^^^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
― VeronaInTheClub, Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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, Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― usic, Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:36 (sixteen years ago) link
part of me feel so bad / but ooooh / not that bad
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:50 (sixteen years ago) link
oops, sorry for not continuing Rolling R&B Thread 2008's longstanding tradition of offering insightful commentary with each link posted
― Tape Store, Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― some dude, Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Tape Store, Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link
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!!
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:35 (sixteen years ago) link
(btw what is the official term for that 'erotic city' thing los does on all his beats - flanging? whammying? i just don't know.)
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― some dude, Saturday, 21 June 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 21:57 (sixteen years ago) link
forgot that wayne is slated to guest on cassie's single too - will be unnecessary and bad.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, the original is so perfect that i'm slightly worried, but the tiny sample from the video shoot sounded promising.
― Tape Store, Saturday, 21 June 2008 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
-- r|t|c, Friday, June 20, 2008 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
this is great man ... nice find!! i gotta check this out
― deej, Saturday, 21 June 2008 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― deej, Saturday, 21 June 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
"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.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 21 June 2008 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X339rvKMI8s
what the fuck!!
ugh
― deej, Saturday, 21 June 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
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!
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 June 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
btw if anyone's come across any reggae rnb remixes this year holla cos i got nothing zip nada :(
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
the-dream- falsetto (hayden panetierre reggae remix)
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdJFEeXcmM
how could i forget (ans: very easily)
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:21 (sixteen years ago) link
it's between that and plies ft jamie foxx & the-dream 'please excuse my hands' for the letting my imagination down 08 award
― r|t|c, Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ musiq sounding 2006
― The Reverend, Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link
-- r|t|c, Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:57 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link
oh I got beef with what The-Dream does with his voice, all the tics and repeated syllables are a big part of my hate but a lot of it is just the voice itself. I guess what I'm saying is to me Lee Carr right now is just one song and the vocals take a backseat to the beat, I like the song but for the moment I have no real opinion on him. I keep going through a weird thing with "Grippin'" where I love it one listen and hate it the next back and forth, but Garrett's voice is definitely too annoying for me to want to hear much more from him as a performer.
― some dude, Monday, 23 June 2008 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
lmao @ lloyd's hairstyles in the all around the world video
idk what brings more lolz, the perm or the long, straight hair (weave?)
cool vid tho
-- J0rdan S., Thursday, June 5, 2008 7:49 PM (Thursday, June 5, 2008 7:49 PM) Bookmark Link
oh man... gay kung-fu hero vs Jim Jones Jr.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 09:56 (sixteen years ago) link
also shiny tie space preppy! really there's nothing i don't like about that song n vid.
new spot with dfb passes the time nicely too.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
kells' dwele rvw is on point, i think. was wary of some of the album's lighter touches at first, but it's all good now; luh-luh-love ultraaaaaaaaaa upthread #1, then 'shady' #2, and yeah i'll admit i was slow on the uptake with 'i'm cheating'.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Will Kelly Rowland get a break from being Beyonce's weave carrier and actually get a good record out? These are things I want to know. WTF about Cassie and Lil Wayne? The-Dream does with his voice, all the tics and repeated syllables are a big part of my hate but a lot of it is just the voice itself Yeah I've definitely got beef with that.
― VeronaInTheClub, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:37 (sixteen years ago) link
k-ro's already had a good single, a good album and a good bonus house remix out, and they all mostly got the public bozack - the fuck more is she to do? if all she ever does from henceforth is go to weatherspoonses with amerie i won't be mad.
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
haha i dunno why i thought to bring bozack back! as it goes though i did wanna say that this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T75HGGbQJmQ
is only growing as the secret summer jam beatjack sister to lloyd/wayne and the 'just fine' rmx. (if i got huffy about tinny cassie comparisons this is the reason, among others.)
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
GRIPPIN :D
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
ive read one review of the album tho and it was not a favorable one
yeah I don't think Kelly R is a compelling sympathy case anymore -- the group's over so if she still chooses to get her heaviest rotation with a cameo in a Beyonce video then she's made her bed and she can lie in it. after all the hubbub and that song with the permasmirk from Gym Class Heroes, did the re-release of Ms. Kelly even drop in the U.S.?
anyway the new Michelle Williams song is nice, good to see her moving on with her life post-Heath Ledger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDyM2fzjN4
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
'girlfriend ringtone' is kinda tantalisingly close to being great actually - maybe a minor re-edit would do the trick. 'grippin' is still balls though.
was thinking nu skool los r&b dudes should maybe just save some money and JUMP ON IT, ON IT, ON IT instead
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
tbh it is probly already los' beat what with him being some doctor who motherfucker jamming with inner city in 88 and whatnot
(actually wait it is produced by "THE MASTER oc" oh shi-)
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
haha a+++++++++ ledger gag
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Beyonce has that 'ambition...look in her eyes' (to paraphrase Kanye) but Kelly does not. Simple. Michelle Williams song is nice, good to see her moving on with her life post-Heath Ledger Lol!
Also, do we like LaLa? She's like a more ghetto (much) older version of Jojo also reminds me of JLO circa 'Love Don't Cost A Thing' Sprung On A Thug Homegurlz Also, your thoughts on Asia Crus; Selfish
― VeronaInTheClub, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Shiny tie space prep lookin' Lloyd Gay Kung Fu master lookin' Lloyd BALLLLLLLLLLLLIN'! Jim Jones Jr. lookin' Lloyd
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ classic material
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
the Lloyd song kinda rips off its melody from 112's "Dance With Me"
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
poorly phrased, but you get the gist
I've thought the same thing, too, although I have no idea if they're jacking the melody from some shared old source. that song and the rest of Part III = new millenium R&B classix in my house.
― some dude, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
jazzy in the studio:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tj4ZaSlzJo8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9vQIvnpw3pY
FEARLESS in stores September 16th FUTURE CLASSIC ACT LIKE YOU KNOW
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 30 June 2008 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and Amerie is working with NO ID and Rich Harrison on her new album for Def Jam
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 30 June 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/raphaelsaadiq
wow does that 2nd track sound like a marvin tribute or what
― deej, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link