random old r&b you are loving

Stevie's Jungle Fever! I love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEXNwm3QAU

who is this legend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7NcBlY7mUA

I'm givin up the streets, staying home with my baybah

who is this legend?

someone you'll probably only ever hear about on this thread: Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre-filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year

that track is very “Tonight’s The Night” tho (the Betty Wright one obv)

that looks like a dream of a thread, thanks

^

oh my.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OijaaN4u1uo

702 - "get it together (bass mix)" (1997)

what an absolute monster. never have i ever heard this before a few minutes ago. third time in a row rn.

GET IT GET IT

YEEAAHH BAYBUH

...bring it down

oh this is definitely approved for all audiences.

Wow!

lol if you want a cheap banger my friend

jeez, promo only. no wonder nobody heard it!

what a tune this is eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWGdW5QxE4
Tashan - Chasin' A Dream

random old instrumentals u r lovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMD4ftB452o

P.Diddy - I Need A Girl (Part 1) (Instrumental)

picked up a copy of 100% ginuwine from the record store yesterday, damn this still goes hard

Diana King - Shy Guy

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

a live version from 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSA2u7JOdpU

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

DLR - Shy Boy

I was today years old (actually 15 minutes ago) that I first heard Labelle’s cover of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Holy crap.

mmhmm shy guy hit's the spot

the sweet inspirations - "i'm blue" (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM25njAXUko

would've easily preferred this over "shoop" on the radio as a kid.

dave hollister - on the side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kixmmQbz_A

Latoiya Williams - Fallen Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOTMNTZTIY

that beat is great, reminds me of trans df express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zv4VFUGVh4

nice!

i was getting d'angelo vibes

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

this telepopmusik re-edit of a 702 classic is fucking delectable, holy shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW1NRVI0rIg

702 - "get it together (telepopmusik lofi flip)" (1996/2023)

absolutely one of the top jams of the 90s and beyond. they definitely did it justice here. whoo!

i have zero recollection of this, but holy jam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2_3CTres4

andrea martin - "hung up" (1998)

thats great, never heard of her that i know of

that's the kind of 90s R&B I simp for. smooth af

is Case still around?

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

spottie-

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neanderthal-
lol i hated case back then! he definitely had some jams in retrospect.

yes, was gonna say just that:

Andrea Martin was a *serious* songwriter who really never made it as an artist in her own right.
just check her Wikipedia.

especially this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Martin_(musician)#In_the_charts_as_a_writer

she died in 2021, sadly.

damn! undetermined cause of death...

i love that adina howard track.

the whole album is good, btw. def recommend.

so tempted to do a loose ends albums poll.

love that case song so much

i'd like to go back to the classics for a moment—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AxynJ5v_A
bohannon — "singing a song for my mother" (1973)

mint condition - sometimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3BqGXkZwc
more of rock song but was just listening to definition of a band and was kind of blown away by it.

"This was played at Watts Club Mozambique In Detroit , MI male exotic male strip club classic jam r.i.p. watts club Mozambique"

classic internet comment

I wasn’t consciously aware of “Swing My Way” by K.P. & Envyi – tho looks like it was a fairly big hit, I’m sure I heard it at the time. The breakdown section is great…

I adored that record when it came out…all time classic imo

yeah, that's a certified banger back where i'm from. i consider it just a small tier below other alltimers like "my boo"

top shelf mid/late-90s r&b/bass hybrid for sure

erm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAck_yq0nv8

idesia - "nu" (2015)

not something super old, but a jam that's been on my mind a lot lately-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZRxo6Qz6k
jenevieve - "deep in the shallow end" (2022)

i love her, btw. first found her thanks to ya'll + this ep is still her most recent thing. this song closes it out + i am at a stage with it where i'm deep diving into the lyrics. but what a bop! the mildly peter hook-y part, the chorus that's ripping off something i can't place rn, the whole 'underneath the wave' coda... this jam is an entire meal.

Yeah, this is really nice... "Love Quotes" (from the same EP) was one of my faves that year :)

another not terribly old thing, but noteworthy. check out sophiethehomie-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MMFYjI7_uc
"natural disaster" (2021)

and here's "rise" from 2020-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gb9gU_liqQ

+here's an eliza remix i missed at the time, but is maybe my favorite thing i've heard by her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-6FLohdgw
eliza - "whoever you are (for you) - ones remix" (2023)

finally, how about some russian pop that borders on 90s revival?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVh9fCO99gU
луни ана - "tell me why - remix" (2022)

be careful with /\this one/\ as it's under 2 minutes in length and 'just one more time' has turned into 15 minute marathons a few times by now.