Rolling R&B Thread 2008

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!

yeah preview way off the money

whats unique about it? A weird synth line? Like every swizz beat from the late ninetys and every timbo track from this decade and half of every polow song etc...I mean its good but Ryan leslie isnt exactly blowing my mind

it sounds the like the-dream

don't tell alex that

anyway i'm not even sure what it sounds like-- it's just a brilliant song, really simple, bucking trends by being trendless, separates itself by being a charmingly quirky. i don't know, it seems highly un-unlikable to me

brainiac dum dums bust the scientific

i mean yeah that ONE ruh-ruh froggy sound is timmish but christ as if it wasnt bad enough when you mugs claimed the-dream sounded like ginuwine upthread, knock it the fuck off already

if anything i'd say argue r-les takes strong neptunes cues on occasion (partic obv when you see him in any of his studio vids), and 'diamond girl' kind of does have a swizzy oomph, but neither is egregious of anything and neither pov is much fun carrying around

i mean yeah that ONE ruh-ruh froggy sound is timmish

that's all i was i was talking about

mug

haha if i get americans calling peeps mugs then it's all been worthwhile

http://www.zshare.net/audio/10561653cb176222/

meanwhile on rolling auteur thread 2008 this ne-yo got that neglected 1st album charm i wasnt expecting to ever hear again. lol at him coming with a secret scrub's anthem on his year of the gentleman flex, and double triple lol at suddenly excited "or maybe i paint your toenails...!!" yeeeah you go dispel those rumours son

the funny thing is did actually mean to come chop it up about r-les 'addiction' and cassie's 'official girl' version since theyre literally the only good stuffz around right now

so does leslie really have an album coming out in june

his half assed falsetto on "addiction" is kinda bad, beat is still hot. oh well. not better than "livin a lie" as far as these songs go

yeah but then that amateurishness is only gonna work in his favour in the current climate really. (also, i might go so far as to say it crucially softens the whole yuppie-with-a-laptop vibe his beats have, i dunno.)

none of the above will ever end up applying to cassie though obv cos society still be slaking its sexist thirst with lumidee's blood to this very damn day.

and yes r-les is having a selftitled album out apparently. i did read it was supposed to be called "used to be" before, and knew that would change with the quickness.

he's already had one (disappointing) album out though! before cassie was even a twinkle! anyone hear it? just right' remains fucking banger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMNLQFb_l4

^ fun fact: i once heard lily allen play that tune out, in a bar. what a queen move?

Would somebody care to list some good R&B albums of 2008? This thread is so single-oriented and disjointed that it's impossible for me to navigate.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f14/snouts/ryanlezza.gif

navigate my fist patrick south!

uh n/h

nah but seriously um, i recommend cheri dennis, older heads recommend raheem devaughn, younger heads with iron robotech noize constitutions recommend danity kane, and then there's mariah and janet. which are kinda average pon the whole. and that's about it so far.

oh also j-shep recommends ray jay? (will investigate this in a minute)

the-dream came out mid-dec, so also that

"sexy can i" is garbage

we all read ray jay's magnificent interview of lies right?

ha i like sexy can i

http://blog.rhapsody.com/2008/04/exclusive-ray-j.html

I seen Pac the day before they left. Suge bought Snoop, Pac and Dr. Dre Rolls-Royces. I think they all caravanned.