itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b

Another new one... Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gz2kqOupCI

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

I see she was mentioned on this thread already (only mention on ILM). Not saying I love this, but I like her voice and kindof like the whole thing. Could stand a harder sound though obviously a harder sound isn't what they're going for.

Actually, listening to "Leila's Tale" now for the first time and I think I might like that more.

Or maybe not.

Does Jose James belong in this thread or the reg R&B rolling thread?

Leila's Tale sounds better to me. Production is pretty cool.

@Thundercatbass Thundercat
I will give my eagle a pompadour and decorate his beak with Christmas lights and macaronies.

This Pandr Eyez track is enchanting

http://vimeo.com/28883031

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRn2DAggPEE

Does Goapelle belong in here? Maybe this song belongs in the Sade thread, cos its very Sade like.

that pandr eyez track is pretty amazing

Yeah, I'm loving Pandr Eyez and Goapelle tracks both.

Second J*Davey album finally seeing the light of day later this month. http://soundcloud.com/illav8r/newdesignerdrug

Sounds great on my first run-through. AND HELL YES! "Dollar or More" is finally gonna be out there. I've been waiting for a finished version of that song for almost three years.

gotta say i had high hopes and feel kinda let down w/ new j davey. compared to the dangerous sexy randomness of the first double-set, it's bland. dang!

Goapele album is waaaaay good. For real.

Very cohesive, only 9 tracks, no filler.

Old unreleased cut from 04.

Raphael Saadiq feat common and ledisi 'They Don't Know You'
http://soundcloud.com/mathieuschreyer/ray-ray-feat-common-and-ledisi

i was skeptical about this because of the name but i like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSUICxeOiy0

Cool track.

anyone else listened to the robert glasper experiment album yet? really liking it on a couple of listens. as well as erykah, there are also guest spots from meshell ndegéocello, king, lupe fiasco, musiq soulchild, chrisette michele, mos def...

and i can't stand the original "smells like teen spirit" but this makes the second cover of it i like

I do want to hear that.

Dunno the best thread to post this in, since it's maybe a little alt-y for the R&B thread yet it's not really that out there or experimental, but I'm really enjoying the new Nylo EP. The closer, in particular, seems of a piece with the most subdued moments on the new Dawn Richard album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m5MeusgRpI

this is fantastic. thanks.

i keep forgetting to post this - i saw her open for katy b and she's playing pop montreal soon - local artist who goes by a k u a

http://soundcloud.com/akuamtl

this stuff is nice, kind of has a Jessie Ware vibe?

yeah this is real nice. twin shadow affiliated, if that sucks anyone else in. would like to catch her at the pop thing, i don't quite ~get~ the kells theme tho

i'm just gonna put it here before i finish listening cuz it might be of interest - jack davey (of former out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious r&b duo j*davey) has been doing solo stuff this year. lo-fi scuzzy garage rock solo stuff. so far i'm...kinda enjoying it!

http://www.giantstep.net/index.php/2012/12/new-release-jack-davey-l0-f-dlux/

it's funny to be reminded in "the year of alt R&B" that this stuff still is exists, is often good, and still isn't very big with critics

not former! brook's just busy out in miguel's tour band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYe9i8IxWA

I looked and we didn't have a thread for King, but here's some new shit.

Jesse Boykins III cutting loose. As usual kinda awkward, kinda awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0REMZ8vPMA

guess there was brief discussion of this on the Chicago thread. anyways, La Lechera alerted me to this, cuz she knows I am R&B/dance-sympatethic. Not at all sure this belongs on this thread--probably doesn't, in fact--but def feels this might be something that Rev or Tim F might find some enjoyment from:

https://soundcloud.com/feedthedragon

Denitia and Sene's 'His and Hers' is one of my favorite albums of the year, and this track in particular

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

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

I'm not sure this is weird enough to qualify but I didn't want to post it in the rolling r&b thread because it's got white people with beards in it and we know how that offends a particular brand of poster. It's from Rare Times' EP "Missionary" which I'm really enjoying. It reminds me of Morgan Geist too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEiV8hL8lA

Those were both dope. I might have to check out that Denitia and Sene album

loving the Alla mixtape (which can be downloaded in more convenient fashion here: http://chicagoist.com/2013/03/04/exclusive_alla_to_feed_us_feedthedr.php )

is there a discussion on Stacey Barthe going on anywhere?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MsSLEzdZBo

I like it although it fits right in with the reg r&b thread.

this shuanise song off the new eglo records comp a) sounds nothing like anything else on it (it's a good little label though), b) blew my mind a bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqHwqOKQr8k

Everything I've ever heard with Shaunise on it has been great yet I still have no clear idea who she actually is.

More from the beached whale school of R&B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2EA83HWq70

that shuanise song is easily the most underrated of the year so far. it's spectacular. i don't know anything about her either.

https://soundcloud.com/mapei/dont-wait

this is probably straight bobbins territory by now; can anyone hear why I think this is superdope?

https://soundcloud.com/feedthedragon/start-feelin

Is this the thread to discuss Blood Orange? Curious to hear what the regulars think of Cupid Deluxe. The world is so over-saturated with mock Sade these days that I have a hard time getting excited about this sound, but some of these songs are pretty OK.

no time in this life for dev hynes

I love chamaray

no time in this life for dev hynes

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:36 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's so sterile

What else has dude done? I feel like I've listened to several hours of music that sounds just like this over the last few years, and I can't remember a single damn chorus from any of it