i like the jessie ware stuff. sort of like if azari & iii made 2-step or something? really nice.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
ART DEALER CHIC Vol. 2. Can we talk about it? Can we talk about how great 'Arch n Point' is? And "...ALL"?
There's no 'Adorn' here but this is such a great way to consume music. Every month getting a little three track parcel of awesome from Miguel instead of having to wait for the next full album.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard it yet but there's a thread: thread of miguel
― some dude, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
on the off chance you guys arent up on your eastenders actresses' sanging careers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOC9hGGs5GM
shockingly impressive imo!
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
(in a remedial uk kinda way, natch)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 March 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
nobody here likes 'the misunderstanding of teyana taylor'? i know 'armor on' is the best thing in the world, right now...but that mixtape deserves some love, i guess (better than 'mf life' imho)
― rusty_allen, Friday, 30 March 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
some dude wrote this on thread Kanye West - Dark Twisted Fantasy on board I Love Music on Nov 26, 2010
i literally had to google teyana taylor to remember whether she was the person who did "google me" -- prophetic song
― some dude, Friday, 30 March 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
i always forget that i actually liked "make your move". idk whenever i remember teyana taylor exists i just get that na'tee line "teyana taylor got your girl doing sit-ups" in my head
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
i should probably check out that mixtape though
people have been sleeping on the estelle album too, it's really v strong and perfect for this weather
^^ forgot about that too (damn you dawn richard for being so incredible!), tho i've never been that hooked on her in the first place. will check that.
(in portugal it's raining, so 'armor on' is a perfect fit - if a setting was ever needed)
― rusty_allen, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
the first single from the Estelle album was on the radio so long ago that i didn't even realize that the album itself only just dropped last month
― some dude, Friday, 30 March 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Still sorting out my feelings about this guy, but I'm really into the new Bei Maejor mixtape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMA40d0C904
― Evan R, Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
he has a new one out again?
― dayo, Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
i always feel like this guy's stuff is a lot more slight than it should be, but the tape sounds pretty good
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
it sounds pretty radio ready
he shouldn't be rapping this much tho
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
There's a disconnect between his voice, which is the definition of slight, and his songs, which can be super bold ("The Truth" is really chilling). His rapping is just dreadful, but his storytelling is really vivid.
― Evan R, Saturday, 31 March 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Goapele 'Tears On My Pillow' got visuals (from 2011). I love the last minute of this song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eOBNiYDuPY
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 2 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
New Monica album seems like a mixed bag—Rico Love seems off his game on a lot of these ballads. But I'm listening to the album preview stream of the new SWV album and everything sounds absolutely incredible. Can't wait to hear the real thing.
― Evan R, Thursday, 5 April 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm ready to write the Monica album off as a total disappointment.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Someone on twitter called it the aural equivalent of a Tyler Perry movie.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, that's kind of spot on, sadly. One of the non-Madea ones where you actually kind of begin to miss Madea.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I had to sit through The Family That Preys once and I know exactly what you mean.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
damn i saw that Monica's album was out and was looking forward to listening to it this morning before i looked at this thread. will still check it out and see if there are any standout songs, because i love that woman's voice.
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
The new Brandy single is beyond awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uHCVaVZfQ4
― Evan R, Thursday, 26 April 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
love it!
― tundra, Saturday, 28 April 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
That is brilliant, even with Chris Brown.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 April 2012 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
either this thread or You forgot how incredible SWV were... needs more people talking about the great new SWV album
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
New Jessie Ware is very pretty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblGD5yuid8&feature=player_embedded
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Produced by Julio Bashmore too! Didn't really see that coming but it makes perfect sense.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
really feeling the new usher single - between this and "climax" it's boding v well for his album
http://soundcloud.com/usher-raymond-music/lemme-see-feat-rick-ross
sparse and minimal blah blah but it sounds HUGE too
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha for a sec i thoguht you were going to say you were feeling the max martin-produced "scream"
― some dude, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
oh no i didn't know about that :(
i take back my positive prediction
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh dear i just noticed the trayvon martin reference o_0
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
I hope this post-F.A.M.E. bifurcation of R&B album singles into "pop" and "urban" subsets isn't a lasting trend; it's just so shameless
― Evan R, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
it's here to stay, at least for the artists who are big enough to shoot for the pop market
― some dude, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just gonna dream of the early 2000s, when a great song could play in both formats without pandering to either. Better times.
― Evan R, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's really tasteless, but still better than Childish Gambino's Trayvonsploitation hashtag from hell
― some dude, Monday, April 30, 2012 1:43 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol me 2
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Monday, 30 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
― Evan R, Monday, April 30, 2012 10:55 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
pre-dates FAME but for sure this is the worst thing to happen to pop in the past five years, even worse than everything sounding like gay club tourism music or rap songs with white people singing
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Monday, 30 April 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
Part of the magic of "Climax," I think, is that it bucks this trend. It sounds amazing on both pop and urban stations, and that hasn't been true of an Usher single in ages
― Evan R, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
"gay club tourism music" is my favourite descriptor ever.
less gay club tourism music, more gay 90s house music is my new mantra.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
rap songs with white people singing
ha, never really thought about it, but this is another great example of the marginalization of R&B. Scabs like Skylar Grey and Matthew Santos are stealing all the prime guest spots
― Evan R, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
can we count bruno mars as white for this exercise?
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
he's not white?
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
wait, Bruno Mars and Matthew Santos aren't the same person?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
which one was in Coldplay then?
bruno maris is puerto rican/fillipino
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
i'm well aware of that.
― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
― Evan R, Monday, April 30, 2012 8:30 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
it's barely on pop stations, in america anyway
― some dude, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link