Rolling R&B Thread 2012

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

lex u ever hear this? merry xmas if not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiP5YMYxZ1Q

yes i am just cherrypicking a fave 2012 list instead of posting a 50 song list of trash, what of it

(dmile production this fyi)

what is "great" about it

― lex pretend, Friday, December 14, 2012 1:04 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The remaster and added touches makes it sound as gorgeous as his other albums + the songs are still great + there's less Casha. I have no idea why you guys like to pretend like it's a bad album. It has held up waaaaaaaaaay better than the Weeknd ones.

xp hmm p sure that isnt the official hd video for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee933BAAvhE

ah ok found it

ships made me realise 'dope bitch' was indeed actually really great

can that be enough terius talk now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54jTH6Ybrgs

did we ever do this one? smooshing all these people into the one verrry slow moving elevator is entertaining. will we ever again in our lives get to hear mmts background operatic behind an easy miguel delivery (and ashanti doing something or other)

the-dream: officially better than the weeknd. phew

thx for the youtubes rtc

the-dream: officially better than the weeknd. phew

― k3vin k., Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:21 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Comparable because they both released retail versions of their free albums from 2011 in 2012, you know?

what in the world http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/15/trey-songz-arrested-strip-club-assault/

Least malicious assault ever?

NYC hip hop cops must be getting desperate for some action, it's been a minute since any rappers got busted on anything serious there

thanking rtc immensely for "who booty" and "these hoes is winnin"

be a dear and listen to shanell's mixtape for me would you?

ah fuck it nm i'm on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w9FezaSWDk

OH SHIT

omg shut the fuck up where has this ho been all my life

well that's just the single of the year isnt it, let's check the tape

http://i.imgur.com/DagHn.gif

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING we have an electrik red on our hands, i repeat --

http://www.datpiff.com/Shanell-Nobodys-Bitch-mixtape.384293.html

http://i.imgur.com/DagHn.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_7o1WgOsc

LISTEN

^^ THAT IS THE FINEST THING I HAVE HEARD IN YEARS ^^

been downloading

i have abandoned a) keyshia cole and b) dinner for this

trust me like you've never trusted anyone before

OH MY GOD I AM 20 SECONDS IN AND SO TOTALLY SOLD

i see one of the tracks is produced by "bolow". a typo?

i have abandoned a) keyshia cole and b) dinner for this

― lex pretend, Monday, December 17, 2012 3:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i hope keyshia writes some songs on her next album about this betrayal

"I Gave Up (Dinner for This)" ft. Ne-Yo

holy shit the beat switch-ups at the end of "fuck me daddy" O_O

xp lol

was gonna download til I learned there is a song called 'fuck me daddy'

oh my god what is this shimmering mirrorball perfection that is "just for the night"

SHANELL _ NOBODY'S BITCH _ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

oh yeah i did it

i did it without fully listening to it

those shanell tracks rtc posted are all great - thx alot. downloading the mixtape right now...

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING we have an electrik red on our hands, i repeat --

^^ that's quite a statement

"I Gave Up (Dinner for This)" ft. Ne-Yo

bwahaha

lol alfred

i suppose i "shall" give this a screening

Man, I seriously underrated Elle Varner's album, it is so great. so very very great. very jazmine somehow. and yet not at all.

shanell got one spin and i love a lot of it, but don't have time to fall madly in love with it until wednesday night.

http://singersroom.com/content/2012-12-19/JoJo-Agape/

been anticipating this jojo mixtape for a while now

dling now

'we get by' was some underrated dopeness

even if i do spend its duration bracing myself for a talib kweli appearance

^^thoughts i had when listening to this - i don't know whether she's jazzed up the arrangement a bit or not but it sounds amazing here as opposed to okay before

"white girl in paris" is not a twist on jay-z/kanye but a joni mitchell cover!!!

"these colonial beams and bricks are just not enough to hold me / all I got are my hopes and dreams and this cranberry Stoli" is a kind of joniesque lyric!

yeah, agape is great.

i had messed up internet so i was only streaming it for a while but it's really lovely, esp. for this time of year.

been p into the omarion ep tape thing, the song w/ joe buddens, him aside, makes me nostalgic for peak era the-dream somehow. he'd give it better hooks but it's still p nice

JoJo mixtape is so good, love the control in her voice and the jazzy touches and the California feel

we fucking with ratchet&b? i love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02JMBhxufJw

hate that song, although it can't help that out here they only play the version with French Montana

yeah i chose not to listen to that version... seems totally unnecessary

taking iamsu! off a snappy LA hit is just so wrong... same thing with "up"

only version of "up" i was into was the one w/ whoever the singer dude was (skipper?) doing a more melodic take of the chorus -- heard that one first and when radio seemed to prefer playing the version w/o him i lost all interest in the song

i fux with "who booty"

r&b game travis porter

also reminds me of something else from ages ago in r&b that i'm too holiday mode to bother trying to remember, it'll come to me