Brent Faiyaz released a free EP on his website with this seriously outré and intriguing song on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdm1_70sK_A
"Circles"
― rob, Friday, 12 February 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
Ebhoni has a new 4-track EP out - here's another track with fresh, airy IzyBeats production:
Ebhoni - All to Myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4pE8FQuCZc
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
I’m obsessed w the new brent, one of the most exciting things in music period right now
Btw Priscilla renae who wrote “California king bed” for Rihanna has a new artist project out as Long Muni, I think it’s for some interesting stuff in it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgtfEEuqLEw
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 19 February 2021 10:14 (three years ago) link
Smooth:Mahalia - Jealous (feat. Rico Nasty) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyBGzYkHLRk
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 02:49 (three years ago) link
those are both great (still not feeling Ebhoni, sorry Izy)
― rob, Saturday, 20 February 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
Muni Long is a nice find. Dig this one that just came out:Thot Thoughts (feat. Sukihana)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4aSEJtDjs4
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
the coda on that is pretty amazing
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
i mean, whole thing is great tbc
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah the coda first caught my ear in particular. It’s a standout track. Great lyrics too
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
enjoying lucky daye's ep, table for two, that came out just before valentine's day. all of its songs are duets w/ women in r&b -- yebba, tiana major9, mahalia, ari lennox, queen naija, and joyce wrice -- and they're all good tracks that showcase the guests well. i wouldn't even say there's a standout cut, really, just enjoyable + very well produced basically all the way through. pick yr fave guest vocalist if you wanna sample just one track... or there's this promo video/'visual poem' with bits of most of 'em (tho honestly you may as well just listen to the 22-minute ep if yer willing to do the 8-minute clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYg-t0d8Ds4
giveon, whose "like i want you" i have been hearing on the radio a little lately, seems to be breaking through in a big way on the streaming services with that song and especially "heartbreak anniversary," both from an ep that came out last spring (he's put out another ep since then). ironically, the latter, now more reactive song was already pushed to radio months ago but went nowhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nja_0BaQcNg
i do prefer that one to "like i want you," but it's not bad either. his voice is certainly idiosyncratic -- i think i supposed he wasn't american when i first heard it. i guess it is almost compulsory to have a 'weird' voice if you wanna break thru w/ the tiktok'd teenagers these days anyhow. sample youtube comment from the "like i want you" clip: "bruh his voice already sounds like the slowed+reverb thingy"
supposedly the streaming spike came from a push around valetine's day (which i guess worked), but i would guess timing has just as much to do w/ the grammys happening soon (the ep got a nomination there)
― dyl, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:37 (three years ago) link
There's a new "Chrome Edition" of last year's Chloe x Halle album, with a few added tracks. I like this one ("80/20"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWVbnY68Trc
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 26 February 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
realizing I slept on last year's Queen Naija album... it's really nice, with accomplished songwriting. and her voice is lovely
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 06:02 (three years ago) link
she's grown on me. didn't really like her first couple hits but i did enjoy hearing "butterflies pt. 2" from that album on the radio
― dyl, Thursday, 4 March 2021 04:41 (three years ago) link
Hey this Genesis Owusu guy and his music are pretty awesome.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
can brent just release his next album already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE2auM5W08E("show u off")
cowritten by diana gordon btw
― dyl, Friday, 12 March 2021 06:48 (three years ago) link
"circles" was fascinatingly out-there but didn't really click for me
this one is just fantastic
― ufo, Friday, 12 March 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
that's great, really exciting run from him
― rob, Friday, 12 March 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
circles & show you off (and of course dead man walking) are all absolutely incredible. Not counting the tyler song ofc, 3/3
also this jersey club remix of Brent is one of my fav new records:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQfOWfcJp0
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 15 March 2021 06:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWmCPdTzAKIGenesis Owusu - Bye Bye
Rather falls under D'Angelo-style neo-soul, the guy is Australian of Ghanaian origins. I do not like his voice / vocals so much but there's no denying that there is very tasty production and licks on that album. That's the closer.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
Maybe it's also worth posting the obvious lead songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25CBe5FAvtIGenesis Owusu - The Other Black Dog
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
really enjoyed this Genesis Owusu album, but damn the melodic hooks in this Frank Ocean-esque collab track are a total earworm!!Billy Davis- Dream No More (feat Ruel and Genesis Owusu)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26Hsluzhiw
― Swanswans, Thursday, 18 March 2021 09:23 (three years ago) link
I've been waiting for this Joyce Wrice album for 3 years and it's finally out today. Everything I wanted it to be so far.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 March 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
Gets less good as it progresses. Oh well.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 March 2021 04:58 (three years ago) link
Maeta's Teen Scene (feat. Buddy) was a favorite of mine last year - now she released this gorgeous, minimal new track:
Maeta - Toxic (ft. BEAM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo1tkWTrFb8
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 19 March 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
Another hot new jam from Muni Long!
Muni Long - Bodies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qJ_1I3b1UQ
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 19 March 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Really glad to be discovering Maeta. Her first single, Debbie Downer, from 2 years ago is a hell of a first song.
― Nabozo, Friday, 19 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
"toxic" is fantastic
― ufo, Saturday, 20 March 2021 05:20 (three years ago) link
good track with Masego:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id4tzsOgq_8Elhae ft. Masego • My City
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
and yes, “Toxic” is great
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
and, damn, so is “Teen Scene”, forgot all about that one
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 March 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
This is is chill & vibey (nice guitar):
Christian Kuria - 23rd Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enKD9I-CXhc
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
This is also chill & vibey (nice bassline):
Yeek - Lumbago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOwQ7qOCPm0
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
anyone been listening to the joyce wrice album? one of my fav records of the year so far. it reminds me of teedra moses, amerie era R&B, upbeat and melodically driven. they also picked great singles as evidenced below but the album is dope front to back
"on one"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLMxnDuQCJg
"so so sick"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoYxYbSPACQ
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
I've given it several tries, but it just hasn't grabbed me. I don't really care for her voice, tbh
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
oh, this is smooth (remember going out?) -
Rayana Jay - last call (Audio) (feat. Braxton Cook)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3MdFFtueiU
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
Mahalia's voice is beautiful on this bedroom jam:
Chiiild - Awake (ft. Mahalia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58GojV2tz0
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
the Genesis Owusu album has way more going on than just neo-soul. i'm not sure if i love it, it's really all over the place, but i'm fascinated by it. also definitely not somewhere i was expecting kirin j callinan to show up?
― ufo, Sunday, 4 April 2021 04:59 (three years ago) link
not that r&b in general is lacking in rich and thrilling production lately, but gallant's new ep neptune is certainly a pleasure on that front. i'm not sure all of it works for me yet, but at its best it's deeply compelling stuff. it's bookended by both of the pre-release singles ("comeback" and "relapse"), and while i like both, some of the tracks i'll be returning to most are those in the middle, like "julie" (which includes the phrase 'carbon-based lifeform') and "scars"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTzesoErWI
"scars" drops an 808 beat over its achingly beautiful bed of synths at the arrival of the chorus -- specifically the pattern that has been in countless bass and freestyle records over the years but which is most fondly associated in my mind with tunes like "when i hear music" and lathun's "freak it". it's quietly, relentlessly insistent in a song about coping with loss and pain but it takes me somewhere effortlessly. a comment he liked on the youtube upload more-or-less confirms what's already fairly evident, which is that he was thinking of the so so def bass records when recording it, and i think he really tapped into the sense of latent nostalgia and regret that's long been hiding in those records to begin with. i am deep in my feelings abt the passage of youth (lol). it ends with a string quartet(?) that is also beautiful
(riyl haim's "i know alone" from last year, as i do most particularly)
― dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
that's really lovely except there's a few moments where it just adds in an extra pause before "scars" and it sounds so disjointed
― ufo, Monday, 5 April 2021 06:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that extra little glitch is odd...
I find the production almost TOO glass-wall smooth on this track, somehow.
― come along you starbucks lovers (taylor’s version) (morrisp), Monday, 5 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
That Genesis Owusu album finally kicked in, and it's a good one. Been flipping between it and Prince's Come, for which it serves as as a complement lol
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Maeta signed, EP on the way: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/maeta-roc-nation-1234952214/
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
HABITS OUT FRIDAY!!!!!! 💚 pic.twitter.com/KTe0DHTNuk— Maeta (@Maetasworld) April 27, 2021
― smoking grass, poor caddying. (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:29 (three years ago) link
the Rochelle Jordan album is amazing
― monotony, Monday, 3 May 2021 06:03 (three years ago) link
yes. dawn-hive get on it. similar r&b/club interzone
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:28 (three years ago) link
i got heavy kelela x night slugs / brandy vibes too. kept waiting for a bad song to turn up but it never happened, and the last two might be my favourites of the lot!
― monotony, Friday, 7 May 2021 07:08 (three years ago) link
Excellent album. I'm also reminded a bit of Vikter Duplaix's pre-album singles. I had the exact same experience of waiting for it to hit a pothole and it never happening.
― Tim F, Friday, 7 May 2021 07:17 (three years ago) link
great album, adding "love you good" to the r&d&b playlist
― ufo, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
rochelle jordan album is.... the freakin best
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
I think this is an impressive track:
Teedra Moses - Make Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKtUAiQwO_g
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 8 May 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXgA3koewAo
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 July 2021 08:29 (two years ago) link
This is a nice, airy jam -
Tink ft. Yung Bleu - Selfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xec6qA0N3TM
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Friday, 16 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
i actually like the brent/drake single but unfortunately it seems one of the stations in my city has decided to play an edit that cuts out the vast majority of brent's parts but of course leaves drake's section untouched. i complained via email
(same station also played a horrific edit of "good days" w/ like a third of the runtime cut out and, most bizarrely, an edit of "sicko mode" with most of travis scott's parts cut out, again effectively making it a drake song. sometimes i don't know why i even bother w/ radio anymore)
― dyl, Monday, 19 July 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
Muni Long put out an EP (Nobody Knows) – it includes "Thot Thoughts," tho unfortunately not "Bodies." The closing track is a nice ballad, "Just Beginning":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhKsMTPcZfA
― ghost runner on first (morrisp), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
The new Tink LP sounding good so far – includes "Selfish" (see above).
also has more authentically "'80s"-feeling cover art than John Mayer's:
https://resources.tidal.com/images/9de5316e/eb91/4f2e/8970/894ebebb8a43/640x640.jpg
― Low FODMAP* Snack Ideas (morrisp), Friday, 30 July 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
new Amerie single(!) – "Wild Side"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5pJjVwG_M
― Malibu Cheer Chants Forensics (morrisp), Thursday, 5 August 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
I'm kinda feeling "What's Your Sign," a breezy jam by Reyanna Maria, a new Australian artist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2_Q0Ozl0yk
(It's a little raunchy; but her earlier single this year, "So Pretty (ft. Tyga)" is incredibly dirty... the lyrix made me blush, lol)
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
Summer Walker’s new album comes out next month, and she’s begun hyping it up… yesterday, she launched an amusing IG acct, @summersharddrive.
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 4 October 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
…and it’s called: Still Over It.🧐🤔
― juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
she shoulda called it “i promise i’m not still thinking about it”
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
first single is surprisingly poppy:
Summer Walker - Ex for a Reason (ft. JT from City Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK0BzeBs90o
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 15 October 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
The album’s out, but I’m hesitant… that single was disappointing, and something about this tracklist.. idkBITTER (NARRATION BY CARDI B)EX FOR A REASON (WITH JT FROM CITY GIRLS)NO LOVE (WITH SZA)THROW IT AWAYRECIPROCATEYOU DON’T KNOW MECIRCUSINSANECONSTANT BULLSHITSWITCH A NIGGA OUTUNLOYAL (WITH ARI LENNOX)CLOSURETOXIC (FEATURING LIL DURK)DAT RIGHT THERE (WITH PHARRELL WILLIAMS, THE NEPTUNES)SCREWIN (WITH OMARION)BROKEN PROMISESSESSION 334TH BABY MAMA (PRELUDE)4TH BABY MAMACIARA’S PRAYER (NARRATION BY CIARA)
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 5 November 2021 04:59 (two years ago) link
Ok so it's a set of extremely personal & direct breakup songs, all addressing London (by name). "Ex for a Reason" aside, it seems (so far) like a hardcore r&b album, with some jazzy touches that recall the stuff she did on Clear. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet...
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 5 November 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
"ex for a reason" maybe my fav song of the year. was disappointed listening to this that it's the only one w/ a beat aside from the predictably awful neptunes homage. some of the songs seemed decent enough tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 November 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
“ex for a reason” is good, especially it’s verse, but the vocal overdubs on the chorus muddle it and keep it from hitting as hard as it should imo
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 5 November 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
album is good tho, even as someone who dgaf about the drama. especially enjoying “circus” and “constant bullshit”
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 5 November 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
I like the Neptunes track! ("Dat Right There")
― juristic person (morrisp), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
bleh. i wonder when artists will stop foisting their nostalgia for curdled "change clothes" era neptunes productions on us. brent faiyaz same thing this year
― J0rdan S., Friday, 5 November 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
the Neptunes were madly overrated to begin with and Pharell in 2021 seems even worse, I wish artists would realise this
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 6 November 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
eh I just like the sound, it’s fun to hear every once in a while
― juristic person (morrisp), Saturday, 6 November 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
another quality project from summer. some of it could definitely be excised including the neptunes track but i found stretches of it great
― dyl, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
india shawn's EP "before we go" is out - the second track "don't play with my heart" is so lush, one of my favourite songs this year
https://open.spotify.com/album/1MnOpmiIDEfloQektuOGkr
― monotony, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
Muni Long has a new EP out, called Public Displays of Affection. It's good! She really has a way with words...
― fancy like applebeez (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
I'm not a big SZA fan, but I like her new song ("I Hate U"). I also think the best track on the Summer album is the song w/SZA ("No Love").
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Friday, 3 December 2021 05:59 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38TEd55NcXs
new brent faiyaz track "mercedes" is really good
― ufo, Friday, 3 December 2021 08:56 (two years ago) link
Seeing a few r'n'b albums showing up on some 2021 critics lists... Caramanica in NY Times has Summer Walker
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 December 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYCKZ1Wk7ZEAmaal - Honey (from her EP Milly)
― Nabozo, Friday, 3 December 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
this faiyaz song is my fav of his so far this year
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 December 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
i'm still playing summer walker's album myself (skipping a handful of tracks). "no love" is great as is "screwin'"
― dyl, Saturday, 4 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
I had a tune in my head all last week; realized today it’s the chorus of “Constant Bullshit.”
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 06:35 (two years ago) link
i'm obsessed w/ the summer walker album. top 2 of the year for me. ex for a reason, throw away, reciprocate, you don't know me, constant bullshit, unloyal, screwin are all knockouts to me. you don't know me in particular is just stunning. and the rest is pretty great too
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 December 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
It's kind of similar to the last album, in that I underrated / didn't connect with it so much at first, and then it has grown on me. There's no "Tonight" or "Off of You" this time (the two astonishingly great tracks from Over You), but overall she was a step ahead of my expectations once again.
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
*Over It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTpQ-URyTw
also, i understand she has some real anxiety issues as it pertains to performing and stuff (feel you, girl), but i love the way it comes off as this kind of too cool for school anti-stage presence, her voice sounding so smooth and poised
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 December 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
I had the chance to see her in a theater a few years back (before she blew up), but couldn't go... regret missing that opportunity
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
my sister sent me this incredible Amber Mark song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaPGlkd5do
new album next month, the other four singles are pretty great too
― the adventures of pavlo and schrödis (geoffreyess), Friday, 10 December 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
I don't know anything about dvsn, but I really like this lush R&B cover of a song I dislike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMrzqdFiA4
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 December 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/best-r-b-albums-2021-jazmine-sullivan-summer-walker-bell-hooks.html
Briana Younger on her fave 2021 r'n'b and what it meant to her
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 December 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
Nice Maeta cover of a Don Toliver song ("Swangin on Westheimer"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-Pau6S8wc
― Texas Medicine v. Railroad Gin (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
EOY Errata: two unrelated (but both good) 2021 songs titled "Sneaky Link":
Muni Longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXjnm4UPqC0
Savannah Cristinahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0pyTQBxJk
― Texas Medicine v. Railroad Gin (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link