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 it’s true that 2:20 is really brief for a single (it’s 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... 😝(Srsly tho — I’m 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 LVRN’s studio manager, also named Summer Walker, decided to Google herself one day. “She 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,” recalls Baiden. Soon after, they all got a text in their group chat that there was an artist they had to meet.“(Walker) is one of those people that pisses you off just by how talented they are -- but she’s not a try-hard,” Baiden says. “She might be the first punk-R&B chick. She doesn’t 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, you’re supposed to get dolled up, stand there, look pretty and sing. But she gives no fucks.”
― 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 r’n’b 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
― ILX’s 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 — I agree about the vocal quirks, but that song works well for me... I like its woozy, (purposefully) amateurish/“naive” vibe, if you know what I mean (that sounds like a knock, but it’s not meant to be!)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
(“that song” being “Imported”)
― 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, I’m 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
pretty solid collection. i was almost mad at "shawty" finishing so soon!
― dyl, Saturday, 8 June 2019 04:14 (five years ago) link
ever since jeremih's "planes" i'm always nervous when i see j. cole guesting on an r&b singer's track but i'm feeling this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFuZ2avoYmw
never heard of ari lennox before
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 04:20 (five years ago) link
her album is nice! "whipped cream" has been a favourite of mine since late last year.
― monotony, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 08:17 (five years ago) link
Ari Lennox lived in the DC / Maryland area for awhile so she has a big following here. She had a bouncebeat go-go band back her for a song recently
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
I did listen to a lot of Erykah Badu, don't get me wrong. But I'm also inspired by Missy Elliott, Tweet, SWV, 702, En Vogue, Anita Baker, Oleta Adams, Billy Ocean, D'Angelo, Bilal, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Omarion, Ciara, Ashanti, Petey Pablo, Kanye West, Common, Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette Michele, and Floetry. I listened to all of them, studied all of them.
Ari Lennox in GQ making sure you know she’s listened to more than Badu
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.gq.com/story/ari-lennox-interview
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Wow, I like this:
Chloe x Halle - thinkin bout me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgXndUfQ4_E
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Monday, 24 June 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
The new Daniel Caesar album is good.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 28 June 2019 06:25 (five years ago) link
dang, that dropped quietly!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
oh shit this brandy track
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link
the new gallant video is wonderful, song toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OprPmcx0QXQ
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 5 July 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
oh dang how had i not known about that already
he is pretty frequently great
song is beautifully produced
― dyl, Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:42 (five years ago) link
new janet jackson-saluting cassie singlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1OKG_ZJ6P4also elle varner’s album is finally out!
― maura, Friday, 12 July 2019 14:41 (five years ago) link
feel like there's also a subtle nod to "doin it" in the production, or maybe the grace jones song "doin it" was built around
― dyl, Saturday, 13 July 2019 01:50 (five 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 don’t like the rap too much, but the song’s 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 I’ve really gone in for... She’s 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 “Ass Like That”, the Victoria Monét song posted upthread, thanks to SaidTheGramophone’s Songs of 2019🕸 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