i find it odd that by far her best and most popular song is "on my mind" yet when it came out she was like "this is just a one off i won't be making any more music like this." that song w stormzy was terrible
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
only heard ‘on my mind’ but that song is great
― flopson, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
but seriously where is RTC
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 17 May 2018 02:10 (six years ago) link
gone clear
― ||||||||, Thursday, 17 May 2018 05:42 (six years ago) link
This Washington Post freelancer thinks everyone he reviews is the greatest including Jorja Smith
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/jorja-smiths-star-power-on-full-display-at-howard-theatre/2018/05/14/6963a9b6-5791-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html?utm_term=.207be53e3084
British singer Jorja Smith has the voice, presence and following to fill a venue — bigger ones by the day....At the concluding concert of her U.S. tour Sunday, Smith projected a star quality as radiant as the timbre of her voice. It was a statement performance: She’s ready for the spotlight
...Her covers were notable because they weren’t of the karaoke variety. Smith’s take on TLC’s “No Scrubs” removed the original’s late-1990s quirks without stripping away the contempt. Her rendition of Frank Ocean’s “Lost” began quietly, but picked up a more vigorous shuffle as Smith rose from her seat on the stage for the falsetto-inflected chorus. These moments showcased Smith’s versatility as much as ballads such as “Let Me Down” or the subtle boom-bap of “Blue Lights,” which underlined her status as a genreless wonder.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 May 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
i wish the star season 2 music would be collected on an albumbecause it would definitely make my top 10 https://open.spotify.com/track/5CloWXHDzMrR4AJxttXR4s?si=vAYEUV9-QkWa1uy8RVFn4w
― maura, Thursday, 17 May 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
the new Kadhja Bonet record is just ridiculous. those harmonies!
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/31/614967412/first-listen-kadhja-bonet-childqueen
― Simon H., Monday, 4 June 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk3qdcgjCgE
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 15 June 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
that is gorgeous and affecting
― dyl, Saturday, 16 June 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
beautiful
― Hall of Fam (Spottie), Saturday, 16 June 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
how is the jacquees record
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
jacquees might be my fav rnb album since solange
― ANU (sisilafami), Monday, 18 June 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
that’s what i wanna heat hell yeah
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Monday, 18 June 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
hear*
yeah there's some really good stuff on it... "house or hotel" is awesome
― J0rdan S., Monday, 18 June 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Jacquees has a great voice and a dirty mouth. “Girl I wanna f you in the studio”
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
At the red light too
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
I love his voice just wish he had more tunes
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
Been really digging thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3y51fkjLEI
― tsrobodo, Monday, 25 June 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
this could be a lot lot lot worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKITRHSWCow
(produced by nineteen85)
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
the production is good... doesn’t surprise me it’s nineteen85. songwriting is really lacking tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
i've been enjoying mary j blige's first choice-sampling "only love" lately. not sure if it's going to be on an album but i've heard it on the radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-JGswDpiUI
i was going to say it's a bit unexpected for mjb to be doing what's basically a disco tune but then i remembered "you bring me joy"!
― dyl, Monday, 23 July 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
r.lum.r was one of my bonnaroo highlights. he just put out two new tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkTB6hKHCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_wbn3rI0rs
also... !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7ktfF-fcU
― maura, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
new ro james too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ybPXb3E7s
― maura, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
new lloyd album! i really like the duet with sevyn streeter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l2WFbLvJGc
― maura, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
wow this is his first album in seven years!
― maura, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
i mean, i knew that it had been a while. 'seven years' just sounds like a lot of time
― maura, Friday, 31 August 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
Caramel is good too.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Friday, 31 August 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
i like a lot of the album's tracks better than "caramel"! his voice works well over some contemporary-sounding trap percussion for sure, but i'm glad he gets to showcase it over something more classic-sounding like "excited", too, guitar solos + 808 cowbells and all. he splits the difference well on songs like "porcelain" too. the run from that track to the end ("tru", still one of my fav singles from 2016) is great, gets so personal and affecting.
voices with a similar timbre to his have been all over radio for idk the past decade? and yet at his best there is a warmth to his voice that is not often touched by those of e.g. chris brown, august alsina and jeremih
unfortunately the lil wayne collab is one of the weaker points!
― dyl, Saturday, 1 September 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
finally got around to the Starchild & the New Romantic album and uh wow this rules so much, one of the best things I've heard this year. drawing from everything great about 80's R&B and so effervescent. highlight at the moment for me is Only If U Knew which just builds and builds fantastically
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
The 6lack album is much better than I thought it would be. Songwriting, vocal production, the guests... everything works.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
had totally forgotten about Lloyd
― flopson, Friday, 14 September 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_hIJ1bBtfc
― dyl, Saturday, 22 September 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
oh apparently lloyd's "excited" has a video now! still one of my faves from that album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6lXTp5n33s
― dyl, Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Fun vid, nice to see jeeps in music videos in 2018. Spice 1 did that sos band sample better tho.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Sunday, 23 September 2018 06:31 (five years ago) link
the marsha ambrosius album slaps
https://open.spotify.com/album/0rzQED8fD3FNbWOCO1m8ap
― monotony, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 06:13 (five years ago) link
"old times" is easily one of my fav songs in recent months so i def need to give that a listen
― dyl, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 02:09 (five years ago) link
brent faiyaz has put out another solid ep. so far this is my favorite from it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5_-uHEa7E
― dyl, Saturday, 20 October 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
marsha ambrosius album is a little too long for me but the back half is really good
― dyl, Saturday, 20 October 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
maura put me onto this year's raheem devaughn record which is really excellent so far, this song in particular is so plush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_i6JRZuDY0
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
that's gorgeous
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
whole album kicks ass imo!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
gonna check it. he's put out some stuff i like but never been able to get on board with a full full length.
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, 26 October 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Anyone else listening to these two new Amerie EPs? Sounding pretty good to me...
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Friday, 26 October 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
I particularly like the 2nd one ("After 4AM"); maybe b/c it's somewhat poppier...
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Friday, 26 October 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
marsha ambrosius record completely blowing my mind
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 27 October 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
loving the raheem devaugh and marsha ambrosius albums. still regularly playing the starchild album too
― ufo, Sunday, 28 October 2018 05:16 (five years ago) link
I loved "Old Times" but I really struggled with the full Ambrosius album when I gave it a go, its quite overbearing so maybe I just needed to be in a different mood
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 28 October 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
there's a ballad fugue in the second half but i think the songwriting is strong enough that she makes it work
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 October 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
the first half is so light and funky and then it gets kinda retro stax-y and then "old times" hits, that's my kind of sequencing