https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2y9X08tN8
― Lee626, Saturday, 8 December 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
intro - "come inside"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyD9FUf2bL4
man this song's the shit, so propulsive, always moving forward
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
Severely undervalued group.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:29 (eleven years ago) link
hm there seems to be a double entendre in the song i posted
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:30 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― some dude, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
andy what's up with that howard hewett song i posted? when i heard it on the radio i felt like i had heard it before but then i looked it up and it didn't even have a wikipedia page
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
Not sure if Cymande counts as "r+b" or not.
But they are one of my favorite bands of all time, in any case. So I, of course, love to bring them up whenever possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLnxjVo6bk
― Austin, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 03:55 (eleven years ago) link
re-visitied Brian Mcknight's album Anytime, prob been about 15 years since i heard it last. not really random since it's double platinum but dont really hear anything about it any more. holds up really well. 'Anytime', 'The Only one For Me' and 'Hold Me' were great singles (altho i guess Anytime wasnt officially a single? despite being everywhere for a while)
'I belong to you' sounds like something ty$ could release todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyn8vpcG0XU
'you got the bomb' - some nice wah and slap bass - great introhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNE-I_RKWM
'til i get over you' is probably my favorite album cut on here thohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LEWAS6Jmo
only dud is the closing track.
― Spottie, Monday, 15 January 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpf4ijCyiwg
― k3vin k., Friday, 8 June 2018 03:28 (five years ago) link
heard howard hewett's "show me" for the first time recently -- the kinda song i love to let myself get lost in + never get back out. gorgeous.
― dyl, Friday, 10 May 2019 02:24 (four years ago) link
Waiting for a drag queen to lip synch for their life to Super Woman by Karyn White.
And Don't Disturb This Groove by The System is waiting for it's Toro Y Moi cover.
― Cousin Slappy, Friday, 10 May 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
Discovered this song about a year ago (source of the sample from Kanye's 'Late') and then forgot about it until recently. Unforgivably, because it's utterly effing gorgeous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d_HlgFRh3U
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bnZTHLxhEo
case "missing you"
― dyl, Monday, 22 July 2019 06:06 (four years ago) link
lol apparently a new yfn lucci song w/ trey songz samples that ^^^. maybe that's why i randomly heard it again on a quiet storm hour around the time of making that post
the new one is lyrically clunky and generally undistinguished... but the smoldering production, even lifted wholesale from "missing you" like that, makes it stand out somehow
― dyl, Saturday, 3 August 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
702 — "gotta leave"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1IFqbii3k
not even kidding when i say one of my favorite songs of the 90s.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3ucc-fep4
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 August 2020 05:45 (three years ago) link
^^ Boyz II Men • I Do ^^
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 9 August 2020 07:35 (three years ago) link
killer harmonies, holy hell!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
i used to do a lot of a capella singing and have always wanted to sing this one with a group. such a cool tune.
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 August 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
that's awesome. i sound like an angry frog when i try to sing, so that shit is mad impressive to me, dude.
here's an underrated group:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwZfjDQtOro
loose ends — "you can't stop the rain"
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
excellent. I've been jamming a lot of that smooth R&B from 80s and 90s lately.
this track hits the spot too - they were British?
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
this has been one of my nighttime slow jamz lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdIOlNMXvwo
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 August 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
mista - blackberry molasseskeith sweat - i'll give all my love to youmariah carey - can't let go
― dyl, Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
brian mcknight - one last cry
― dyl, Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
another heavy favorite by 702 in a similar theme: "get it together"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhXOTTk2Of4
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
so, when i first started djing, at like age sixteen, my dj name was "dj spin." i made mixtapes. so many friggin` maxell tapes. anyway, one of the series of mixes that i made was "slow jam spin." i think we got up to like volume five? so yeah. the 90s r+b slow jam is kind of hallowed ground for me.
maybe ten people —EVER— actually heard any of those mixes.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
sorry one more shout for another heavy hitter: "funky ride", one of the best 'fake funkadelic' jams ever:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gZiL7NjMg
outkast was the fucking greatest ever.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:46 (three years ago) link
just an interlude, but it's beautiful and it's what i need on this otherwise gloomy day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYzB9kkTz0
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 August 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
that’s Boyz II Men • Khalil.Neanderthal, I’m just gonna keep ID’ing the tracks you post, for searching purposes and, you know, Posterity. So many of these video links end up dead, making threads like these barren. I missed Shai’s “Comforter” earlier.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
good call, sorry about that - I'll label them ongoing
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:56 (three years ago) link
Sparkle-Be Careful- saddest song everEric Benét-Harriet JonesRonald Isley-Contagious
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 12:23 (three years ago) link
Divine - Latelyhttps://youtu.be/yybS6pHRaCc
Already posted about this on Twitter, but this song popped into my head the other day, and I was SO UPSET when I learned that it's not on Spotify!!!
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
something a little more uptempo. and honestly, another one of my favorite songs of the 90s. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5IEGUuhAtI
yvette michele — "let's stay together"
the whole album is fantastic. i was a huge fan back then and have fond memories of buying the album on its release date. it came out the week before i started my sophomore year in high school, so it's pretty much peak nostalgia at this point. album still holds up, too. very much "fake mary j", but killer production and i love her voice, so i was okay with it. and plus, it taught me the invaluable lesson of being nice to short people.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
so andy just reminded me of something that i had completely forgotten. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKEn47RKU4E
(song is the "oh honey" remix of "kissin' you" by total)
i had this on a cassette single that had the original (raphael saadiq produced!) mix and this remix on both sides of the tape. and i had an auto-reverse player, so i often played just those two mixes over and over again, but the remix was my preferred version. i picked it up at sam goody one day when they were having a rare promotion where they would put cassette singles on sale; certain titles would be three for $7 (+sales tax, of course). you had to buy three to get the deal, otherwise it was just regular price and most cassette singles were $2.99, so it was kind of buy two get one free. anyway, i had two other tapes i wanted (probably hiphop titles; there's some debate as to what they were) and just bought the total one so i could get the deal. it ended up being my favorite, or at least the one i played the most.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8hPPId_8_s
this remix always made me feel like the more well-known album version was a sick joke.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^Groove Theory • Tell Me (BKNY R&B mix) (hey, just picking up the slack)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 20 November 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
aiiiyyeeeee, sorry. forgot my manners. =/
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
tssk! (good remix btw, as for the original: you got the *sick* part right)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
Maybe too old buthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxp7WVXiXU
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:24 (three years ago) link
oh dearthat would be Lee Moses • Bad Girl
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:31 (three years ago) link
Oh, okay, I see, sorry.
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPtIUPdkClgThe Marvelettes • No More Tearstained Makeup
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l2sUT6U4kIMartha & The Vandellas • No More Tearstained Makeup(Written by Smokey Robinson, in case you couldn’t tell)
― Indieland Phil and Indieland Don (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 November 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link
brandy - 'you're always on my mind' (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1REudWlmE-Y
classic deep album cuts are my favorite cuts.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 4 December 2020 03:06 (three years ago) link
I've been on a massive Brandy binge lately thanks to Moesha finally appearing on Netflix
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 December 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
been spinning this old playlist I pulled together of slept on R&B jams latelyhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w9yhobquqPfBCEVS4aKpd?si=KgfntFK6Qe2r6CDurBrw-g
― sir kieth scamper QC (||||||||), Friday, 4 December 2020 09:34 (three years ago) link
I was loving Lovecraft Country for the old stuff tehy were p[laying and wishing they'd avoid newer sounds.Do love that stuff from jumnp blues in teh 40s through to the point when it evolves into something more recognisable as soul and protofunk and things.
Have had bits of Bobby Bland running through my head and want to pick up that Solomon Burke set soon.Not going to get to browse places like FOPP, Honest Jon's and various other places in London this Xmas which is a shame.BUt assume they may not be open for things like that at the moment anyway.
― Stevolende, Friday, 4 December 2020 09:57 (three years ago) link
Does Imagination count? Because episode 3 of "Small Axe" reminded me how genius "Nightdubbing" is.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 4 December 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voejP1oCyWMmentioned upthread, but they were ahead of their time, love me some loose ends
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWoP1v4rKIwhile i'm at it
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
not sure how official this is, but sounding great rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAXHm42MNk
anne peebles - "i can't stand the rain (stripped)" (mid 70s)
― kiss me while the world decays (Austin), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
Stevie's Jungle Fever! I love this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEXNwm3QAU
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
who is this legend?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7NcBlY7mUA
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 13 January 2023 11:17 (one year ago) link
I'm givin up the streets, staying home with my baybah
― calstars, Friday, 13 January 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
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
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 January 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
that track is very “Tonight’s The Night” tho (the Betty Wright one obv)
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Friday, 13 January 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
that looks like a dream of a thread, thanks
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 13 January 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
^
― calstars, Friday, 13 January 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
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
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:17 (one year ago) link
YEEAAHH BAYBUH
...bring it down
oh this is definitely approved for all audiences.
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
Wow!
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
lol if you want a cheap banger my friend
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:18 (one year ago) link
jeez, promo only. no wonder nobody heard it!
― "i'm grateful." (Austin), Wednesday, 25 January 2023 03:22 (one year ago) link
what a tune this is eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWGdW5QxE4Tashan - Chasin' A Dream
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 23:45 (one year ago) link
random old instrumentals u r lovin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMD4ftB452o
P.Diddy - I Need A Girl (Part 1) (Instrumental)
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 24 February 2023 09:20 (one year ago) link
picked up a copy of 100% ginuwine from the record store yesterday, damn this still goes hard
― k3vin k., Thursday, 2 March 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
Diana King - Shy Guy
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:39 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szjaHbjhauk
a live version from 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSA2u7JOdpU
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtwBJycUihwDLR - Shy Boy
― calstars, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
I was today years old (actually 15 minutes ago) that I first heard Labelle’s cover of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Holy crap.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
mmhmm shy guy hit's the spot
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 08:39 (one year ago) link
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.
― my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:50 (eleven months ago) link
dave hollister - on the sidehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kixmmQbz_A
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 May 2023 05:28 (ten months ago) link
Latoiya Williams - Fallen Starhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOTMNTZTIY
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:06 (ten months ago) link
that beat is great, reminds me of trans df expresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zv4VFUGVh4
― Spottie, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:50 (ten months ago) link
nice!
i was getting d'angelo vibes
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 26 May 2023 09:56 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZVaAwPinbs
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 July 2023 15:02 (nine months ago) link
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!
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Friday, 6 October 2023 20:23 (six months ago) link
i have zero recollection of this, but holy jam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2_3CTres4
andrea martin - "hung up" (1998)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 16:42 (five months ago) link
thats great, never heard of her that i know of
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:22 (five months ago) link
that's the kind of 90s R&B I simp for. smooth af
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:46 (five months ago) link
is Case still around?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNk_QvGRWM
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 November 2023 17:49 (five months ago) link
spottie-
Real Name: Andrea Monica MartinProfile: Andrea Martin (Born: April 14, 1972 – Died: September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Has also written hit songs for other artists including En Vogue, Toni Braxton, SWV and Monica.
Andrea Martin (Born: April 14, 1972 – Died: September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Has also written hit songs for other artists including En Vogue, Toni Braxton, SWV and Monica.
neanderthal-lol i hated case back then! he definitely had some jams in retrospect.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 18:37 (five months ago) link
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_writershe died in 2021, sadly.
― slugbuggy, life has new meaning to me (breastcrawl), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:01 (five months ago) link
damn! undetermined cause of death...
i love that adina howard track.
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:13 (five months ago) link
the whole album is good, btw. def recommend.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Friday, 3 November 2023 20:02 (five months ago) link
so tempted to do a loose ends albums poll.
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 16:58 (five months ago) link
love that case song so much
― dyl, Thursday, 9 November 2023 01:43 (five months ago) link
i'd like to go back to the classics for a moment—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AxynJ5v_Abohannon — "singing a song for my mother" (1973)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Sunday, 10 December 2023 02:35 (four months ago) link
mint condition - sometimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3BqGXkZwcmore of rock song but was just listening to definition of a band and was kind of blown away by it.
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 22:19 (one month ago) link
"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
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 22 February 2024 11:35 (one month ago) link
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…
― let’s get intertwined (morrisp), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:30 (three weeks ago) link
I adored that record when it came out…all time classic imo
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:36 (three weeks ago) link
yeah, that's a certified banger back where i'm from. i consider it just a small tier below other alltimers like "my boo"
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 23 March 2024 04:57 (three weeks ago) link
top shelf mid/late-90s r&b/bass hybrid for sure
― dyl, Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:14 (three weeks ago) link
erm?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAck_yq0nv8
idesia - "nu" (2015)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Sunday, 31 March 2024 19:28 (two weeks ago) link
not something super old, but a jam that's been on my mind a lot lately-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZRxo6Qz6kjenevieve - "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.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 19:05 (one week ago) link
Yeah, this is really nice... "Love Quotes" (from the same EP) was one of my faves that year :)
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 19:10 (one week ago) link