Rolling R&B Thread 2012

Yeah, exactly - no one knew about them (or at least no one was talking about them until you did!)

But anyway - R&B - Melanie Fiona's new album is confusing me. We have three lead singles so far.

I love 4 AM but it's totally Drake-y and not really what her general style is. Gone and Never Coming Back is a good big ballad, but didn't blow me away.

And now there's 'Wrong Side of a Love Song' which is breathtaking but a total throwback - right down to the organ.

Most people do not ignore the songs and artists you're really into. Two people said that in some other thread in a manner that was blatant trolling - while about 6 other people were actively saying that they pay attention to your recommendations.

Anyway.

re: Melanie Fiona - it just got delayed until May. Does this mean they're retooling it to fit the success of 4AM?

Because her chops would be wasted on a whole album of 40 copycat beats.

i started a melanie fiona thread about an hour ago which has gotten zero answers so far

lex you're being a weirdo

hahahaha I thought you were kidding

I've already said all I had to say about melanie fiona the other times you and I have posted about her, which is that it's a fucking awesome song

My bad. I've been on my phone and just checking bookmarks.

people kept saying they wanted track threads during the EOY polls! i just have no idea what people want

MF is probably my most anticipated album of the year right now. "Wrong Side of a Love Song" is just amazing. I have mixed feelings about the latest leak, though, "Change The Record." Ugh, B.o.B. makes me appreciate all those so-so J. Cole guest verses.

people kept saying they wanted track threads during the EOY polls! i just have no idea what people want

― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:44 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark

to stop whining to people who clearly respect your taste and follow your recommendations about how no one cares what you talk about

also, the track threads that DO get made maybe aren't very popular, don't get a lot of posts, but still seem to have a big effect on year-end poll results, like seany mac & des piccalo

And sometimes it just takes people a while to discover things. I posted "4 AM" to the Rolling R&B thread last August; it's kind of silly to huff about a thread started an hour ago

Whoa... the new Lloyd (UK-only) single is a total mess. It samples "Take My Breath Away" AND features Nelly.

I actually kind of liked it, sans Nelly. Turning "Take My Breath Away" into a club anthem deserves some props.

anyway, thoughts on Jessie Ware? She's being lumped in with the whole "alternative r&b" (***rolleyes***) thing but I'm really feeling this song, kind of has a nu-age Lisa Stansfield thing going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvlFWmvgeVI

Good stuff! I could definitely listen to an entire album of that.

Whoa... the new Lloyd (UK-only) single is a total mess. It samples "Take My Breath Away" AND features Nelly.

― Evan R, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:15 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark

any song that samples "take my breath away" has like, a 95% chance of being good imo

NB: have not heard this song

i haven't heard jessie ware's new one yet but i loved "strangest feeling" from last year - she's in with glasgow's numbers crew i believe, her first release was with sbtrkt on their label

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1-EAZ2eYA

the Lloyd track:

http://youtu.be/7_eYfz743YU

it's... not good

I mean, maybe you dig a budget Ginuwine singing over what sounds like an unfinished demo beat but I do not

and wow does it get super embarrassing when Nelly shows up

damn... that was not what I was thinking of at all

"Strangest Feeling" is nice, too—love the way she her voice alternatingly blends into and cuts against the track.

was thinking of a lush and smooth jam like "you"

basically that whole Lloyd song has "American Idol runner-up" written all over it; if you had told me that was Just Guarini's comeback single I wouldn't have blinked twice

<i>damn... that was not what I was thinking of at all</i>

hahaha, I wish I could hear the song you imagined in your head. I think Lloyd's parts are actually pretty sharp, but the track is just not salvageable

i was just listening to the latest T.I. mixtape today and thinking about how odd it is that Nelly still exists and people keep working with him as if he still existed

the new Wale single would be a really dope King of Hearts-worthy Lloyd jam if you deleted all the Wale bullshit off it btw

haha well like I said, I was just thinking of how lloyd turned 'true' into a jam for 'you,' so something along those lines xxp

i was just listening to the latest T.I. mixtape today and thinking about how odd it is that Nelly still exists and people keep working with him as if he still existed

the least you can do after releasing a double LP titled Sweat/Suit is disappear in a cloud of embarrassment

every new lloyd single seems to have a faster tempo than the last lloyd single

^ yeah, it's becoming a problem, huh?

"Sabotage" is a killer choice for a Wale single though. That shit jams.

haha maybe someone should stage an intervention before Lloyd tries singing over Moby's "Thousand"

the jessie ware thing is great, it's produced by the very talented julio bashmore

the disclosure remix is great as well if you like house-y stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITGjO212KrA

i was just listening to the latest T.I. mixtape today and thinking about how odd it is that Nelly still exists and people keep working with him as if he still existed

― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:52 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha over the weekend i put "nelly" into my itunes filter the other day and was like "damn, t.i. really likes to work with nelly. they must have a good time together."

http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/22/video-fortebowie-impala/

ethan p put me onto this dude, i like his shit

really like that

yo that is awesome

Amazing.

The internet is saying it's produced by friendly fires o_O

yeah that's what the official mixtape version is tagged as

just a sample surely?

the song is tagged as "produced by friendly fires"

miguel just tweeted a link to art dealer chic vol. 1

mediafire.com/?15v7cf2ic9bexx6

whoa love that fortebowie. the rap is pretty jarring at first but i think he pulls it off

gravity is on par with adorn

wow yeah gravity is great

just listened to "adorn" for the first time in a couple weeks and wow is it still incredible

This is all exceptional

for those who missed the dl links it's on datpiff

new volumes will be released on the 27th of each month