Rolling R&B Thread 2012

"Birthday Cake" lol

:(

This full Rih/CB/Terius/Los track is a monster btw, in every sense of the word.

― weak willie (longneck), Thursday, 15 November 2012 20:40 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark

cb manages to spoil this by the end, i'm over it

are you gonna be playing it lots

― #YOLO ONO (lex pretend), Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:47 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark

idk maybe *shrugs*

That's your brain speaking. Give in to the zombies.

xpost to r|t|c, lol

nah my brain is as empty as ever, it's my skin crawling at cb trying to do the mj growl and such

that's just the sound he makes when he's thinking "now THIS is the ultimate fuck you!!!"

haha i messed that up the quote was "the ultimate fuck off"

nah my brain is as empty as ever, it's my skin crawling at cb trying to do the mj growl and such

― r|t|c, Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:38 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, according to the wiki page MJ has a writing credit, so that is probably him doing the growl and not CB.

I think one of these ne-yo songs is literally using the apple mail sound for getting mail as part of the beat, smh

a pre-emptive NO to both alunageorge and inc., just in case anyone was thinking of repping for them

fucking gentrified r&b bullshit

*listen's to fantasia's "man of the house" on repeat forever*

*deletes rage-induced extra apostrophe*

Ha, according to the wiki page MJ has a writing credit, so that is probably him doing the growl and not CB.

Sounds like CB mimicking MJ's growl with sampled MJ echoing him.

Dream/Los song on the new Keyshia Cole > both Dream/Los songs on the new Rihanna

I have no problem with AlunaGeorge. Inc seem kinda preposterous.

link the keyshia one?

heard some inc. tracks today and i kind of liked them. they have skeletons of really good tracks imo but the production & singing are so thin... i couldn't imagine anyone who actively listens to 'real' r&b jamming this shit. just makes me want to listen to urban hang suite or w/e.

i think they're better than alunageorge, for whatever that's worth

i kind of liked them

the production & singing are so thin

RAISE YOUR STANDARDS OF ENJOYMENT

essentially what i'm saying is that it all sounds very demo-y. sometimes demos can be good! if it's your whole aesthetic tho then that's a problem but it's not like i can't recognize the makings of a good song and/or still get some enjoyment out of something that i think still could be much better. i don't think those are warring ideas.

in any event i'm really not insulted by inc. whatsoever. in fact as far as indie r&b goes they're actually at least doing something slightly different opposed to all this druggy post-cassie dubstep remix-wave. like i could imagine a live band playing those inc. tracks.

fell in love with the weeknd, started fucking the inc...

man inc's name is so disrespectful to irv gotti, rip

what is going on with this wiz rap

Was gonna rep for Brenmar's remix of AlunaGeorge's "Just a Touch", but just had another listen and decided it's not really worth it.

so far i think this keyshia cole album has more songs i'm feeling on it than in keyshia cole's entire career to date

yeah, this keyshia cole album is superb

in a lot of ways this is what I wanted the Monica album to be

yeah girl went in

has anyone checked out Rochelle Jordan? She's from Toronto and did a Marvins Room cover AGES ago and has two releases under her belt now - R O J O and PRESSURE - both of which are pretty listenable.

I'm not sure how lex will feel about them (some moments are a bit drifty) but it's worth a listen. Start with PRESSURE, maybe? It's the more recent one. R O J O has some nice stuff though, and her single "Here I Go" was also pretty solid.

ooooh - new Keyshia is worth checking for? I love her first album but haven't really loved much since besides a single or two.

i heard pressure, thought it was nice enough in a non-committal way, but idk we have jhené aiko for sub-cassiefanclub action these days

oh wow i hadn't seen this ~dramatic~ keyshia cole video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmo-36iwDk

Sorry to steer the convo away from Keyshia at a time when she actually deserves the attention, but hot damn, this Alicia Keys/Maxwell debut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nFyAPzwkXIg

yes!

Oooooooooh. Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4HODZRrCic

heard this on the radio today and it pleased meh, q parker of 112 with a sort of "falsetto" update

i'm a fan of that song but it's a little lol for your to gravitate to something so los/terius-ish

this ll/joe song is awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89F3ATBQXaI

"it feels like new year's, but TWO balls drop"

-_-

ooooh - new Keyshia is worth checking for? I love her first album but haven't really loved much since besides a single or two

yeah I'm surprised that "superb" and a Keyshia Cole album are in the same sentence (I just liked her first). Will check out.

damn, where is that new maxwell record. he sounds great there.

he acted like the album (or at least the single) was coming this year but then he cancelled his summer tour due to vocal hemorrhaging, so i'm hoping he's just waiting until his voice is better to be able to promote/tour for the new record

would far prefer Keyshia Cole singing this collab instead of Alicia Keys

ehhhhhh keys/maxwell is just a more compatible mix of voices

yeah i agree... keyshia + maxwell would sound really weird

A physical match perhaps, but she can't feel an emotion without getting overwrought.

alfred you're pushing your weird anti-keys agenda pretty hard

a duet of keyshia and trey songz yelling at each other would be pretty entertaining -- apparently he was announced at some point as a guest for her new album but obv didn't happen

alfred you're pushing your weird anti-keys agenda pretty hard

I've liked a couple things. Her last bit on this one made me wonder why Maxwell couldn't have let that guitar do the emoting.

ok dude