Tayla's album is out (paging dyl!): https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mjnyW2rKiZuHiHG1Jbwtss0WBJEnIuImM
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
the final track, "easy", is great even if it ends too early. still need to spend more time w/ the rest
― dyl, Saturday, 13 April 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
new elle varner
http://smarturl.it/KindaLoveElleVarner
― maura, Monday, 15 April 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3aHdZfJckg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
v much enjoying the new tink so far
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:13 (five years ago) link
Jessie Reyez & 6LACK - Imported
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOYj7WfJQD8
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
Ceraadi - Loyal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79t9AQYOE7A
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
So much great stuff already this year, IMO
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
"loyal" is so nice -- such a smooth, bright springtime vibe to it
some of jessie reyez's vocal quirks are a little hard for me to stomach but she's pretty all right. she wrote "promises" with calvin harris and sam smith!
― dyl, Monday, 20 May 2019 21:54 (five years ago) link
Yeah — I agree about the vocal quirks, but that song works well for me... I like its woozy, (purposefully) amateurish/“naive” vibe, if you know what I mean (that sounds like a knock, but it’s not meant to be!)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
(“that song” being “Imported”)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 20 May 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
almost every fifth harmony solo single is miles better than the band's stuff, and this in particular is very early-200s Mya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmBcEZ-ruAc
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 12:33 (five years ago) link
Kiana Ledé (whose single "EX" was linked by Dyl upthread) has a good new EP out.
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Friday, 7 June 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
pretty solid collection. i was almost mad at "shawty" finishing so soon!
― dyl, Saturday, 8 June 2019 04:14 (five years ago) link
ever since jeremih's "planes" i'm always nervous when i see j. cole guesting on an r&b singer's track but i'm feeling this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFuZ2avoYmw
never heard of ari lennox before
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 04:20 (five years ago) link
her album is nice! "whipped cream" has been a favourite of mine since late last year.
― monotony, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 08:17 (five years ago) link
Ari Lennox lived in the DC / Maryland area for awhile so she has a big following here. She had a bouncebeat go-go band back her for a song recently
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:17 (five years ago) link
I did listen to a lot of Erykah Badu, don't get me wrong. But I'm also inspired by Missy Elliott, Tweet, SWV, 702, En Vogue, Anita Baker, Oleta Adams, Billy Ocean, D'Angelo, Bilal, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Omarion, Ciara, Ashanti, Petey Pablo, Kanye West, Common, Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette Michele, and Floetry. I listened to all of them, studied all of them.
Ari Lennox in GQ making sure you know she’s listened to more than Badu
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
https://www.gq.com/story/ari-lennox-interview
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Wow, I like this:
Chloe x Halle - thinkin bout me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgXndUfQ4_E
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Monday, 24 June 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
The new Daniel Caesar album is good.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 28 June 2019 06:25 (five years ago) link
dang, that dropped quietly!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
oh shit this brandy track
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 12:44 (five years ago) link
the new gallant video is wonderful, song toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OprPmcx0QXQ
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 5 July 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
oh dang how had i not known about that already
he is pretty frequently great
song is beautifully produced
― dyl, Saturday, 6 July 2019 01:42 (five years ago) link
new janet jackson-saluting cassie singlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1OKG_ZJ6P4also elle varner’s album is finally out!
― maura, Friday, 12 July 2019 14:41 (five years ago) link
feel like there's also a subtle nod to "doin it" in the production, or maybe the grace jones song "doin it" was built around
― dyl, Saturday, 13 July 2019 01:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW6J4v2XCXU
this song is gross but i like the (initially) spare beat even if it is a bit behind the times
― dyl, Sunday, 14 July 2019 01:22 (five years ago) link
was wondering what polow was up to; dumb song, interesting musical choices
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 14 July 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
i had basically given up on elle varner ever releasing anything again, so for her new album to not only be out but also...really fantastic is such a pleasant surprise
― monotony, Monday, 15 July 2019 08:01 (five years ago) link
oh i'm glad to hear it's good! i wasn't too excited about it based on some of the singles she had put out in advance. will check it out.
― dyl, Monday, 15 July 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 11:45 AM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
i do hear a mixture of influences here, but i checked out the album today and it's still very distracting just how much she sounds like badu. it's funny that she's on dreamville, cause i feel a similar way about jid and kendrick--they have stylistic differences but the vocal similarity exists in a type of uncanny valley for me, where i can hardly notice anything else. my fav track is 'i been,' which uncoincidentally is a track where she switches up her vocal style.
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Monday, 15 July 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
man that polow song sucks. the back half is a complete mess what is he doing.
― big city slam (Spottie), Monday, 15 July 2019 18:10 (five years ago) link
i dunno; i think you give that to jacquees or lloyd and rewrite the lyrics and you've got something enjoyable. wouldn't argue it's listenable as is.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 15 July 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
jacquees doesn't need to do another song like that after already having done "you"
(tbh neither does bando jonez -- his closest thing to a hit so far "sex you" does some of the same things but stays on the right side of the appealingly-sleazy/gross line)
beyond all the mustardwave things the track reminded me of, the song the more chaotic (or messy) back half had me wanting to revisit was zendaya's "replay"
― dyl, Monday, 15 July 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
which admittedly is much better executed, altho honestly i'm also pretty ambivalent about "replay" as a song
― dyl, Monday, 15 July 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
it sounds like a "cool" jason derulo song
― J0rdan S., Monday, 15 July 2019 20:17 (five years ago) link
Good call on “Replay”, which I love to bits, without any reservations whatsoever. I also like this!
― breastcrawl, Monday, 15 July 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
xp
the best zendaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULO5j7MdSU
― J0rdan S., Monday, 15 July 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
cute song but her voice is so nondescript
― big city slam (Spottie), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
that's my hangup with her too
― dyl, Monday, 15 July 2019 22:42 (five years ago) link
This is good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYcw4CnvmVA
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 July 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
Catching up on these... OMG, that "Wet" song, no thanxx
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
This track does something cool toward the end:
Willow Smith - PrettyGirlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYl4McIVvug
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
anyone check out the new BJ?
― lion king 2: the gift and the curse (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 July 2019 23:21 (five years ago) link
liked the first couple of tracks i heard
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 27 July 2019 03:40 (five years ago) link
the whole Erika de Casier album is really lovely, my favourite is "Space"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evVucSOLUIE
― ufo, Saturday, 27 July 2019 06:37 (five years ago) link
'What U Wanna Do?' -> 'Rainy' -> 'Space' is a great run.
Anyway, this album is ideal ILM fodder (and I mean that in a good way).
― pomenitul, Saturday, 3 August 2019 13:50 (five years ago) link
maybe make a thread for it? i really love it. it's drawing so heavily on 90s r&b but the production feels much more modern with how much space there is and every individual sound is so good
― ufo, Saturday, 3 August 2019 14:35 (five years ago) link