Rolling R&B Thread 2017

i love "prom" so much

whole album is solid as hell imo

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

New Goapele album out. in love w this one atm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWjJTCTf2Js

also new sevyn for those who didn't follow the artist specific thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw4ID0mh27k

half year update on the playlist

ILM's Rolling R&B Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist

New Lloyd

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

aww i like this!

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

yeah this is nice. she sounds like dawn on a few parts, the production would def fit on lttp

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

damn yah

Diggin that Justine Sky track.

totally loving the stokley album, lots of prince/miguel/stevie/saadiq/d'arby vibes throughout... wouldn't mind a thread for it actually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfEfOK85HJw

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

also the lovely new ne-yo track has a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI1GyMlggo

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

"another love song" is so good

(that said, i don't mind if he does another pitbull collab)

ne yo track is great

new cassie with (blech) g-eazy

https://open.spotify.com/track/4VwX2Ycso2PjDvQA9FbfBp

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.

there might be! adult r&b is a growing format

A solo version of that track was originally intended for release so hopefully we get it eventually, the random rapper addition must've happened pretty recently before they premiered it. Like I said in her thread it's smooth and I'm enjoying it a lot but I just hope she doesn't disappear again after this.

worth reposting here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-cNN_SPqL0

maybe i'm wrong but i feel like there's been a major uptick in adult r&b radio stars singing over trap-ish beats this year. not that trend-hopping hits are necessarily good, but if it means more room for male vocalists who don't have thin chris brown-type voices then i can't say i'm opposed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRF9TgkBCjc

(my favorite thing about this one is that the way he sings "fuck" sounds appropriately mid-coital)

Thraed of Iconika

^^^good shit

new luke jaaaaaames

http://youtu.be/zYL3HPMiOho

i was so worried he'd given up music for acting. i love this

yeah song is a jam

great song & video

so good

agreed

Love this new Jean Deaux track

http://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux/wikipedia

new syd: https://soundcloud.com/internetsyd/bad-dream-no-looking-back

pretty sure 'Fin' is gonna end up being a best of the year album for me

this is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GKxnBDu2g

also i need to listen to that syd record

it flags a bit in the middle but is otherwise aces

Syd solo i don't care for as much as the internet stuff

daniel caesar is v v good

Daniel Caesar's album is so good!

Really floored by the new Elijah Blake album. Feels like a more youthful spin on Anthony Hamilton's act—same virtuosic grasp of multiple styles and eras of R&B, but with more of a '90s spirit. A bunch of tracks sprawl in some Maxwell-esque directions, too... wonderful stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDKax9H0LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQYxNVFstI

and yeah that Daniel Caesar album is sensational. What a week

Caesar album is indeed great.

playing new york in november - http://highlineballroom.com/show/2017/11/24/daniel-caesar/

On Under the Streetlight, Boyz II Men put their spin on classics such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), "Stay" (Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs) and "I Only Have Eyes for You" (The Flamingos) along with an original composition, "Ladies Man."

The album also features three guest vocalists who join the trio: Multi-platinum R&B artist Brian McKnight on "I'll Come Running Back To You," "Tears On My Pillow," and "A Sunday Kind Of Love"; Olivier Award Winner Amber Riley (Glee, London's Dreamgirls) on "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is"; and ten-time Grammy® winners Take Six join the trio on "A Thousand Miles Away."

also there's a new syd record out friday?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Never_Home

nice!

enjoyed the Caesar album so much that i went back and tried his 2015 debut Pilgrim's Paradise and hooboy he's gotten much better over the past few years.

These dudes are playing here tomorrow:

http://soundcloud.com/sonder/sets/into-ep-1

the r.lum.r single posted upthread five months ago left me cold when first posted but it is kind of a revelation on the radio

i like the new musiq soulchild album. it's a double album. marsha ambrosius and neil degrasse tyson are among the guests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN58r9zBGE

Also, new Ledisi album out Friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNH-VuD7vw