Rolling R&B Thread 2008

Glad I heard that Grind Mode song from upthread that I forgot about again.

I was quite wary coming in because of the title, but "Google Me" is great, especially the "You ain't nobody/ you better ask somebody" bits. She sounds a lot like MJB.

ok the Cheri Dennis album. yes. very yes.

(all the insight I have right now)

lol you are always so late

never said I wasn't

nothing wrong with being late don't take offense lol

guys what's this like

kinda like the cassie album except with someone that can sing

(the tradeoff being that there's nothing nearly as astounding as "Me & U", but better overall)

so like a buncha slick electro?

not electro per se, but definitely slick and bright. Dennis, as a singer, is very sweet.

anyway some new(ish) shit i've been listening to:

lil ronnie - addicted

lloyd & lil wayne- girls around the world (this song is SO FUCKING HOT... on some throwback early 90s shit)

cherish - amnesia (very destiny's child-circa 'writings on the wall')

dwele - i'm cheatin

nina sky - secrets

also, estelle's album is pretty good. only listened once tho.

most of it sounds more like "Long Way 2 Go" than "Me & U", if that gives you an idea xp

Brainwasher bein on top of shit so I don't have to can finally get around to listening to it in two months

that wayne verse is fire

OK I'm thinkin' of a master plan
Nah, I'm lyin', shorty on my mind
Shorty like a fryin'
pan, and I ain't got
Nothin' but sweat inside my hands

new Lloyd single ft. Luda...kind of on the house&b tip

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1qAYJot-Ns

feeling it

@ r|t|c
I think it would be way cornier with usher on it

so, what's good.

some goddamn nonsense spoken about the cheri dennis alb there rev.

that wayne verse is fire 50% him just obnoxiously chuckling at himself

-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:43 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

hey cassie fans! official girl hat geleaken! now go ahead and count yourselves lucky that it's just karina paisan yoinking it, cos it's not much cop i don't think.

'thirsty', on the other hand, is excellent. love the way the song kinda reflects the sudden dive from glass-of-water plain whimsy into "we could be fully submerged" deep-end murk, and then teasingly back out again.

ryan leslie's valentine song is nice too. i clowned him for being a bit concieted but that and the 'diamond girl' video mightve made him slightly more lovable in an almostic kanyic way.

'touch my body rmx' has also grown on me a lot. like a strange alien mould. what do ppl think it achieves?

the other day on the radio a DJ used the "Touch My Body" remix instrumental as a music bed for a few minutes and fuck, that's a pretty great piece of production. rappers (not-Rick-Ross rappers) should be all over it.

R-Lez definitely has the same overachieving dork chromosome as Kanye, although I don't know if I ever would've liked Kanye much if YouTube had been around for him to broadcast his unctuous personality through before he'd even produced more than a couple hits. "Diamond Girl" is great but I think Sean Garrett is once again the horse I'm betting on in the songwriter-turned-star race in light of "Grippin'."

bobby valentino / lil wayne - your smile:
'tell me' rehash; wetters of exotic beds will be pleased. chorus hollers "eeyore!" just as i was about to put it down, so points for moxie i guess.

c-side / keyshia cole - boyfriend / girlfriend:
not quite as summer roller teen good as you want it to be, it's aight though! i'll co-sign any and all fake pretty rickies but it's keyshia bringing the breezy what does it really. milf game proper in the video too.

git fresh - booty music:
fake pretty rickies like these guys! they used to be called deepside (yes. from the step up 1 s/t INDEED) but have since changed their name for british lolz and the slim hope of def jam treating them better than atlantic. i am bored enough to rep for this song.

paula deanda - marching:
this is some noble lip-quivering stoicism all right. i like how they never lose their nerve with the beat. want to listen some more to be sure but put "funerealness" on hold plz.

r kelly - hairbraider:
al tell me if this is good, i am not in a kells mood right now.

haha i haven't listened to "Hairbraider" yet, i'll check for it tonight. is the hook like a call back to "I Wish"?

why, uh are you expecting the hairbraider to be recently deceased? i think it's like an 'in love with a braider' t-dream sort of effort.

not really into 'gripping' at all. is it making radio waves or something? i don't really know if i like how he's all whiny whilst still looking like if jeezy was your personal shopper

http://a495.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_e02fdd17a632d6f0371837206e121aa6.jpg

making small waves, I think, enough for me to randomly hear it one day without immediately knowing who it was and being engaged/impressed.

there's a whole vamp at the end of "I Wish" about braiding hair is all I meant! or maybe it was the remix, either way.

oh ok soz, i forget the remix.

i respect the fact that garrett has titled his album TURBO 919!! i probably would too tbh.

ne-yo's year of the gentleman and mario winans' love: it's only fair amusing also

hey, I'm happy as long as R&B singers stop putting their own names and/or the word "evolution" in album titles

shareefa the black dahlia oughta be like a janelle monae-style homage to hardboiled noir featuring the game on every track

can't wait til someone asks sterling simms why he called his worth the while

"well uh, basically i..."

can you guess who has titled their forthcoming debut Prom: 2088?

it's an Irish law firm!

it's Romany Malco in Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story!

no, it's O'NEAL MCKNIGHT!

http://www.onealmcknight.com/tux.jpg

really, have socks ever played such an integral role in a singer's promotional compaign?

http://www.onealmcknight.com/7.jpg

I bet a majority of kids wear New Era fitteds to their prom nowadays..

but will they eighty years from now, is the question.

I been to Metropolis, and my name is LeRoy. And I'm into white women and, you know, I drive a Cadillac and I drink moonshine. And I don't smile in pictures.

damn "diamond girl" is fucking great-- <3 those shameless timbo blurps

is it just me or has this past year or so been really good for r&b

Ryan Leslie, c/d, s/d

He's a genius, yes?

-- Tape Store, Sunday, November 11, 2007 1:12 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link

RIP NEVER FORGET

YOU JUST MIGHT BE THE SEXIEST THING OFF IN THE CLUB
AND I'M JUST TRYING SO DAMN HARD TO GET YOU HOME

wait what about "Diamond Girl" has anything to do with Timbaland?

that little talk box noise in the verses is basically ripped shamelessly from "pony"

there's a talk box in that song? i need to listen to it later and figure out what you're even talking about.

anyone else know what i'm talking about? "diamond girl" has that same burp-like sound effect that's in "pony"

it has a bassy keyboard run but I never thought of it as a talkbox or as anything like "Pony."

Yeah it kind of acts like a bassline right after the little synth line every measure...that noise in "pony" is like the greatest thing ever and everyone knows it

"diamond girl" is ok but I like that Ryan leslie joint with Lex I think better (whoever the hell that is)

I think it is a bass actually

whatever the one in "diamond girl" sounds like the really distinct noise from "pony"-- idk what instrument it is. both are awesome either way

THE LEX

"Diamond Girl" would be so much better if it had that 4x4 house n b thing going on

yeah something halfway unique on the radio would be vastly improved by resembling everything else more

YOU TRIED TO PUT HIM IN A BOX! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!