Great recommendations all around itt. That Letoya Luckett track is lovely and one of the rare times an interpolation like that doesn't pull me out of the song
And man that Chloe x Halle tape is a stunner, maybe the best R&B project I've heart this year, up there with Kelhani. They're Beyonce proteges? Love how fast the whole thing moves; such great movement and concision. Weird comparison, but since most of these songs are under two minutes it kinda plays like the alt-R&B answer to that Mannequin Pussy album from last year, just a splatter of brilliant ideas that never pauses. "Poppy Flower" and "Wonder"... man.
Lex, wasn't able to stream that song b/c SoundCloud wants me to have some sort of premium account (gross) to hear the whole thing. Preview sounded cool tho
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
that RLUMR single and the Chloe x Halle mixtape are really great! Went back to CxH's EP from last year too and that's terrific too - you can definitely hear a lot of the precision and detail of Bey's s/t in both.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
i think i LOVE the khalid album
― monotony, Monday, 27 March 2017 07:06 (seven years ago) link
No word on the new Trey Songz?
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Monday, 27 March 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/mary-j-blige-love-yourself-feat-kanye-west/
― maura, Thursday, 30 March 2017 23:46 (seven years ago) link
ILM's 2017 Rolling R&B Thread Spotify Playlist
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
lol i came back to ilm after a week away and saw how many rolling threads were on new answers and actually thought there might be an interesting reason for that! never mind
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 11:42 (seven years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-and-b-albums
Hmmmm, Bruno Mars...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2017 02:56 (seven years ago) link
i mean, it is an r&b album
the adult r&b station here has been playing his pop hit "that's what i like" a lot lately and it sounds perfectly appropriate right next to mary j. blige's "thick of it" et al so \_(ツ)_/¯
― dyl, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
He is successful across many of the charts, true.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Thanks to Lex for the tip-off on the Jacquees & Dej Loaf mixtape – it's very nice.
― Mercer Finn, Thursday, 13 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
i'm really into this JHud song featuring Babyface and Ma$e from an adam sandler movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncKGyNksAcw
― flopson, Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
Fun song!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Sunday, 16 April 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
sounds like sukiyaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUA-DcW1lFc
mixed with mariah carey's 'honey' lol
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 21 April 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link
ironically 'sukiyaki' was covered by ... a taste of honey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwkKDyKqCQw
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 21 April 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
This is great. Usually singles that double up R&B singers for added star power don't work at all, but here Jeremih and Chr*s Br*wn get a chance to actually harmonize a bit and they really nail it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=v4R7Q9SAcvM
― Evan R, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
embedded a screwy link up there, sorry about that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R7Q9SAcvM
― Evan R, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
How did I not know that Jose James released a full-on pop/modern r&b record?
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 29 April 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
i tried to listen to it but wasnt in the mood atm, any good?
― Spottie, Monday, 1 May 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
New Lady Donli song is dope imo
https://soundcloud.com/ladydonli/ice-cream-feat-tomi-thomas
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 09:35 (six years ago) link
Cali Roots Festival livestream---so far so good: https://www.livelist.com/caliroots/
― dow, Sunday, 28 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Love this
https://soundcloud.com/oneinthe4rest/jiu-jitsu-feat-chris-brown-1
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 3 June 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
Pretty close to gorgeous:
https://youtu.be/2jpFSvJ9UEI
Frank Gamble ft. Abra Cadabra, "J'adore"
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 4 June 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
UM how hasn't anyone mentioned "love galore" by SZA?? it's pure heavenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXfCOjb3fk
― joshywinty (josh), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 05:56 (six years ago) link
oh that's really nice
― dyl, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
SZA album is up: http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/09/sza-debut-album-ctrl-stream/
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Friday, 9 June 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
i really like this record
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 9 June 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
I loved "Drew Barrymore" so I'm looking forward to this
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
"Doves in the Wind" is pretty near a DAMN. outtake if anyone needs suckering in
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 9 June 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
i love "prom" so much
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
whole album is solid as hell imo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 12 June 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
the solo debut by stokley of mint condition is out today, and this might be my song of the summer
https://open.spotify.com/track/5FqG3x1prGXhGdNL7OQN6D
― maura, Friday, 23 June 2017 12:05 (six years ago) link
New Goapele album out. in love w this one atmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjJTCTf2Js
― down that brown path (Spottie), Thursday, 13 July 2017 06:29 (six years ago) link
also new sevyn for those who didn't follow the artist specific threadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4ID0mh27k
half year update on the playlist
ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 13 July 2017 11:59 (six years ago) link
New Lloyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkoPWwHgXdA
― Evan R, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
aww i like this!
― maura, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
i put this in the jeremih thread but nobody bit
this song he & yung berg did for justine sky might be one of the best things i've heard this year. maybe it's just cuz i've been listening to teedra moses a lot but i get that kinda vibe here, but also the textures and dueling guy/girl vocals remind me of last train to paris. and the chorus has this whimsical vocal melody that feels very characteristically jeremih to me. great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0TMSOWNafQ
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 22 July 2017 07:19 (six years ago) link
yeah this is nice. she sounds like dawn on a few parts, the production would def fit on lttp
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
a lil retro but i like it
in other news, kehlani should sue:
Demi really served up the bad bitch anthem of 2017. pic.twitter.com/tvOtzaUiiR— ً (@ButeraDemetria) July 19, 2017
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
damn yah
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Diggin that Justine Sky track.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 23 July 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
totally loving the stokley album, lots of prince/miguel/stevie/saadiq/d'arby vibes throughout... wouldn't mind a thread for it actuallyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfEfOK85HJw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 23 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I like the Luke Christopher album OK; it's a little too obviously post-Drake at times (particularly in terms of his flow, which is loose enough that I think the album is appropriate for this thread) but there are a lot of interesting ideas in the music. He's on ByStorm, which is the same imprint Miguel is on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iuzjjaWyw
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
also the lovely new ne-yo track has a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI1GyMlggo
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
i really hope the collapse of the pop market for anyone who isn't both a chainsmoker (or connected to one) and under 27 means that his label will stop forcing him to dabble in edm bullshit
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
"another love song" is so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
(that said, i don't mind if he does another pitbull collab)
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
ne yo track is great
― Spottie, Friday, 28 July 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
new cassie with (blech) g-eazy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4VwX2Ycso2PjDvQA9FbfBp
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
love the title line and the production is beautiful
g-eazy unsurprisingly offers nothing but the reminder that the industry sees guest raps as little more than signposts for radio programmers. unfortunately for some reason there probably won't be a maroon 5-esque 'without rap' edit for the ac stations cuz otherwise i'd be seeking it out.
― dyl, Friday, 4 August 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
^^^ this is so good
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
nice, like the weird bass synth on that.
― Spottie, Thursday, 28 December 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
Rolling R&B Thread 2018
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link