Rolling R&B Thread 2017

whoa, has that guy done anything else? That's really great... savvy mix of modernist stuff and Showtime at the Apollo-wave

there's very little info on him… but I hear that song all the time on the radio…

Great recommendations all around itt. That Letoya Luckett track is lovely and one of the rare times an interpolation like that doesn't pull me out of the song

And man that Chloe x Halle tape is a stunner, maybe the best R&B project I've heart this year, up there with Kelhani. They're Beyonce proteges? Love how fast the whole thing moves; such great movement and concision. Weird comparison, but since most of these songs are under two minutes it kinda plays like the alt-R&B answer to that Mannequin Pussy album from last year, just a splatter of brilliant ideas that never pauses. "Poppy Flower" and "Wonder"... man.

Lex, wasn't able to stream that song b/c SoundCloud wants me to have some sort of premium account (gross) to hear the whole thing. Preview sounded cool tho

that RLUMR single and the Chloe x Halle mixtape are really great! Went back to CxH's EP from last year too and that's terrific too - you can definitely hear a lot of the precision and detail of Bey's s/t in both.

i think i LOVE the khalid album

No word on the new Trey Songz?

http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/mary-j-blige-love-yourself-feat-kanye-west/

ILM's 2017 Rolling R&B Thread Spotify Playlist

lol i came back to ilm after a week away and saw how many rolling threads were on new answers and actually thought there might be an interesting reason for that! never mind

http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-and-b-albums

Hmmmm, Bruno Mars...

i mean, it is an r&b album

the adult r&b station here has been playing his pop hit "that's what i like" a lot lately and it sounds perfectly appropriate right next to mary j. blige's "thick of it" et al so \_(ツ)_/¯

He is successful across many of the charts, true.

Thanks to Lex for the tip-off on the Jacquees & Dej Loaf mixtape – it's very nice.

i'm really into this JHud song featuring Babyface and Ma$e from an adam sandler movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncKGyNksAcw

Fun song!

sounds like sukiyaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUA-DcW1lFc

mixed with mariah carey's 'honey' lol

ironically 'sukiyaki' was covered by ... a taste of honey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwkKDyKqCQw

This is great. Usually singles that double up R&B singers for added star power don't work at all, but here Jeremih and Chr*s Br*wn get a chance to actually harmonize a bit and they really nail it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=v4R7Q9SAcvM

embedded a screwy link up there, sorry about that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R7Q9SAcvM

How did I not know that Jose James released a full-on pop/modern r&b record?

i tried to listen to it but wasnt in the mood atm, any good?

New Lady Donli song is dope imo

https://soundcloud.com/ladydonli/ice-cream-feat-tomi-thomas

Cali Roots Festival livestream---so far so good: https://www.livelist.com/caliroots/

Love this

https://soundcloud.com/oneinthe4rest/jiu-jitsu-feat-chris-brown-1

Pretty close to gorgeous:

https://youtu.be/2jpFSvJ9UEI

Frank Gamble ft. Abra Cadabra, "J'adore"

UM how hasn't anyone mentioned "love galore" by SZA?? it's pure heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXfCOjb3fk

oh that's really nice

SZA album is up: http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/09/sza-debut-album-ctrl-stream/

i really like this record

I loved "Drew Barrymore" so I'm looking forward to this

"Doves in the Wind" is pretty near a DAMN. outtake if anyone needs suckering in

i love "prom" so much

whole album is solid as hell imo

the solo debut by stokley of mint condition is out today, and this might be my song of the summer

https://open.spotify.com/track/5FqG3x1prGXhGdNL7OQN6D

New Goapele album out. in love w this one atm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjJTCTf2Js

also new sevyn for those who didn't follow the artist specific thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4ID0mh27k

half year update on the playlist

ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist

New Lloyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkoPWwHgXdA

aww i like this!

i put this in the jeremih thread but nobody bit

this song he & yung berg did for justine sky might be one of the best things i've heard this year. maybe it's just cuz i've been listening to teedra moses a lot but i get that kinda vibe here, but also the textures and dueling guy/girl vocals remind me of last train to paris. and the chorus has this whimsical vocal melody that feels very characteristically jeremih to me. great song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0TMSOWNafQ

yeah this is nice. she sounds like dawn on a few parts, the production would def fit on lttp

a lil retro but i like it

in other news, kehlani should sue:

Demi really served up the bad bitch anthem of 2017. pic.twitter.com/tvOtzaUiiR

— ً (@ButeraDemetria) July 19, 2017

damn yah

Diggin that Justine Sky track.

totally loving the stokley album, lots of prince/miguel/stevie/saadiq/d'arby vibes throughout... wouldn't mind a thread for it actually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfEfOK85HJw

I like the Luke Christopher album OK; it's a little too obviously post-Drake at times (particularly in terms of his flow, which is loose enough that I think the album is appropriate for this thread) but there are a lot of interesting ideas in the music. He's on ByStorm, which is the same imprint Miguel is on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iuzjjaWyw

also the lovely new ne-yo track has a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI1GyMlggo

i really hope the collapse of the pop market for anyone who isn't both a chainsmoker (or connected to one) and under 27 means that his label will stop forcing him to dabble in edm bullshit

"another love song" is so good

(that said, i don't mind if he does another pitbull collab)

ne yo track is great

I really like the Lyrica Anderson album! It's nice to hear this ~smoky ambience~ Tinashe-style of production with someone with a full and rich voice instead of varying degrees of Aaliyah softness it usually comes with. I didn't realise she had a hand in Elijah Blake's "I Just Wanna..." which is one of my favourite r&b singles this decade.

just came across this album, which is really nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj2mAGm7rz0

^^^ this is so good

nice, like the weird bass synth on that.

Rolling R&B Thread 2018