yeah this is nice. she sounds like dawn on a few parts, the production would def fit on lttp
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
a lil retro but i like it
in other news, kehlani should sue:
Demi really served up the bad bitch anthem of 2017. pic.twitter.com/tvOtzaUiiR— ً (@ButeraDemetria) July 19, 2017
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
damn yah
― down that brown path (Spottie), Saturday, 22 July 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
Diggin that Justine Sky track.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 23 July 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
totally loving the stokley album, lots of prince/miguel/stevie/saadiq/d'arby vibes throughout... wouldn't mind a thread for it actuallyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfEfOK85HJw
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 23 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I like the Luke Christopher album OK; it's a little too obviously post-Drake at times (particularly in terms of his flow, which is loose enough that I think the album is appropriate for this thread) but there are a lot of interesting ideas in the music. He's on ByStorm, which is the same imprint Miguel is on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-iuzjjaWyw
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
also the lovely new ne-yo track has a video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jI1GyMlggo
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
i really hope the collapse of the pop market for anyone who isn't both a chainsmoker (or connected to one) and under 27 means that his label will stop forcing him to dabble in edm bullshit
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:11 (six years ago) link
"another love song" is so good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 28 July 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
(that said, i don't mind if he does another pitbull collab)
― maura, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
ne yo track is great
― Spottie, Friday, 28 July 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
new cassie with (blech) g-eazy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4VwX2Ycso2PjDvQA9FbfBp
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
love the title line and the production is beautiful
g-eazy unsurprisingly offers nothing but the reminder that the industry sees guest raps as little more than signposts for radio programmers. unfortunately for some reason there probably won't be a maroon 5-esque 'without rap' edit for the ac stations cuz otherwise i'd be seeking it out.
― dyl, Friday, 4 August 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
there might be! adult r&b is a growing format
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
A solo version of that track was originally intended for release so hopefully we get it eventually, the random rapper addition must've happened pretty recently before they premiered it. Like I said in her thread it's smooth and I'm enjoying it a lot but I just hope she doesn't disappear again after this.
― all the way down, Saturday, 5 August 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link
worth reposting herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-cNN_SPqL0
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 5 August 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
maybe i'm wrong but i feel like there's been a major uptick in adult r&b radio stars singing over trap-ish beats this year. not that trend-hopping hits are necessarily good, but if it means more room for male vocalists who don't have thin chris brown-type voices then i can't say i'm opposed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRF9TgkBCjc
(my favorite thing about this one is that the way he sings "fuck" sounds appropriately mid-coital)
― dyl, Friday, 18 August 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
Thraed of Iconika
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 19 August 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link
^^^good shit
new luke jaaaaaames
http://youtu.be/zYL3HPMiOho
i was so worried he'd given up music for acting. i love this
― maura, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
yeah song is a jam
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
great song & video
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
so good
― Spottie, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
agreed
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
Love this new Jean Deaux track
http://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux/wikipedia
― Evan R, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
new syd: https://soundcloud.com/internetsyd/bad-dream-no-looking-back
― monotony, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link
pretty sure 'Fin' is gonna end up being a best of the year album for me
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
this is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3GKxnBDu2g
also i need to listen to that syd record
― maura, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
it flags a bit in the middle but is otherwise aces
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 13:04 (six years ago) link
Syd solo i don't care for as much as the internet stuff
daniel caesar is v v good
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
Daniel Caesar's album is so good!
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
Really floored by the new Elijah Blake album. Feels like a more youthful spin on Anthony Hamilton's act—same virtuosic grasp of multiple styles and eras of R&B, but with more of a '90s spirit. A bunch of tracks sprawl in some Maxwell-esque directions, too... wonderful stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDKax9H0LAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQYxNVFstI
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
and yeah that Daniel Caesar album is sensational. What a week
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Caesar album is indeed great.
playing new york in november - http://highlineballroom.com/show/2017/11/24/daniel-caesar/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 26 August 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
On Under the Streetlight, Boyz II Men put their spin on classics such as "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), "Stay" (Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs) and "I Only Have Eyes for You" (The Flamingos) along with an original composition, "Ladies Man."
The album also features three guest vocalists who join the trio: Multi-platinum R&B artist Brian McKnight on "I'll Come Running Back To You," "Tears On My Pillow," and "A Sunday Kind Of Love"; Olivier Award Winner Amber Riley (Glee, London's Dreamgirls) on "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is"; and ten-time Grammy® winners Take Six join the trio on "A Thousand Miles Away."
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
also there's a new syd record out friday?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Never_Home
― maura, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
nice!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
enjoyed the Caesar album so much that i went back and tried his 2015 debut Pilgrim's Paradise and hooboy he's gotten much better over the past few years.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
These dudes are playing here tomorrow:
http://soundcloud.com/sonder/sets/into-ep-1
― maura, Thursday, 14 September 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
the r.lum.r single posted upthread five months ago left me cold when first posted but it is kind of a revelation on the radio
― dyl, Sunday, 17 September 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
i like the new musiq soulchild album. it's a double album. marsha ambrosius and neil degrasse tyson are among the guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN58r9zBGE
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Also, new Ledisi album out Friday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNH-VuD7vw
― maura, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
havent listened to enough r&b this year but rexx life raj has released some stuff i like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEMY1ZPaH-Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCWsvpg7c00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUd5wOsV9JE
― Spottie, Monday, 2 October 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
I don't know if any of you watch the super soapy EMPIRE spinoff STAR, but Luke James is on this season and he's releasing jams. I really like this duet with him and Ryan Destiny, one of the main stars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zS_N_UDLRw
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
There's this one, too, which is a little current-trendy but I like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWex3znZRk
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
The cast of this show is kind of bonkers. Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt are in the main cast; Michael Michele has a running gig; Paris Jackson showed up (and got throttled by the main bad-girl singer this week); Naomi Campbell and Lenny Kravitz play Ryan Destiny's character's parents; Keke Palmer plays a Nicki/Cardi hybrid; and Stephen Dorff is on it too.
― maura, Saturday, 21 October 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
brent faiyaz sonder son is my r&b aoty
― ANU (sisilafami), Sunday, 22 October 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
i only know him from the goldlink hit he sings on, didn't realize he had any albums. pretty impressed on first listen!
― dyl, Sunday, 22 October 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Is there any good reason why we're not talking about the new Ty Dolla album? If you cut the Pharrell and Skrillex tracks it's all pretty great imo.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
i haven't listened yet!
― maura, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link