a welcome palate cleanser:Mariah the Scientist - Aurahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlN8jduG228
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
Enjoying the Cosha “album” (in quotation marks as there are only 8 tracks, 2 of them not previously released as singles, and one that also appeared on a previous album / mixtape)
― monotony, Saturday, 3 July 2021 07:42 (two years ago) link
Summer Walker working on album w/Pharrell and Sean Garrett.
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Fun new Tinashe track ("Bouncin"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGLO_PsQvo
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
(about to get into the Mariah the Scientist album; psyched that it's out today.)
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
one of the highlights - "Maybe":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy0hf3n0LcY
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
new Mariah the Scientist album is really good. Also very concise, I think most tracks are under three minutes.
― braised cod, Saturday, 10 July 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
New Sno Aalegra out
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 July 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
honestly remarkable how much drake kills the vibe on that otherwise pretty good brent faiyaz single
― bart harley-jarvis cocker (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
i dunno, i hated the beat. "the neptunes" is such a negative signifier these days for me, the gulf between clout for the artist and quality of production is really wide
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
didn't even realize it was them, tbh. they really should not be messing with those blown-out 808s
― bart harley-jarvis cocker (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:56 (two 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