sisters are doinβ it for themselves:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDZ1EKghyw0Ari Lennox ft. Summer Walker β’ Queen Space
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 1 September 2022 06:52 (one year ago) link
I like Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights although some may find it too Pharrell style retro
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 4 September 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
Ari Lennox is hosting an album release event for herself Thursday in DC w/ go-go band Sirius Company
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
ravyn lenae and amber mark are two tasteful well reviewed R&B albums from this year that i found anonymous and impenetrableβ J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:31 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
β J0rdan S., Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:31 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Please go back to the Ravyn Lenae album, "Venom" in particular. Vocals are solid, very Janet Jackson, but the production is what has kept me coming back repeatedly throughout the year. Lots of off-kilter tracks with super cool bass sounds that contrast with her wispy vox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiP_wrikEuA
― Indexed, Friday, 9 September 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
I found the album less instant than the EPs (which I've listened to lot) but I'm pretty sure it's at least as good I just need to give it time
new ari lennox is solid on first listen
― Left, Friday, 9 September 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
Jenevieve's "Love Quotes" (which I posted above) is included on a new EP, Rendezvous... listening now, the whole thing sounds very good (talk about '90s)!
― west coast heat dome blues (morrisp), Friday, 9 September 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
I really like ari lennox
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 9 September 2022 23:14 (one year ago) link
new kiana lede ("irresponsible") is pretty nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6WXsGd9RM
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 September 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
(is there a slight nod to "it's only love" in the chorus melody? or just a similar progression)
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 September 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
thx everyone- lots of new goodies to check out + catch up with.
the eliza album is called a sky without stars and is out today. haven't listened yet but "heat of the moon" has been a recent repeater for me.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Friday, 16 September 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
very singular, deep late night vibe on a sky without stars on first listen. if you liked the singles, you'll like the album. really sparse, eerie bass grooves for the most part and oddly reminiscent of atliens beats at times. she has that subdued withdrawn vocal mannerism down perfectly and it probably isn't going to be everyone's thing, but i'm very into it.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Saturday, 17 September 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
excuse a possible spamming in here while i play catch up.
first things first, this ari lennox is damn good. beats are stellar across the board. the song with lucky daye even has a crusaders sample! what!? dope. very solid album.
going back to the eliza album quite a bit since friday and i have to double down on its strength: very firm four mics from me.
be back with more...
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 03:19 (one year ago) link
digging into ravyn lenae now and immediate first listen love on "m.i.a." megajam.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 03:38 (one year ago) link
rest of the album is also very solid, but more of a sustained vibe. her voice reminds me of someone i can't properly place atm. definitely going to listen more but damn, "m.i.a." - that's the shit i'm here for.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 04:23 (one year ago) link
I'M GONNA RUN THE TOWN
AIN'T NOTHIN IN MY WAY
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 04:26 (one year ago) link
Sevyn Streeter's "23" is a joy and a possible best of the year rnb track for mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu0mxcFbZaE
― βCheeky cheeky!β she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
The new George Riley album/EP Running in Waves is fire.
― Tim F, Thursday, 22 September 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
philly artist lay bankz went viral on tiktok for a song that i actively avoided because of its title ("left cheek (doo doo blick)"). i heard that song in the wild recently and loved it, pretty fresh mix of r&b and east coast club that really leaps out of the speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApSejZt95-k
her new song "in my bag" is even better, imo. didn't know that you could write a slow jam at 150 bpm, but there's a first time for everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7roy1k68I
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
There's a new Charlotte Dos Santos album and it is slightly exquisite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFwsbin_MYg
Possibly half of it has already been released over the past year but all is new to me; bit Quadron-ish.
― technopolis, Sunday, 16 October 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
Iβm not familiar w/ Dess Dior, but I really like this jam with Mariah the Scientist (βStone Coldβ):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T3wA9a-1Ug(Mariah is saying she has new music coming up soon, as well)
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 05:47 (one year ago) link
...and here's her new song, Bout Mine
I really like her stuff. Apparently "Spread Thin," from her last EP, has become kind of a minor hit
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Friday, 28 October 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
there was some discussion about afropop/afrobeatsβ influence on current US r&b a few weeks ago over on the Wizkid thread.
Masego is more afro-friendly than most. his new track βSay You Want Meβ is co-produced by P2J of Wizkid and Burna Boy fame:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=960TNYKBxxs
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 November 2022 09:17 (one year ago) link
Lush new single from Mahalia βΒ "Bag of You"
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Monday, 14 November 2022 05:45 (one year ago) link
need to play catch up again in here, but also wanted to share the new luna luna single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJjOu4ZaXY
"talk too much"
very haunting. i like it a lot. more bilingual pop music, please.
― γππ π π € π ‘ π π π彑 (Austin), Friday, 25 November 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-20-best-r-radio-hits-of-2022.html
Some Dudeβs faves he heard on radio
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
always a fascinating peak into a different world, in several ways....
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 December 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
Nice to see Ella Mai show up on a list this year (and I did think Summer Walker f/ SZA and Cardi B - "No Love (Remix)" was great; I believe it's on the LA Times list).
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 December 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
a new twist on the r&b/afrobeats merger:US artist Fridayy (who did work with/for Chris Brown, DJ Khaled and Lil Baby) turned to Asake for the remix of his gospel-y βBlessingsβ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z0VCpMG5Eo
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 December 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
Thatβsβ¦ interesting.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 12 December 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PIpzA2vbcU
another one for the d&r&b playlist
― ufo, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
Ari Lennox ft. Summer Walker β’ Queen Spaceβ big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:52 PM
β big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:52 PM
as things continue winding down on this year, this just grows in stature. easily top ten of the year for me.
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Thursday, 15 December 2022 03:03 (one year ago) link
This is a really nice ballad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XACnLBDzyUo
King Sis - It's Yours
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
Lush new single from Mahalia β "Bag of You"β Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Sunday, November 13, 2022 9:45 PM
β Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Sunday, November 13, 2022 9:45 PM
this is stellar. very much sigh + smile vibes.
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
Iβm not familiar w/ Dess Dior, but I really like this jam with Mariah the Scientist (βStone Coldβ):(Mariah is saying she has new music coming up soon, as well)β Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Tuesday, October 18, 2022 10:47 PM
(Mariah is saying she has new music coming up soon, as well)
β Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Tuesday, October 18, 2022 10:47 PM
also a shout for this. very sick beat and that attitude β well well well. . . i know how it goes. i ain't impressed.
mariah's probably my most anticipated album right now. absolutely ready for a a full length. she's amazing.
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
oh yeah re: mariah the scientist, here's her latest single. i kinda forgot about it because it's just. . . okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC2EcXbjUyU
"bout mine"
not really feeling it, but it hasn't impacted my anticipation.
― judging the world through jaundiced eyes (Austin), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
Good track she released this week - "Christmas in Toronto":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-M0u-nbfvY
(we started this year's thread talking about Mariah... feels nice to wrap it up with her as well)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Thursday, 29 December 2022 17:00 (one year ago) link