Syd solo i don't care for as much as the internet stuff
daniel caesar is v v good
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Daniel Caesar's album is so good!
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Really floored by the new Elijah Blake album. Feels like a more youthful spin on Anthony Hamilton's act—same virtuosic grasp of multiple styles and eras of R&B, but with more of a '90s spirit. A bunch of tracks sprawl in some Maxwell-esque directions, too... wonderful stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDKax9H0LAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQYxNVFstI
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
and yeah that Daniel Caesar album is sensational. What a week
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Caesar album is indeed great.
playing new york in november - http://highlineballroom.com/show/2017/11/24/daniel-caesar/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 26 August 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
On Under the Streetlight, Boyz II Men put their spin on classics such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), "Stay" (Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs) and "I Only Have Eyes for You" (The Flamingos) along with an original composition, "Ladies Man."
The album also features three guest vocalists who join the trio: Multi-platinum R&B artist Brian McKnight on "I'll Come Running Back To You," "Tears On My Pillow," and "A Sunday Kind Of Love"; Olivier Award Winner Amber Riley (Glee, London's Dreamgirls) on "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is"; and ten-time Grammy® winners Take Six join the trio on "A Thousand Miles Away."
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
also there's a new syd record out friday?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Never_Home
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
nice!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
enjoyed the Caesar album so much that i went back and tried his 2015 debut Pilgrim's Paradise and hooboy he's gotten much better over the past few years.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
These dudes are playing here tomorrow:
http://soundcloud.com/sonder/sets/into-ep-1
― maura, Thursday, 14 September 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
the r.lum.r single posted upthread five months ago left me cold when first posted but it is kind of a revelation on the radio
― dyl, Sunday, 17 September 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
i like the new musiq soulchild album. it's a double album. marsha ambrosius and neil degrasse tyson are among the guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN58r9zBGE
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Also, new Ledisi album out Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNH-VuD7vw
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
havent listened to enough r&b this year but rexx life raj has released some stuff i like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEMY1ZPaH-Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWsvpg7c00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUd5wOsV9JE
― Spottie, Monday, 2 October 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
I don't know if any of you watch the super soapy EMPIRE spinoff STAR, but Luke James is on this season and he's releasing jams. I really like this duet with him and Ryan Destiny, one of the main stars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zS_N_UDLRw
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
There's this one, too, which is a little current-trendy but I like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWex3znZRk
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The cast of this show is kind of bonkers. Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt are in the main cast; Michael Michele has a running gig; Paris Jackson showed up (and got throttled by the main bad-girl singer this week); Naomi Campbell and Lenny Kravitz play Ryan Destiny's character's parents; Keke Palmer plays a Nicki/Cardi hybrid; and Stephen Dorff is on it too.
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
brent faiyaz sonder son is my r&b aoty
― ANU (sisilafami), Sunday, 22 October 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
i only know him from the goldlink hit he sings on, didn't realize he had any albums. pretty impressed on first listen!
― dyl, Sunday, 22 October 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Is there any good reason why we're not talking about the new Ty Dolla album? If you cut the Pharrell and Skrillex tracks it's all pretty great imo.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
i haven't listened yet!
― maura, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
i like the jordan bratton mixtape that came out last week, especially this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNUa3rkMqQ
and curtis harding's new one, which is more old school (produced by danger mouse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahyM6VAM5cI
― maura, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
i like the skrillex track tbh, adds to the ~vibes~
would dump the pharrrell for sure
but yeah great album IMO
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 30 October 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Think this Daniel Caesar album will have any end of year traction? Went from sounding like a Really Good R&B Album to me to feeling like something we might be talking about a decade from now.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
i agree. prior album has not much of anything going for it tho'.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
I know you can lazily plop this narrative onto a lot of albums this year, but Freudian really feels like healing music at a time when we can all use it. Listening to it just now in the wake of Manhattan and it's like, yes, I didn't realize how much I needed this kind of comfort in my life right now.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
luv this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRXlNke8NaM
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
this rules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6dN_92i58
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
^^^^ enthusiastically seconded
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
the ty tape is great except for the pharrell song which is dogshit
the melody on that one is so off-putting.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
I kinda like the Pharrell track? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
it doesn't really fit at all, i skip it every time
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:50 (six years ago) link
side effects & lil favorite are my uh favorites
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
The Pharrell track sounds as if he's trying to do an Andy Partridge (XTC) impression.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 November 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
i agree that it's a weird fit in the context of the project, but divorced from that context it's cool, if a little long.
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:51 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
side effects is so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
love ty but why oh why oh why does he still hang out with wiz khalifa so much
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
well, Wiz signed him to his label
― Spottie, Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
still though
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Thursday, 2 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTTfquV0iE
a bit of a step back for them but it's a charity single (released for world children's day) so i'll let it slide. that mixtape from earlier this year is still very good
― maura, Friday, 17 November 2017 13:12 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVxrkQcXyE
haven't listened to the full-length but among the small # of youtubes i perused from the lyrica anderson album this is the one i'll prob come back to most. (i also like the instrumental break section in the music video to "don't take it personal" [not a monica or jermaine jackson cover] but it's not present on the album version!)
― dyl, Saturday, 18 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
Enjoying the Neisha EP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQENPNd7d0
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
For those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:
ILM's 2017 Rolling R&B Thread Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
Only just realized that H.E.R. spawned an answer record:
https://soundcloud.com/officialmusichim
― maura, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Pronoun tour with THEY and Us3 in the offing
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
quick check suggested charles x has not been mentioned on ILX before and a quick scan of his last album suggests he's pretty greatthe video for "Can You Do It" is from last year but is showing as part of an animation festival this month; give it a spin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuRcLv2EzwA
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 05:47 (six years ago) link
I wish I'd heard "At the Club" last month
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
so good
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
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.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 16 December 2017 11:36 (six years ago) link