The discourse around the Weekend and Frank Ocean sapped any enjoyment of them I'd had. I'd hate for the same to happen to Miguel.
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess because I've been busy working a lot in 2011 that I didn't read much (if at all) on the discourse around them. I only read rave reviews about them around the blogosphere. (I read plenty of discourse on Tyler, The Creator though ugh).
― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg this miguel
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
This kind of reminds me of "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart".
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, February 5, 2012 1:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
troo
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 February 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
my favourite part is 0.00 to 2.28
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 February 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
even tho miguel was sorta new like frank ocean and the weeknd, the audiences aren't really the same so it's sort of a weird thing to bring up
it would make more sense imo to talk about how miguel is a much more creative, fun and singular songwriter than trey songz... or how something like "adorn" is like if jeremih had a second hit off of his last album
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 February 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
miguel is a much more creative, fun and singular songwriter than trey songz...
a bit premature to say this imo, songz is a very good songwriter.
― DO NOT CALL (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://artdealerchic.com/ is pretty funny too. LENON.
― Jacques_Lamure, Monday, 6 February 2012 20:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
LOL:
― DO NOT CALL (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ track listing font choice
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
thought that was the new weeknd tracklist
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
btw if you like sleepin w/ a broken heart, I dig this remix
the painting isn't the worst thing in the world
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 February 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
god I wish the terry richardson photo aesthetic would just die
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah seriously
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
this new miguel song is so delicate. the production really leaves room for his voice to soar at the end there.
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Monday, 6 February 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
<i>He should've been lumped in with Frank and Weeknd with the whole "new r&b guy" trend.</i>
...
<I>even tho miguel was sorta new like frank ocean and the weeknd, the audiences aren't really the same so it's sort of a weird thing to bring up
it would make more sense imo to talk about how miguel is a much more creative, fun and singular songwriter than trey songz</i>
I interviewed Trey Songz the other week, and he touched on a lot of the points this thread has over the last couple of days. His big-picture take on R&B is that it's a good time for the genre, with young blood like Miguel, Frank Ocean and The Weeknd (he listed them in that order, I think) doing great things that are possible in part because they've done their own thing instead of trying to cater to a Top 40 radio climate that doesn't have much interest in R&B right now.
― Evan R, Monday, 6 February 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
(sorry I used the wrong HTML for those italics)
― Evan R, Monday, 6 February 2012 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think Miguel is a better songwriter than Trey Songz, but My Mans is more singular. It's often his clumsier aspects that are the most distinct.
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Monday, 6 February 2012 21:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
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― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^^^^^^^ NEW BRANDY AND MONICA SONG ^^^^^^^^^^^
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ AWESOME ^^^^
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Monday, 6 February 2012 23:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
just heard that on the radio coming home, pretty good
― some dude, Monday, 6 February 2012 23:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sorry bwasher, didn't want to squash your enthusiasm, not feeling this really at all. Nothing particularly memorable about any of it.
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 6 February 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish there was some good reason for it to be a duet
― Evan R, Monday, 6 February 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Somehow never found the R&B 2012 thread until today. Hm. Excited to work through all this.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Monday, 6 February 2012 23:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ok. That first Dawn Richards single does sound very Brandy.
Listening to the Jade Alston tape and she had me from the Single on a Saturday Night Intro which is A++ gorgeous. Like the guitar counterpoint going on in at the end of 'Missing You Lately'.
She's got a beautiful lower register - I can't think of the last time we had a R&B singer who consistently hung out in that part of her vocal register. Very sultry.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 02:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Elle Varner mixtape is also pretty good, even the R&B cover of Ani Difranco.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
New mixtape from Kalenna of Dirty Money, a few dope cuts on it
http://www.datpiff.com/Kalenna-Chamber-Of-Diaries-mixtape.312046.html
― sisilafami, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Another mixtape
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/02/14/take-a-trip-to-raheem-devaughs-loveland/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
usher - climax
http://soundcloud.com/diplo/climax
:o
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes,
:O
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah. I was just coming here to post that. Was a bit skeptical at first, but it's one of my favourite Usher tracks in ages, notwithstanding Diplo's involvement.
Market forces + Guetta pushing Usher away from his totally awesome balladry towards Autotuned Taio Cruz/Derulo ish was/is incredibly depressing. This doesn't quite match the best of old-Usher, but this is /DAMN/ good.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 03:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mean. It's no 'Burn' or 'U Got It Bad', but I'll take what I can get.
Real good.
― dr dre throwing dubstep balloons (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 04:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah this is incredible
― flopson, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 05:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
it sounds cool but think the songwriting is a bit lacking
it kinda needs a hook... as far as astral third era usher songs go, "mars vs venus" >>>>>> climax
― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 05:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
'astral third era usher songs' is going to be the name of my sci-fi paperback
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think the songwriting is actually really sharp. There's a lot of layers of deliberate ambiguity behind what on the surface seems a shitty double entendre. It doesn't hit me as immediately as "Papers" (or even "Stranger") but it's the first Usher track in a while that leaves me something to chew on.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 23:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
annoying pronunciation aside this tinashe tape is sounding very very good. she commands the tracks, some of which sound like the weeknd with competent vocals. actually these are way beyond just competent... please, school me on tinashe. easily debut of the year so far
― saturdaynight (jk), Friday, 17 February 2012 03:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Evan R, Monday, February 6, 2012 2:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this seems like a pretty pat summary of it, esp considering that one song aside neither of the latter artists have done any damage to the charts either...
― D-40, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck evy jane
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
more fucking tumblr&b. JUST FUCK OFF
new nikkiya song is really excellent though
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just tried that Evy Jane track. Not good, but it's not that different from some of the more ephemeral stuff in the outsider R&B thread. Why such hostility? Did a pitchfork writer recommend her or something?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
It showed up in FACT today and they're white and from Vancouver?
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Unless there's a more tangible reason.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
all fair enough reasons to hate tbqh
― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink