Ciara - Greatest Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjpWJyd_hk
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
UMI - High School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJ2szBl7ws
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
This UMI track from last fall ("Remember Me") is excellent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLcEe3uYlmI
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:02 (five years ago) link
Mahalia - Do Not Disturb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svTIrOcfYEs
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
this new Kehlani song is lovely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAfxP6BfvNo
― Nourry, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
I'm well aware this doesn't need the promotion, but it's my favorite song in the world right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_aGvdfLTKY
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 15 February 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
2018 but w/e
maiday - mandalahttps://open.spotify.com/track/5EIB96qoNXb64QKMwARpAc?si=qWtpBBtLRhWQ4ExFon5qKw
― ||||||||, Saturday, 16 February 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
another 2018 but w/ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzwKqxGQCuw
― ||||||||, Saturday, 16 February 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4976Fgvf5Ps
đđœ
― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Saturday, 2 March 2019 10:41 (five years ago) link
i'm starting to hear summer walker's "girls need love" (from the kimmel clip upthread) on the radio and it sounds very great there
― dyl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
lol apparently there's a remix with drake now so i'm sure that will continue
― dyl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
i like the grittier timbre yk osiris accesses in his latest single. plus: guitar solo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPiFfJ0UTqE
― dyl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
xp Yeah, the Drake remix just dropped (Iâm... not a fan, but really cool for her obv.)
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 3 March 2019 04:24 (five years ago) link
Looks like she also cleaned up her Instagram, deleted a bunch of stuff â making it more âprofessionalâ(?)
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 3 March 2019 04:27 (five years ago) link
yeah i'm not feeling drake's contribution to the remix either. the only good thing about it is that it extends the overall runtime compared to the original, which always seems surprisingly short
― dyl, Sunday, 3 March 2019 04:33 (five years ago) link
The disarming brevity of most tracks on Last Day of Summer is a great feature, but itâs true that 2:20 is really brief for a single (itâs actually cool to know that the album version has been getting airplay).
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Sunday, 3 March 2019 05:04 (five years ago) link
Hot beat on this track.
Lauriana Mae - Something Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6z0K5w9mrk
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
This is jam u may dig if u also "just don't give a f***":
Shamba - IDGAF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4llHGZs1DUE
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
Hot stuff:
Quin & 6lack - Mushroom Chocolate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimNtiduRqE
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
Tayla Parx - I Want You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZ1EVyVLLo
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
saw her last week opening for anderson .paak! she was really good
― maura, Friday, 8 March 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Awesome!
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 8 March 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
this is a jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqRNV21MV14
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
i'm really excited about tayla
i think she will get her own thread before long
― dyl, Saturday, 9 March 2019 02:19 (five years ago) link
A girl can dream... đ(Srsly tho â Iâm sure one of us will start a thread when her album drops)
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 9 March 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
Interesting piece on LVRN (with a particularly interesting bit on Summer Walker):https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8501674/lvrn-atlanta-record-label-look-story
They discovered her by chance, when LVRNâs studio manager, also named Summer Walker, decided to Google herself one day. âShe saw there was a girl also named Summer Walker who sings and puts videos on YouTube and Vine and built a relationship with her because they shared the same name,â recalls Baiden. Soon after, they all got a text in their group chat that there was an artist they had to meet.â(Walker) is one of those people that pisses you off just by how talented they are -- but sheâs not a try-hard,â Baiden says. âShe might be the first punk-R&B chick. She doesnât like doing press. When you speak to her, her responses are literally one-word answers. She did her first TV performance in a hoodie. As an R&B chick, youâre supposed to get dolled up, stand there, look pretty and sing. But she gives no fucks.â
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Saturday, 9 March 2019 23:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-new-r-and-b-is-here-reflecting-confused-modern-love
Summer Walker is also in this Briana Younger rânâb overview piece along with Elhae, VanJess, Pink Sweat$, Marco McKinnis, Eric Bellinger and more
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 10 March 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
ella mai was good tonight
― maura, Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:23 (five years ago) link
Nice. Missed her DC appearance but wanted to see her
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 10 March 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link
this is dopehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdegiQel3yc
― ILXâs bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 10 March 2019 10:26 (five years ago) link
i like the beat but not a fan of the song
her uh questionable stagename is unfortunately impossible to ignore in her followup single called (not kidding) "hey lightskin"
― dyl, Sunday, 10 March 2019 15:33 (five years ago) link
Ciara - Thinkin Bout You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVczk4uIPPg
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Friday, 29 March 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
pretty good one
― J0rdan S., Friday, 29 March 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
has an effortlessly joyful sound to it
― dyl, Saturday, 30 March 2019 03:24 (five years ago) link
a perusal of the youtube comments suggests this was algorithmically served to a large portion of its viewership
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bs1c-L-CUk
the video actually contains portions of three songs from the artist's album satin psicodelic. i think my favorite is the one that plays in the middle, the v lush-sounding "baby i don't mind"
― dyl, Saturday, 30 March 2019 03:31 (five years ago) link
Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét - Monopoly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0pryRrJvfI
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 1 April 2019 21:05 (five years ago) link
https://devinmorrison.bandcamp.com/album/bussin
― Andy K, Saturday, 6 April 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link
Tayla's album is out (paging dyl!): https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjnyW2rKiZuHiHG1Jbwtss0WBJEnIuImM
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
the final track, "easy", is great even if it ends too early. still need to spend more time w/ the rest
― dyl, Saturday, 13 April 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
new elle varner
http://smarturl.it/KindaLoveElleVarner
― maura, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3aHdZfJckg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
v much enjoying the new tink so far
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Jessie Reyez & 6LACK - Imported
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOYj7WfJQD8
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
Ceraadi - Loyal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79t9AQYOE7A
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
So much great stuff already this year, IMO
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
"loyal" is so nice -- such a smooth, bright springtime vibe to it
some of jessie reyez's vocal quirks are a little hard for me to stomach but she's pretty all right. she wrote "promises" with calvin harris and sam smith!
― dyl, Monday, 20 May 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
Yeah â I agree about the vocal quirks, but that song works well for me... I like its woozy, (purposefully) amateurish/ânaiveâ vibe, if you know what I mean (that sounds like a knock, but itâs not meant to be!)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
(âthat songâ being âImportedâ)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
almost every fifth harmony solo single is miles better than the band's stuff, and this in particular is very early-200s Mya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmBcEZ-ruAc
― like, Iâm eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 12:33 (five years ago) link
Kiana Ledé (whose single "EX" was linked by Dyl upthread) has a good new EP out.
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Friday, 7 June 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
i like to imagine rtc somewhere in the uk throwing up every time this comes on the radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_DDqg1A8lw
― ILXâs bad boy (D-40), Saturday, 19 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
Victoria Monét - Ass Like That
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMGkrWD5fNg
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
Mahalia - What You Did (feat. Ella Mai)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azA0RJMUK0E
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Sunday, 27 October 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
i was very ready to like that but something about so prominently sampling an already heavily sample-based production can strike me as odd enough to derail my enjoyment of the whole track. idk, i guess i liked "fergalicious" but it may have helped that at the time i was too young/ignorant to know of its precursors
― dyl, Sunday, 27 October 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
Are you saying it samples an intermediary track that sampled âIâm Going Downâ (and not just the original song)?
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Sunday, 27 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
that's what i thought, but apparently not. i'm looking at its credits via tidal now, and norman whitfield (composer of "i'm going down") is naturally listed as a composer. not listed however are the writers of the track i assumed it was actually sampling, "oh boy" by cam'ron (those writers are cam'ron, juelz santana, and the producer just blaze).
i would maintain, tho, that the way certain vocals are sampled/looped and beats are constructed is so similar in parts to "oh boy" that i'm almost certain that evoking an association to the latter track was intended
― dyl, Sunday, 27 October 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
I agree that Camâronâs deployment of the sample is pretty iconic
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Sunday, 27 October 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
I was gonna go to this show; âlife got in the way,â and now I regret that: https://variety.com/2019/music/news/summer-walker-jhene-aiko-usher-los-angeles-novo-1203399722/
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Sunday, 10 November 2019 06:05 (four years ago) link
this is cool
https://shafiqhusayn.bandcamp.com/album/the-loop
'The Loop' is the new LP by Los Angeles based polymath Shafiq Husayn, an epic project which saw its inception in 2012 through a series of studio sessions at Shafiqâs home, including collaborations with the likes of Thundercat, Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, Bilal and Anderson Paak. Amongst a close knit circle of friends and family the golden tones of The Loop were created, deeply rooted in ideas of song, story, history, guidance and spirituality. The album bumps, jumps and jangles through progressions in jazz, hip hop, soul and funk, following on from his debut album âShafiq Enâ A-Free-Kaâ and adding further to his rich history of timeless, unique music. On The Loop past, present and future are brought together through a psychedelic concoction of time traveling drum machines, celestial string sections and trails of synthesizer vapour. Inflections of Sly Stone, Pharaoh Sanders and Earth Wind And Fire traverse with Marley Marl and Dilla-esqe drums making for an organic yet LA-trifying experience.
Shafiq has brought together an impressive array of LA's musical royalty, enlisting the likes of Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Kamasi Washington, Chris âDaddyâ Dave, Eric Rico, Coultrain, Computer Jay, Jimetta Rose, Om'Mas Keith, Kelsey Gonzalez, I-Ced and more to provide the backbone to his recording sessions. Drawing in features from an international cast of performers and artists like Erykah Badu, Robert Glasper, Hiatus Kaiyote, Fatima and Karen Be amongst others.
― maura, Monday, 11 November 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
I knew I shouldn't have clicked on "Lizzo" trending on Twitter only to read about the Ari Lennox thing.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Just got into âAss Like Thatâ, the Victoria MonĂ©t song posted upthread, thanks to SaidTheGramophoneâs Songs of 2019 list. The beat and the horns in particular are wonderful.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
Any final additions, to close out 2019? I feel like it was a good year for R&B.
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
how is sir's album (from top dawg entertainment)? i've been hearing his single w/ kendrick "hair down" on the radio and it's a welcome addition for me
a few others to have crossed my radar recently that i think are p solid:
teyana taylor & kehlani "morning"h.e.r. feat. yg "slide"r.lum.r "how this feels"
― dyl, Thursday, 12 December 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
new-ish brian mcknight song is nice
― maura, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
teyana taylor & kehlani "morning"
This song is good but... those lyrics!
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Thursday, 12 December 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
a couple eyebrow-raising lines for sure lol
― dyl, Friday, 13 December 2019 05:01 (four years ago) link
h.e.r. feat. yg "slide"Wow, this is some track (and video)... thanx for sharing. (I donât like the rap too much, but the songâs strong enough to survive it.)
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Friday, 13 December 2019 06:32 (four years ago) link
not a problem, glad you appreciate it. not my fav verse, guest or otherwise, from yg, but i'm glad it's there if only for the "i ain't gotta know astrology..." line lol
h.e.r.'s been hard to get a strong sense of. some of her music is remarkably good, pushes just enough against current fashion to thrill, and then some of it sounds so flat, as if calculated to go down easy with the grammy voters that seem to love her so much
― dyl, Saturday, 14 December 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
Yeah, this is the first song of hers that Iâve really gone in for... Sheâs obviously v talented, but usually not quite my style?
― Inapt Authority (morrisp), Saturday, 14 December 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Just got into âAss Like Thatâ, the Victoria MonĂ©t song posted upthread, thanks to SaidTheGramophoneâs Songs of 2019đž list. The beat and the horns in particular are wonderful.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGpTJGmuvs
this may be the best of the admittedly few ro james songs i've heard (no slouch tho considering the company)
― dyl, Saturday, 21 December 2019 06:10 (four years ago) link