Rolling R&B Thread 2009

manuela mexico

love this so much i cannot even believe it

plent​y of twitt​y milk to go round

might regret this later

so is PPP just being discussed on the alternative R&B thread

Also here: platinum pied pipers/sa-ra/the new downbeat-rnb thing: why don't i like this stuff more?

But yeah, the PPP album is pretty good. I posted this on the other thread, but I like how they use retro-soul as a jumping point to do whatever the fuck they feel, rather than as an end unto itself.

wiki says new erykah album to come out 2/17...did it get pushed back?

presumably?

But yeah, the PPP album is pretty good. I posted this on the other thread, but I like how they use retro-soul as a jumping point to do whatever the fuck they feel, rather than as an end unto itself.

good way of putting it. i like it too

Guys I'm so excited about Electrik Red (The-Dream's girl group)... their album is going so be insane.

"We Fuck You" is on some spaced-out house&b shit, near the end it gets all acid house-y with the crashes... :

And their new single "So Good" sounds like "Pop Life" by Prince as covered by Kelis:

ryan leslie album is dope guys -- 'quicksand' is almost like NERD & I mean that in the best way possible

WHAT A GREAT YEAR THIS IS

omg yes studio version of Gibberish!!!!!!

Wait, is this Electrik Red album out? These tracks are firrrrre

GOT THAT DRINK IN MY CUP!!!!

no it's coming out in March I think.

Not to jinx everything, but this year's top ten will probably be set before the summer, and it will smash last year's top ten.

your enthusiasm has this weird effect of making me want to turn into alex in baltimore

oh god

anyway "we fuck you" is incredible as is "drink in my cup"

i very much love the-dream

Damn, this Electrik Red stuff is pretty good.

i assume u dudes heard the dj drama/too short/the-dream track?

yeah I have and it doesn't really work

i really like the electrik red tracks which are doing the rounds - do you guys think they'll be any more than another doomed-to-failure girlgroup experiment though? dame four, cherish, dear jayne...

i mean i love all of those, but i'd really like someone to try to bring back the r&b girlgroup as a viable commercial thing, and i'm not convinced that electrik red will. would love to be proved wrong though.

i would be surprised if they were successful but im pessimistic

Not to jinx everything, but this year's top ten will probably be set before the summer, and it will smash last year's top ten.

― Someone Still Loves You Evan and Jaron (Tape Store), Sunday, February 1, 2009 7:52 PM (1 hour ago)

Yeah, this year is off to a great start. My most anticipated album of the year is Fantasia's new one, her last record is a classic IMO and she SLAUGHTERED the Patti Labelle tribute last week:

Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World... (LOL)

^^this one too

^^"return the favor" is dope dope dope

has everyone listened to the R&B Kings 2009 comp? i listened to it during the Australian this morning. decent stuff, but besides a couple ciara tracks nothing really jumped out at me

Yeah, I'm not to hopeful about Electrik Red blowing up... I mean, it's definitely possible with Dream & Tricky behind the boards... and there is a sort of resurgence of girlgroups lately : Electrik Red, Sophia Fresh, Dear Jayne, RichGirl.... one of them is bound to blow up right?

The RichGirl singer is wicked:

single**

i really liked one of the bobby valentino tracks on r&b kings - agree that it was underwhelming overall though

I mean, it's definitely possible with Dream & Tricky behind the boards

ill come in and rain on this parade before al ship does: as much as i love the-dream and tricky they are from infallible hit makers - i could see them becoming the miss jade to the-dream/tricky's timbaland

far from*

yeah, it's definitely not a sure bet. If anyone is a sure bet for blowuptuation it's Sophia Fresh - T-Pain's group - they have the best single out of any of them and T-Pain is the biggest hitmaker... but T-Pain is kind of cooling down now so I dunno...

anyway, lex have you heard the Teedra Moses mixtape?

The problem with all these r&b svengali-auteur types trying to put on girl groups is that by the time most of them have the capitol to do that, their a bit past their peak, commercially if not musically.

they're*

shit, no, i forgot - i was literally on the verge of ordering it the other week but got distracted. i'll do that now, i LOVED 'so kool'.

xp

ok that second fantasia youtube

^ OTM, it actually kinda brought tears to my eyes but I'm sentimental like that

omg yes studio version of Gibberish!!!!!!

wait, is this really him singing gibberish over ths whole song?!? badass. fuck some writers block.

what is "Gibberish"

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Last track of the new Ryan Leslie album. Not sure if it's a bonus track or what.

studio version:

wait, ryan leslie's "quicksand" is not produced by the neptunes, right ? in this case, it's the most total ripoff I4ve heard in a while... it's like "compile all the netpunes gimmicks ever in 4 minutes" !

a lot of RL's beats have some degree of a Neptunes vibe to them, but on that track he's messing with a style they haven't used in like 7 years.

More good news: Elliott Yamin album in May, single will be released this month...