always reminds me of is "She's Always In My Hair," but yeah, "Erotic City," probably a better Prince reference point).

I don't quite know how I feel about Slim from 112's voice (which, like The-Dream's, is bizarre and alien but not totally in a bad way) without the enveloping safety net of the rest of the group's harmonies, but "So Fly" f/ Yung Joc is pretty good. but tell me HOW IS SLIM THE ONLY MEMBER OF 112 WHO DOESN'T HAVE HIS OWN WIKIPEDIA PAGE? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_%28band%29

so ur saying you got no beef with what dream and carr do with their voices? sorry, i thought otherwise. i guess i have a similar thing going right now with sean garrett - 'girlfriend ringtone' (another hot cruisy los beat) has a lot going for it (like 'grippin' did too i suppose) but i just cannot get past the guy's awful nasal straining. (though it's also got also a wayne verse on it, and lloyd single aside i don't wanna hear him on r&b any more either.)

turbo 919 is not a good album anyway.

forgot that wayne is slated to guest on cassie's single too - will be unnecessary and bad.

yeah, the original is so perfect that i'm slightly worried, but the tiny sample from the video shoot sounded promising.

here now see this off the new peven everett lp is how it should be done

(pretty much that good all the way thru, really great album)

xp

-- r|t|c, Friday, June 20, 2008 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

this is great man ... nice find!! i gotta check this out

also lols @ bw's leon ware comparisons but i still like that song

i seriously didnt even know peven had a new record out.

Live in chicago for a year and hang w/ any R&B fans at all and you will meet lots of women who claim to be friends of his, lol

"Oh yeah i know him" = "i watch him perform @ funky buddha"

yeah i'm not the deepest peven follower or anything - found him a bit and miss from what i'd heard, probly unfairly given his versatility - but this one (sincerely yours) turned out to be my partic bowl of porridge. got all sorts on there but he stays light on his toes, basically, and the whole thing is agreeably balanced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X339rvKMI8s

what the fuck!!

ugh

neo soul artists selling out has got to stop

While he enjoys the recent recognition he has received, DeVaughn invests in various ventures apart from music. He currently working on a part-time business venture selling video phones, which he describes as "the technology of the future."

like, how you gonna have a song about text messages my dude!

probably wearisomely alone on this but anyone else having trouble getting into that jazmine sullivan tune? no doubt about the high wholesome quality of the thing but i find it weirdly tight and intimidating almost, when, very generally speaking, reggae-lite tunes usually impart a sort of inclusive warmth, be it through a roughness or a looseness or... i dunno. perhaps it's the vibe of honouring lauryn hill's fire as well that makes it admirable moreso than lovable.

perhaps also i am just saving myself for hayden panetierre's reggae single oh yes

btw if anyone's come across any reggae rnb remixes this year holla cos i got nothing zip nada :(

the-dream- falsetto (hayden panetierre reggae remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdJFEeXcmM

how could i forget (ans: very easily)