"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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
the chloe x halle single seems like an instant classic, the sort of thing that might've led off a "summer jams" thread in precedented times gone by!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9HIaGcBocc
― monotony, Monday, 18 May 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
(a victoria monét co-write btw)
― monotony, Monday, 18 May 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
that’s lovely
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 18 May 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
http://youtu.be/zdcdIYkL6go
― maura, Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
lol, they got your number maura
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
(that’s “Too Much” by Ro James ft. Miguel)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 May 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
and there’s this teddy riley-assisted lloyd slow jam https://empire.ffm.to/slowwinebassline
― maura, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
future nostalgia
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 23 May 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
the parisalexa album is really well executed and enjoyable: https://open.spotify.com/album/5SqQ4wQaltxdUwRrlGuwmw
― monotony, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
the chloe x halle single seems like an instant classic
yes!
+ Lloyd's slow jam is stunning and giving me a Swing Mob deep cut kick
― knife sharpening tips (gaudio), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
the album's great too (chloe x halle's, out today)
― monotony, Friday, 12 June 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
I will have to listen to it more, but one thing’s for sure, the title track is a beauty.
New single “Forgive Me” is also good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9Y58TeZk0
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
New Victoria Monét (w/Khalid) song coming on Friday:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaphkxsUYAADh7n?format=jpg&name=large
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0t8zeEiqEY
finally got around to the 070 Shake album recently and it's very good
― ufo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 09:07 (three years ago) link
~WOW~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXruX1qBAc8
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Friday, 19 June 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
oh my god
not a direction i immediately expected from either of these artists but wow at how effortlessly they pull it off here. surely has to be among the best songs in both of their catalogs? i honestly figured khalid would never make a good dance tune again.
― dyl, Friday, 19 June 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
if i do not get to roller skate to this at some time in my life i will have failed
― dyl, Friday, 19 June 2020 05:00 (three years ago) link
yeah that's great
― ufo, Friday, 19 June 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
xp coincidentally, here’s what she says about another song from her forthcoming project:
The title track, ‘Jaguar’ is one of my favourite songs,” she says. “It’s going to make you want to rollerskate around, or do a dance like the electric slide! It’s that vibe. It’s not too on-the-nose disco. It’s not like I’m trying to straight up be Donna Summer, but it definitely feels like retro-future.
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Friday, 19 June 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
banger
― scampo simmonite (||||||||), Friday, 19 June 2020 09:08 (three years ago) link
lost summer jam for the summer we never had
― scampo simmonite (||||||||), Friday, 19 June 2020 09:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqGG92GsrQ
phonte and vic mensa, produced by zo. i love this so much
― maura, Saturday, 20 June 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
that show is dope
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 21 June 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link
I like this from Ayanis, whose 2018 single "Awh Yeh" was huge for me. This one's from back in January - it has 2mm views as of now (that's decent, no?)
Ayanis - Lil Boi (Big Talk) feat. Queen Naija
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvDH2-G77-0
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Monday, 22 June 2020 05:18 (three years ago) link
i like that, has some clever lyrics
appreciate the tasteful references to classic music videos too. i def prefer that to the sometimes-gratuitous interpolations that pop up in the songs themselves lately
― dyl, Monday, 22 June 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
that's great
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 22 June 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
This is really nice:
Mahalia - Plastic Plants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBaDGFrdNg0
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
love mahalia
― scampo simmonite (||||||||), Tuesday, 23 June 2020 07:48 (three years ago) link
Loyal, by Ceraadi, was a jam last year... they're still tearing it up:
Ceraadi - Tear It Uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gro3S-uWuk
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Thursday, 25 June 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link
(throwback-style jams are hitting the spot for me right now)
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Thursday, 25 June 2020 06:29 (three years ago) link
Jaguar coming July 31:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbdB36nU8AAaiAT.jpg1. Moment2. Track 23. Dive4. Track 45. Track 56. Experience ft. Khalid & SG Lewis7. Ass Like That8. Track 89. Track 9
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Saturday, 27 June 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
love that cover
― dyl, Saturday, 27 June 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
I need it
― specific fry such as scampo (||||||||), Saturday, 27 June 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
Summer Walker has a new EP out July 10. Nice BET Awards performance (w/Usher):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqh9kCltAM
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Rollerskating video (for dyl):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJGSU0nXd-w
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
:D
― dyl, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
TIL her first name stands for “Kill All Arrogance Stop Hatred.”Kaash Paige - Jadedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrTM2jPAdhg
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Saturday, 4 July 2020 07:13 (three years ago) link
👑 when the Queen is coming, you move!! It’s just what you do lol new Jaguar release date: August 7th 🤎 pic.twitter.com/IrJRpxuTeo— Victoria Monét (@VictoriaMonet) July 7, 2020
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Thursday, 9 July 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
The new Summer Walker EP, Life on Earth, is really good:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ebs74MhWsAAcdzn?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcbuhxFXQAMlm3t?format=jpg&name=large
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Friday, 10 July 2020 05:09 (three years ago) link
def need to listen to that soon
here's a song i heard earlier today. i'm a bit taken by how warm, hopeful, gently uplifting it feels. (the video ends on a note that's not quite that)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GR4OJgDvFY
― dyl, Friday, 10 July 2020 06:16 (three years ago) link
theres so much new R&B these days ... not a TON of it is connecting on a mass scale but a lot of it is doing decently, I'd love to read some really good critics on contemporary R&B
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 10 July 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
I think this would be a really good time for publications to properly cover r&b, not just because the genre is in particularly good health, but with the wider cultural conversations happening it would be a really good time to commit to covering work produced in a style that's still mostly associated with black voices
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 July 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
I'm aware how patronising and clunky and simplistic that statement reads but at the same time, I feel like we're talking about Black Lives Matter and empowerment and yet the coverage I see of contemporary r&b is so minimal
― boxedjoy, Friday, 10 July 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
I agree it would be great (and, yes, “timely”) if a genre in which young Black women thrive were more celebrated!
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Friday, 10 July 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
it's so frustrating
― maura, Friday, 10 July 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
I can't get over this EP - the first three tracks, especially, are just blazing. She's a major artist, you know? I'm so pleased, especially bc I never really connected w/Over It.
Summer Walker - My Affection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMCpQ0FxJIo
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Sunday, 12 July 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
i'm late but i am also enjoying summer walker's ep
― dyl, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link