random old r&b you are loving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l2sUT6U4kI
Martha & The Vandellas • No More Tearstained Makeup
(Written by Smokey Robinson, in case you couldn’t tell)

brandy - 'you're always on my mind' (1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1REudWlmE-Y

classic deep album cuts are my favorite cuts.

I've been on a massive Brandy binge lately thanks to Moesha finally appearing on Netflix

been spinning this old playlist I pulled together of slept on R&B jams lately
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w9yhobquqPfBCEVS4aKpd?si=KgfntFK6Qe2r6CDurBrw-g

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.

Does Imagination count? Because episode 3 of "Small Axe" reminded me how genius "Nightdubbing" is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voejP1oCyWM

mentioned upthread, but they were ahead of their time, love me some loose ends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWoP1v4rKI

while i'm at it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoiu3RhQ3ZI

one last oldie goldie

as noted upthread: please label the tracks you’re posting, both for searching purposes and Posterity. so many of these video links end up broken, making threads like these barren.
merci beaucoup!

ah, ok , sorry, tracks i posted above are
1) loose ends - magic touch
2) little annie - deep shadows
3) cameo - she's strange

oops - little ann, not little annie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-FLTzO2gEw

Would like to go back to something for a moment. And if you know Golden Age era hiphop and have pressed play on the above link, you probably have already recognized one of the most absolutely infectious and carefree moments in recorded music. The song that channeled that moment is 'Evil Vibrations' by The Mighty Ryeders. It's a song that has been compiled many times because of its hiphop notoriety and we have subsequently heard it a lot. It's a song that Andy knows well enough to of course know all of the words, but also all of those little one-off inflections and imperfections that make it such an absolutely classic track. The way the sax solo is constantly up and down in the mix throughout its duration, as if the player couldn't stay near the mic for more than two seconds, when the initial verse harmony hits when the second vocalist come in there's this funny little vocalization — too many things that Andy has noticed, because I have listened to it a lot.

The band that created that masterpiece only ever released one poorly distributed album in 1978 and seems to have promptly disappeared — though Andy can't remember reading about them in Wax Poetics, that does seem like the kind of place where one may have read about them in the 21st century. We had never heard the album until very recently. It was reissued in the early 90s by the great Luv`n`Haight label and has stayed in print via vinyl reissues in recent years, which is terrific. We finally decided it was time to seek out the album after 'Evil Vibrations' recently showed up in an unpredictable way. And wow, am very glad we did. Not so much in actual music, but in the vibe of the magnitude of this hidden masterpiece, Andy would absolutely liken it to Shuggie Otis, 24 Carat Black, or maybe even David Axelrod in terms of how its greatness is only matched by its obscurity. As for actual sonics, it would seem like the group was probably big fans of Earth, Wind, + Fire (and it would have been amazing to see them get a larger budget and chase this sound a little more seriously) and some of the more mid-tempo numbers are reminiscent of the Come Into Knowledge album by RAMP (if you know that one, which you should). For the most part, it's just that kind of mid-70s funk that is so recognizable and likeable — but there's some ballads in there and they're just as great. It's been one of the only things we've been listening to lately and it's one of Andy's favorite things to have come along in quite a while.

That song sounds so crisp, like the tapes were packed in nitrogen for maximum freshness

hadn't thought of this song in an eternity. used to love both the original with its Soul II Soul beat and the post-MJB breakthrough remix by fresh new r&b soundmasters Mark>Cory Rooney and Mark Morales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFk4GlT8SI
Trey Lorenz • Photograph of Mary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4QCY6Q8g4
Trey Lorenz • Photograph Of Mary (Rooney & Morales Remix)

(spurred by the Trey convo here)

don't remember the song, but am definitely enjoying both versions right now. thx.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxJAsHQ31og

(tony toni tone` — tell me mama)

was this a single or is sons of soul just that much of a classic?

The Bar-Kays - Running In And Out Of My Life (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMb_MZpW-Rw
For a while I only knew the Bar-Kays for their monster funk jams but damn do they know how to slow it down. Some amazing plaintive falsetto harmonies in this one. It feels appropriate that this came out the same year as Prince's self-titled.

This little slice of joy has been the 2021 jam in the dilettante household: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RQipIV5mIs

^^ Honey Cone • One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show

lucky daye — 'ready for love' (2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb348qszqo4

just came across the whitehead bros album 'serious' from '94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5kXTT4ZN34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqmKCd0BC1Q

I don’t think I had ever heard “My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix)” until today – what a glorious track

surely an alltimer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7_PQL0r9Ok

myra barnes — "the message from the soul sisters" (1970)

aaliyah — "it's whatever" (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq4WNND_0zw

intensely beautiful. another alltimer vote from me.

cherrelle + alexander o'neal — "saturday love" (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLcgUQmyT8

jam + lewis, of course! that middle eight ("never on sunday, monday's too soon. . .") has basically taken over my subconscious. holy hell, this is a tune!

sampled a ton but this one is prob the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_TNBXnxkMc

Saturday Love is >>>>

also there are about 200 garage remixes of it and they're all excellent

the notations - "superpeople" (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyNZIYh2Pc

res featuring nas — "ice king (remix)" (2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVb4JBVIPCQ

Brownstone featuring Craig Mack — "If You Love Me (Street Vibe Remix)" (1995)

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

MoKenStef featuring Grand Puba — "I Got Him All the Time (He's Mine Remix)" (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-OIpW947Wc

Amazing riff on a Patrice Rushen tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJhMmYJJSv0

I love Crown Heights Affair! Usually prefer the earlier material, but that's a solid jam. Here's a sample favorite of theirs: "Far Out" (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAULk2F_8W0

Does this count as r+b?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onYPEr48x7Y

The Style Council — "The Cost of Loving (12" Version)" (1987)

This song raises my body temperature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCuckLFOt0

Master Plan, Inc. — "Try it You'll Like it" (1975)

Breakestra — The Live Mix Part 2 (2000)

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

Saw them live around when this was new. Band was incredibly tight. Super fun, if a bit gimmicky.

Gwen Guthrie — "Outside in the Rain" (1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--UTmFMcK5Y

Quite infectious.

52nd Street — "Tell Me (How it Feels)" (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ck25PGjlLc

(Extended Version)

Absolutely huge tune.

sounding better to me today than it ever did back in the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-MHDRuJ1ME
Carl Carlton • She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)

from 1981, written and produced by Leon Haywood

what a jam, a real ever-so-slightly-p-funky celebration (yahoo!)

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nud2mP1Q1RA

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORva1mGyyJ0

oh man havent heard what kinda man in sooooome time.

Yes, breastcrawl coming through with some goodies!

That first Gwen Guthrie has really been hitting the spot lately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434tO5XR270

"It's Getting Hot" (1982)

The Pointer Sisters — "Chainey Do" (1975)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmp3J79CNI

o_0

dick cheney really does not deserve such a funky song tbh

total banger Austin, thank you!!!

Welcome! Took me by complete surprise as well. And just like that my absolute favorite Pointer Sisters song was decided.

Feeling a bit mellower this Saturday evening. My favorite D'Angelo song because I am, in fact, made of cheese:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaAhEgK0wOI

"I Found My Smile Again" (1996)

More house than r+b, still an absolute jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvEf330ZaiA

Blue Six — "Let's Do it Together" (2002)

Feel like I’m in Bloomingdale’

Welcome! Took me by complete surprise as well. And just like that my absolute favorite Pointer Sisters song was decided.

Feeling a bit mellower this Saturday evening. My favorite D'Angelo song because I am, in fact, made of cheese:

📹

"I Found My Smile Again" (1996)

I don’t think I had ever heard “My Boo (Hitman's Club Mix)” until today – what a glorious track

Update: I’ve since heard “My Boo” several times in the wild; my wife said it was playing in The Gap the other day. Clearly part of a broader ’90s renaissance… (my wife and others also insist that I’ve heard the song in the past; I’m sure they’re right!)

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
📹

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
📹

Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
📹

“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
📹

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…

I adored that record when it came out…all time classic imo

yeah, that's a certified banger back where i'm from. i consider it just a small tier below other alltimers like "my boo"

top shelf mid/late-90s r&b/bass hybrid for sure

erm?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAck_yq0nv8

idesia - "nu" (2015)

not something super old, but a jam that's been on my mind a lot lately-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZRxo6Qz6k
jenevieve - "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.

Yeah, this is really nice... "Love Quotes" (from the same EP) was one of my faves that year :)