i am two tracks deep and wow, this is excellent
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 31 January 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
Hurry up and get to "blow."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
glad to see he's back
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gqpXVAY3fI
posting the new raveena here too because i've been listening to it on loop for a few hours
― ufo, Sunday, 2 February 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgCvU-vXpcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2e2nIwN4F8
― ||||||||, Monday, 3 February 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
That Bieber/Walker remix is pretty tight.
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
"Sometimes," the song that H.E.R. performed at the Grammys, is a high-quality track that pulls out all the stops (strings, choir, gtr solo, long outro, etc.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbqyeaAoYxg
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
the summer walker remix of "yummy" is better than i expected it'd be -- primarily due to walker's contributions, naturally -- but the song itself is still so basic. i like how she enters the track via backing vocals.
― dyl, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 05:20 (four years ago) link
rolling pls release a new record don toliver 2020
― ||||||||, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
Victoria Monét - Moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGpezLMLZI
― dad genes (morrisp), Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
more exciting than the album rollout!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
New album “HOPELESS ROMANTIC” drops Friday 2/14 🌹🌹 #VDay 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/tCIKi0P2Cz— TINK (@Official_Tink) February 10, 2020
― maura, Friday, 14 February 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link
Not sure how R&B this is (it's maybe more "bedroom pop" or something?), but I like it:
Arlo Parks - Eugene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwBBNnn2gI
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
new Kaash Paige video (“Heartbreaker”):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8UTXGxDAQ
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 06:20 (four years ago) link
oh wow "eugene"
the chorus is quietly devastating
not sure i would have posted it in this thread specifically but ty for sharing it
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 06:40 (four years ago) link
no prob - yeah, it came up in an r&b playlist, but I wasn't really sure where to put it (I can post it in rolling pop, too...)
meanwhile - kaash has top-of-Pitchfork placement today :) https://pitchfork.com/levels/kaash-paige-heartbreaker-new-song-listen/
― You have seen the heavy groups (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
new ro james! https://smarturl.it/TouchyFeely
― maura, Friday, 6 March 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
^^^ that rules
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 6 March 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
Don Toliver - Euphoria (feat. Travis Scott & Kaash Paige)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYAMG_UPf6U
― Panic! At The Costco (morrisp), Friday, 13 March 2020 04:59 (four years ago) link
ro james has put out a surprising number of good singles since his first album + "permission"
― dyl, Friday, 13 March 2020 06:12 (four years ago) link
don toliver so sick. his last album was amazing
― ||||||||, Friday, 13 March 2020 08:24 (four years ago) link
Jhene Aiko's just scored her biggest opening week ever with the #2 debut of her new album on Billboard. She's sort of quietly been sneaking to new fan base highs. Of course some of us really appreciated TRIP, naming it one of the best albums of last decade
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXSSzzxWcN0
enjoying this. the way it suddenly transmogrifies into a delicate piano ballad at the end is so odd but kinda works?
― dyl, Saturday, 28 March 2020 06:22 (four years ago) link
just listened to Victoria Monet's lush jam posted upthread, six times in a row
― gaudio, Monday, 30 March 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
...this track tho(!):Kiana Ledé ft. Ari Lennox – “Chocolate”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zneiqgtWZIU
― morrisp, Friday, 3 April 2020 22:23 (four years ago) link
(awesome video, too)
― morrisp, Friday, 3 April 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
her album's out too
― ||||||||, Saturday, 4 April 2020 09:33 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it’s really good!
― morrisp, Saturday, 4 April 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
that's a pretty nice song
― dyl, Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
don toliver album is so great, stretching out to more rarefied places but still got punchy hooks and that voice
― ogmor, Monday, 6 April 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
cosign, one of my favourite albums of the year so far. I don’t follow r&b close enough to know, but is this Young Thug-does-r&b style (reductive I’m sure, but I don’t know how else to describe it) unique to Toliver?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:55 (four years ago) link
kiana ledé record is really good
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
i liked tink's new one but it's a little sad to me that she's not rapping at all anymore
― here 1st (roxymuzak), Friday, 10 April 2020 00:12 (four years ago) link
I don’t really think of don toliver as r&b any more than I would 03 greedo, shordie Shordie, rod wave, rylo Rodriguez, no cap, or even polo g at times ... tho obviously a very blurry line there
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 10 April 2020 10:19 (four years ago) link
(With maybe rod wave leaning hard r&b and polo g being more obviously rap)
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 10 April 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
Less than young thug i think of 03 greedo meets Travis Scott in that style
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 10 April 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
Ah thanx deej, I could have suspected there would be much more in that r&b/rap interzone, but it’s another area where I’m not all that much at home. Will try out some of the artists you mentioned.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 10 April 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
Really nice beat here (though I could do without hearing the phrase “morning wood” in a lyric...)Kelly Rowland - Coffeehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbSZxtbFqw
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
Victoria Monét - Dive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2r5_J0Y69M
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
^Beautiful track
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
Luxurious! That’s three great singles in a row. “From the forthcoming project JAGUAR” - yes, please!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah - it's a whole mood
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 21:33 (four years ago) link
now i love her
― knife sharpening tips (gaudio), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
so much greatness. the songwritting obv and foremost; then the taut strings that crackle as glorious as those little psychedelic breezy effusing perfectely-timed underneath; her caressing phras-ing designing the whole thing to such an extent, that that second part of the song reveals itself
― knife sharpening tips (gaudio), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
the arrangement takes it to the next level for sure
― dyl, Thursday, 23 April 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
i think "dive" is pretty solidly her best yet
― ufo, Thursday, 23 April 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
it's a dope track
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 April 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
"lick the beach/fuck the shore" over the trillville bed squeak takes some serious chops to pull off but she's got it.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/hip-hop-sample-squeaking-bed-exo-karol-g-lil-jon-760286/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exKC1W-Tu_U
certainly not as unique or bold as her material from her commercial prime, but brandy's return is pretty solid imo. backing is fairly repetitive but that moment when the horns and percussion retreat for a few seconds hits the spot. chance's guest verse veers from eyebrow-raising to genuinely amusing
― dyl, Monday, 4 May 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
i will take literally whatever Brandy i can get but that's fairly undistinguished
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
This sounds just like all the other sh!t in this thread that I love (lol)... nice slow jamTeenear - Special Attentionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ovM_5lLOI
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Thursday, 26 November 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
Tayla Parx has a new full-length album out, btw... (I haven’t listened to it yet)
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Thursday, 26 November 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
I’m pleased that Summer Walker’s Over It won Album of the Year at the Soul Train Awards.
― meditate in my direction (morrisp), Monday, 30 November 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
released in October last year, no less.
...but speaking of Summer Walker, can't say I *loved* this year's Life On Earth EP, but I'm still totally smitten with "White Tee" with NO1-NOAH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJhcGl_h7Y
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
I assume Soul Train has an eligibility period that doesn't sync up w/the calendar year (like the Grammys).
Meanwhile, I *did* love Life on Earth, and wish it were getting more recognition!
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
good for summer
listened to tayla's album last night... got some interesting tracks but it also shifts gears a lot, which can be dizzying esp given that almost all the tracks are shorter than 3 mins...
― dyl, Friday, 4 December 2020 04:04 (three years ago) link
idk, might have to give it another go
― dyl, Friday, 4 December 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
Yes, I’ve just given it one listen so far... felt very hard-edged and breakup-y
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Friday, 4 December 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link
I really liked the Tayla album and its conciseness was a feature not a bug for me
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 December 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
Getting organized for end of year... this is another favorite track that hasn't shown up in this thread:
Mariah the Scientist - Always n Forever (feat. Lil Baby)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ru3FPlRioM
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Friday, 4 December 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
that owns
― sir kieth scamper QC (||||||||), Friday, 4 December 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Juls - ' blessed' feat mira may and donne'othink some will like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFz9-j2lUOw
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
baegod and sbvce - ' never you mind'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghG8Ahf6nKAslept on crew outta cali, baegod and sbvce have been consistantly churning out dreamy, smooth and smart r'n'b. check out their singles back catalogue, solid.
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
I think this brief, spare track is intriguing (it's the title track of a recent EP):
María Isabel - Stuck in the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5X0ITga-W0
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
I don't know much about this artist, Alycia Bella (apparently she has surfaced in the past, under other names); but she has three lovely new singles out:
Alycia Bella - Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBdOv6NeeA
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoWItvMqngTkay Maidza feat. Kari Faux - Don't Call Again
A little bit the Doja Cat school
― Nabozo, Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
Yeah her album is cool (if not quite my speed)
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
Just came across this – not really sure how to classify it... it has an “indie” quality, reminds me of something I can’t put my finger on... I think it’s a fascinating single:Maeta - Teen Scene (feat. Buddy)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8butWJabQy4
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Sunday, 6 December 2020 07:41 (three years ago) link
(I wasn’t familiar with the track’s producer, Kaytranda – he clearly has a rep)
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Sunday, 6 December 2020 07:43 (three years ago) link
he even has his own thread!KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 11:44 (three years ago) link
Juls - ' blessed' feat mira may and donne'othink some will like this📹
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
love that Maeta track, thanks (best Kay production this year? maybe!!)
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
sorry, it’s “Jump*ing* Ship”.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
xp
re: Masego. he def belongs in this thread, imo. so does Alex Isley as long as she keeps delivering us tha lush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBw_SAzJrNE
Alex Isley ft. Masego - Good & Plenty (prod. by Jack Dine)
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNZR82fVHw
― sir kieth scamper QC (||||||||), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
that’s Chloe x Halle’s Tiny Desk (home) concert
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Roz made it: The Chloe x Halle thread
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 06:40 (three years ago) link
i didn't feel much either way about this when it first came out but now that the weather's gotten chilly i find myself in the right headspace for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAFAfhod9TU
― dyl, Friday, 25 December 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
(h.e.r. "damage")
― dyl, Friday, 25 December 2020 05:52 (three years ago) link
"got u connected like bluetooth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuJrvXsb8zw
DaniLeigh - Put U On
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link