rolling r&b 2020

I think this track is really nice, but I do not like the Anderson .Paak feature at all (and unfortunately it's a very long feature):

India Shawn - Movin' On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IIiPuC2pk

This is really, really nice:

Gwen Bunn - Pressure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfMudyVoz0o

(sorry - I should probably strive for better / more descriptive comments than "really nice"...)

This is not a style I am usually drawn to, but the song is absolutely gorgeous:

Tiana Major9 - Same Space?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHA3yc_y_L8

Her voice is somewhat thin, but this is a slinky, silky jam:

Paloma Ford - All for Nothing (ft. Rick Ross)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PntwZ3IsDeU

Sorry to spam the board today. I love the performance & vibe here:

BJRNCK - Real (ft. Boogie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC8FUcA2vZw

One more (b/c I'm in the mood)... this was released last year, but I didn't discover it until a few months ago, and it was immediately a fave. The lyrics are gloriously raunchy, and right on point; it's just "one of those songs":

Inayah - Suga Daddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LWGxgajX6E

nice to have a fresh crop of tracks to explore!

Love how Rooted got absolutely no response upon link
I’m going to have to be honest with you that it sucks
Like it actually pissed me off, especially because I love cc
And especially especially because it came out on the heels of black parade so there was just no shot in hell
Sorry c

don't think it sucks but i have a weakness for any bulgarian choir sampling. it's subpar ciara for sure.

Also love BC, but yeah this and level up r not in my Ciara wheelhouse, tho i like the LU verses...
the jabby monotone melodic style is not my steez

Nigerian singer Tems just dropped her debut EP, For Broken Ears. Last year’s “Try Me” was amazing (and check out her first two singles “Mr Rebel” and “Looku Looku” as well). Her voice is mesmerizing – she brings the drama with total control.

“Damages” is the single, it’s more uptempo (and afropoppy) than her usual vibe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrFWBjiRik

…but it’s the final track you all really need to listen to. It’s incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxjaA8aRxE
Tems • The Key

i just realized that the 'please allow me to show you something' clip that opens "movin' on" is actually a producer tag. the same clip opens h.e.r.'s "could've been" and umi's "remember me" -- all produced by d'mile, who, now that i've looked him up, has actually produced a good number of songs that i like, including sevyn streeter's "nEXt", lucky daye's "roll some mo", and... oh wait, much of victoria monét's jaguar? good to know

apparently the clip, btw, is from the terror (1963)

Huh, that's interesting... nice catch. (I forgot about UMI's "Remember Me," that's a great track.)

Btw - I've elevated Gwen Bunn's "Pressure" (the 2nd track in my above poststorm) to my 2020 Faves playlist; it's a keeper for sure.

Tayla Parx just released a new EP with three covers (Marvin Gaye, Lauren Hill, Kirk Franklin).

*Lauryn

This track is 3:38, but somehow feels longer / more epic:

Ella Mai - Not Another Love Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30WQefSF3Ks

You know what, this sounds really good. I thought at first it might be more the performance and atmosphere, but actually I also really like the beat / sample.

i've been enjoying this recent single from sevyn streeter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7z7gkuRsg

Nice little jam, and I approve of the message:

Jhené Aiko - Vote (as featured on ABC’s black-ish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrE1d7M3tI

this is very nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoM5hxFn5p4

Riley • BGE

I like this -- the sample is arresting (anyone know what it is?):

Raiche - Pick a Side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDQ0FfXmx2M

The production is really accomplished on this track; the fuzzy, repeating gtr line contrasted with the crisp percussion & vocal elements in the foreground:

Journee - Like That

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O3LyLxVhkc

Tayla Parx just released a new EP with three covers (Marvin Gaye, Lauren Hill, Kirk Franklin).

― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), zaterdag 3 oktober 2020 1:16

loving this. the production is very light, giving these tracks an almost a capella feel, and she's got such a beautiful voice.

this is her doing Kirk Franklin's "I Smile": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEyyZL8y8WM

(also love that Tayla, who's from Texas, called this EP A Blue State)

Just learned that Victoria Monét co-wrote "Do It," the Chloe x Halle single (and standout track)... that's awesome.

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!

(a victoria monét co-write btw)

― monotony, maandag 18 mei 2020 2:46

whoops! -- apologies to monotony. guess I knew it and forgot! ;)

I dig this recent Mya single:

Mýa - I Deserve It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9A9XZGnv_A

Great new one from DaniLeigh:

DaniLeigh - Monique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxeMS-Fyss

So this is apparently a love song to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson... (arguable) cheesiness of its provenance aside, I think it's lovely:

Lauren Hashian - Step Into a Love Like This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkqSAzLgvs0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU7hz2j3Qs4

i've come back to teyana taylor's "concrete" several times now, but i still can't get fully into it. at times it sounds terrific ("i thought you grew up christian / let's talk about forgiveness") and at others the magic dissipates almost entirely :\

Dang, that YouTube thumbnail!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfe2yhu0e0

i know k camp is technically a rapper but this is still the correct thread to post this in. i like the whole song but the extended talk box outro in particular is excellent!

cool vibe on this one by Van and Jess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC8w5TzC8LA

Has anyone listened to the new Omarion album? It's being overshadowed by Ariana, Busta, and Oneohtrix, but I think it's solid so far.

Ayanis also just released a long EP that I’m looking forward to checking out.

haven't heard the omarion album in full but enjoy "involved" and "do you well" from it. the latter will fit perfectly next to chloe x halle "do it" on my 2020 playlist but i think i like the former even more

I missed this slinky jam when it was released (a few months back):

Bellah - Something U Like

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

This Omarion IS very good.

Standout track:

Rose Gold - Soon as You Get Home

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

Cool song from an artist with an interesting background:

Aleesha - No Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGow393o1GU

DaniLeigh has now released an entire new album (Spotify; YT Music)... as far as I can tell over kids screaming in the background, it's good!

does anyone in here remember an R&B song called like ... 'padded room' or 'padded walls' or something along those lines, by an R&B singer from about 10 (give or take three) years ago?

Female R&B singer, very bold voice, never quite crossed over, maybe a songwriter for others but i can't recall

concept of the song was that she and her partner were so loud they needed padded walls etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8w4TaQmII

thats it!!

more literal than i rememebred

two of my favorite men in r&b right now - they sound great together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i6A1IHAQsg
Masego ft. Don Toliver • Mystery Lady

Masego has a new EP, Studying Abroad, out as well - it’s good! (how) can it be that this guy has never even been mentioned on ILM?

his voice reminds me of Raphael Saadiq and he is a bit of a classicist too, but he’s also got plenty of fresh African and Caribbean touches in his sound palette.

I also liked “Veg Out (Wasting Thyme)” from earlier this year and last year’s “Queen Tings” (which has a good remix with Nigerian alté artist Cruel Santino, who was still called Santi then).

lol Nabozo just made the actual first Masego post an hour ago on the Rolling Dancehall thread, he also has a song with Shenseea on his EP.