Rolling R&B Thread 2008

I've only heard "Spotlight" like twice and I can't get it out of my head.

incidentally i'm loving how well the first episode of my ne-yo & plies frasier thing is going! we're filming plies' scenes after lunch, he's just in makeup now.

http://www.rap-up.com/2008/07/11/ne-yo-vacationing-in-the-french-riviera/

http://www.rap-up.com/2008/07/16/ne-yo-vacationing-in-the-french-riviera-pt-2/

ep 2 is set in england and centres on a hilarious misunderstanding about plies being married to the streets

When Lex said "Because of You" I thought "that can't be right" but it's because the remix has totally crowded out any memory of the original in my mind.

I know what you mean re stargate/neyo meta-superfluities. Also perhaps the difference between "Umbrella" and The-Dream solo stuff.

Jennifer kinda oozes integrity though, almost to the point where it starts to seem cynical. Almost. Did anyone else love Dreamgirls as much as me though?

Whatever happened to Fantazia ;_;

"a hilarious misunderstanding about plies being married to the streets"

I laughed.

ne-yo didn't.

i saw dreamgirls on a fake valentines date with a friend, it was pretty much perfect in that context! we did burst out laughing when j-hud's first number starts out of nowhere after that sober first hour though. "what about meeeee"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bogsqyHQuU

paula deanda's 'marching' isnt quite the same thing as 'spotlight', at all, but its nervelessness did come to mind and it is quite good and all so whatevs

The "what about my dreams/what about meee" is probably her weakest moment, though at least she get's excused from having to participate in "We are a family/like a giant tree/reachin' out toward the sky..."

I'm not even gonna click to find out what Paula Deanda's weakest moment could sound like, it's bad enough in my imagination.

No I was talking about Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls sorry.

even further unrelated, but deanda reminded me - how fucking good is tiffany evans 'lay back and chill'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mOIcO1GpYo

SO good! shout out to dbs, this is his catch.

the tiff evans album is pretty good! as for deanda i remember enjoying 'marching' when i heard it but...nothing about it now.

i never saw dreamgirls, i think i made a huge point at the time of going "ok i am terrible at seeing films but i MUST see this one", which had no effect at all.

haha some dude you fucking hater, how about sara bareilles' weakest moment huh!

also i always knew you were gonna have some complaining to do about gifts remix so out with it

as for the integrity of 'spotlight' i think i know what you mean, but it's more to do with j-hud's performance than the song, she's so relatable to on it. am now going to spend some time thinking about how to phrase that non-clumsily, instead of working

I don't remember having a problem with the "Gifts" remix but I haven't listened to it in a minute.

"need u bad" is so sticky....that bassline is like molasses

ok i am currently imagining how amazing michelle williams' 'we break the dawn' would be if it was sung by FANTASIA BARRINO, holy shit that song needs fantasia's voice on it so bad

i could see it being better with her, yeah...MW's helium vox work as is, though.

michelle's ok but i feel she can't quite handle the lift-off the chorus requires

holy shit this is fire

luda/breezy/sean garrett
http://www.zshare.net/audio/163815406eed1504/

sorry guys but this is the new funky house thread now

infestation in the old one

that song is fairly wack sarge, come on

did you just call him breezy?

:(

new lloyd album is very nice

can't hear the luda/sean/rihanna's bf track becuz i dont have speakers at the mo

that lloyd part was meant to be seperate but yeah his album is very very good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ec7Hj6St0

lolllll jesus christ

overraters come pick up yr boy, he's done

did you just call him breezy?

:(

-- The Brainwasher, Friday, August 1, 2008 10:10 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

w/ tongue firmly planted in cheek

ya maybe im overrating the track a lil bit but im a sucker for those middle eastern string loops

haha i think the melody on the verses/beat is cool in that raheem song but a chorus of "im sending you text messages" sounds like an all that sketch tbh

Birth name Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr.
Also known as Young Lloyd, Ladi, Long Hair Don’t Care

lol

lots of good beats on the lloyd, not sold on the idea of him being able to carry a whole album yet, though

these dudes big reese & jasper cameron do anything besides his stuff?

so gonna start calling brainwasher "breezywasher" (maybe breezyweezy?)

rtc are you gonna post that the sky is falling twice for every one positive thing someone says about raheem devaughn? and have you noticed that all his previous videos sucked too?

http://www.defsounds.com/singles/Lloyd_ft_dj_khaled_the_game_ti_yung_joc_rick_ross_ace_hood_young_dro_pitbull_busta_rhymes_girls_around_the_world_remix

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

only this 'can't help but wait' remix with mr vegas

feeling: donell jones 'don't trip', karina pasian 'can't find the words' and the leaked avant songs, esp 'when it hurts' and 'perfect gentleman'. the new mary mary single is kinda hot too.

anyone heard the noel gourdin album? 'the river' was real nice.

yeah, i've heard the gourdin. it's nice, nothing objectionable, but i can't see it getting much play besides for a bit of vibes round the house. the highlights are still the 07 material, by far: 'the river' dominates (he never approaches its gospel nobility again for some reason), 'sorry' is great despite, or maybe rather because of, being haha the most shameless dwele rip-off of all time, and youre the one didnt even make the cut.

yeah no scratch that - 'sorry' is incredible, gourdin could problyve made 10 classic albums with the effort he put into biting dude so uncannily

still lovin that peven everett btw - i didnt realise he was also like this sickly demo tape nutjob writing endless paranoid disses to kanye & pharrell and other ppl he thinks have ripped him off! my kinda guy!

i guess anyone who'd rap a gag as good/bad as "at the bar drinking / patrice russians" would be, though.

there's some really great stuff on the new lloyd album! feeling the house piano and fab backing vox on 'i'm wit it'

"party all over your body," "treat u good," "sex education,"... this album is really really damn good.

only questionable song is "have my baby," they should've kept "i need love" on instead of that.

"I wanna sex educate you" is totally my new pickup line.

Kelly Rowland has said she would like to collaborate with UK singer-songwriter Kate Nash.

The former Destiny's Child star also claimed that she is interested in working with Alphabeat, The Script and Guillemots.

"I definitely want a new sound so I am jamming in the studio with amazing musicians who just love music," she told the Daily Star.

"I've asked The Script to do a duet and The Guillemots have given me one of their tracks to listen to."

She continued: "I would love to do something with them or Alphabeat, and Kate Nash is dope."

Rowland also revealed that she is hoping her third LP will be "deeper" and more "inspiring" than her first two solo albums.

u_u

Rowland also revealed that she is hoping her third LP will be "deeper" than her first solo album, Simply "Deep."

WHITE BEYONCE has a new song with Swizz and it sounds like all her other songs with Swizz but not as good.

link already dead

my bad, snatched it from somewhere. called "Catch A Case" but doesn't seem to be a lot online about it yet.

Google can't find it. : /

trust me, whenever you do hear it you'll be like "that wasn't worth clicking through more than 2 pages of search results".

sorry pevs but

http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/specialreports/EFG/images/siren.gif whoaaaaaaa http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/specialreports/EFG/images/siren.gif

R Kelly's "Screamer" is sounding oh so nice to these ears. It has some excellent Prince-ly drums in it as well.

so, Peven Everett heads, what should I check out?