the Genesis Owusu album has way more going on than just neo-soul. i'm not sure if i love it, it's really all over the place, but i'm fascinated by it. also definitely not somewhere i was expecting kirin j callinan to show up?
― ufo, Sunday, 4 April 2021 04:59 (three years ago) link
not that r&b in general is lacking in rich and thrilling production lately, but gallant's new ep neptune is certainly a pleasure on that front. i'm not sure all of it works for me yet, but at its best it's deeply compelling stuff. it's bookended by both of the pre-release singles ("comeback" and "relapse"), and while i like both, some of the tracks i'll be returning to most are those in the middle, like "julie" (which includes the phrase 'carbon-based lifeform') and "scars"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTzesoErWI
"scars" drops an 808 beat over its achingly beautiful bed of synths at the arrival of the chorus -- specifically the pattern that has been in countless bass and freestyle records over the years but which is most fondly associated in my mind with tunes like "when i hear music" and lathun's "freak it". it's quietly, relentlessly insistent in a song about coping with loss and pain but it takes me somewhere effortlessly. a comment he liked on the youtube upload more-or-less confirms what's already fairly evident, which is that he was thinking of the so so def bass records when recording it, and i think he really tapped into the sense of latent nostalgia and regret that's long been hiding in those records to begin with. i am deep in my feelings abt the passage of youth (lol). it ends with a string quartet(?) that is also beautiful
(riyl haim's "i know alone" from last year, as i do most particularly)
― dyl, Monday, 5 April 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
that's really lovely except there's a few moments where it just adds in an extra pause before "scars" and it sounds so disjointed
― ufo, Monday, 5 April 2021 06:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that extra little glitch is odd...
I find the production almost TOO glass-wall smooth on this track, somehow.
― come along you starbucks lovers (taylor’s version) (morrisp), Monday, 5 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
That Genesis Owusu album finally kicked in, and it's a good one. Been flipping between it and Prince's Come, for which it serves as as a complement lol
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Maeta signed, EP on the way: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/maeta-roc-nation-1234952214/
― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
HABITS OUT FRIDAY!!!!!! 💚 pic.twitter.com/KTe0DHTNuk— Maeta (@Maetasworld) April 27, 2021
― smoking grass, poor caddying. (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
the Rochelle Jordan album is amazing
― monotony, Monday, 3 May 2021 06:03 (two years ago) link
yes. dawn-hive get on it. similar r&b/club interzone
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
i got heavy kelela x night slugs / brandy vibes too. kept waiting for a bad song to turn up but it never happened, and the last two might be my favourites of the lot!
― monotony, Friday, 7 May 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
Excellent album. I'm also reminded a bit of Vikter Duplaix's pre-album singles. I had the exact same experience of waiting for it to hit a pothole and it never happening.
― Tim F, Friday, 7 May 2021 07:17 (two years ago) link
great album, adding "love you good" to the r&d&b playlist
― ufo, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
rochelle jordan album is.... the freakin best
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
I think this is an impressive track:
Teedra Moses - Make Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKtUAiQwO_g
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 8 May 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
Oh, I really like this:
Mereba - Rider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l8wpMReGxU
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 8 May 2021 00:10 (two years ago) link
love the Rochelle Jordanfav track atm:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNKLYVGKRwI
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 10:37 (two years ago) link
“Count It”
the new Teedra is good and “Rider” is indeed lovely, r&b on an afro tip, how could I resist?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to the Jorja Smith EP. The two songs 'Gone' and 'Bussdown' ain't half bad. Not that I can be objective with her.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjOSNdalscJorja Smith - Bussdown feat. Shaybo
― Nabozo, Saturday, 15 May 2021 10:32 (two years ago) link
an arresting jam:Elaine - Right Nowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igFPs1514QA
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
i gotta dig into this DRAM album but this duet with Summer Walker is a prime cut (official video live but sans walker)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7xL9RVncfA
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 13:33 (two years ago) link
Masego microtargeting ILM with an IzyBeats-produced amapiano track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpTZwfU8IYMasego • Yebo/Sema(from the Extended Stay version of his Studying Abroad EP)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
this radical reworking of "Mystery Lady" is something to behold as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ZuA8t0154Masego • Mystery Lady (TrapHouseJazz Remix)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
Masego microtargeting ILM with an IzyBeats-produced amapiano track:“The industry has changed… a key metric of success is now placing in the Top 15 of the ILM Tracks poll”
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
lol! well the track is good so i guess it's working for me
― dyl, Sunday, 23 May 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
George Riley's "Power" is insanely good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpZGvnKqSc
― Tim F, Friday, 28 May 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
oh wow that absolutely rules
― ufo, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
I dig the dnb beat
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 28 May 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
The new Mereba EP (featuring the above-posted "Rider") is nice; I particularly like this track:
Mereba - Go(l)d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3FwFdlqraY
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Friday, 28 May 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
Great new track from Mariah the Scientist ("2 You") – her album comes out July 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuk55NEAc0
― search term: buttrock (morrisp), Friday, 18 June 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
ooh love this!!
― sean gramophone, Monday, 21 June 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
so good
― braised cod, Monday, 21 June 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
love this, out of Australia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUBoFfOaUIMWafia ft. Ta-ku & Masego • Wide Open
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 June 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard of any of them before, but I like this a lot.
― braised cod, Monday, 28 June 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
Masego has been on these threads before (he’s the one American here)
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 June 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
speaking of masego, i heard "mystery lady" in an ad during the nba playoff game yesterday.
good for him.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 28 June 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
oh yay, a new muni long trackoh noes, it’s a song-length tribute to kanye :/
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
a welcome palate cleanser:Mariah the Scientist - Aurahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlN8jduG228
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 2 July 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
Enjoying the Cosha “album” (in quotation marks as there are only 8 tracks, 2 of them not previously released as singles, and one that also appeared on a previous album / mixtape)
― monotony, Saturday, 3 July 2021 07:42 (two years ago) link
Summer Walker working on album w/Pharrell and Sean Garrett.
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
Fun new Tinashe track ("Bouncin"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDGLO_PsQvo
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
(about to get into the Mariah the Scientist album; psyched that it's out today.)
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
one of the highlights - "Maybe":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy0hf3n0LcY
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Friday, 9 July 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
new Mariah the Scientist album is really good. Also very concise, I think most tracks are under three minutes.
― braised cod, Saturday, 10 July 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
New Sno Aalegra out
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 July 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
honestly remarkable how much drake kills the vibe on that otherwise pretty good brent faiyaz single
― bart harley-jarvis cocker (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
i dunno, i hated the beat. "the neptunes" is such a negative signifier these days for me, the gulf between clout for the artist and quality of production is really wide
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
didn't even realize it was them, tbh. they really should not be messing with those blown-out 808s
― bart harley-jarvis cocker (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXgA3koewAo
― boxedjoy, Friday, 16 July 2021 08:29 (two years ago) link
This is a nice, airy jam -
Tink ft. Yung Bleu - Selfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xec6qA0N3TM
― aging goth couple™ (morrisp), Friday, 16 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
I don't know anything about dvsn, but I really like this lush R&B cover of a song I dislike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiMrzqdFiA4
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 20 December 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/best-r-b-albums-2021-jazmine-sullivan-summer-walker-bell-hooks.html
Briana Younger on her fave 2021 r'n'b and what it meant to her
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 December 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
Nice Maeta cover of a Don Toliver song ("Swangin on Westheimer"):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-Pau6S8wc
― Texas Medicine v. Railroad Gin (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
EOY Errata: two unrelated (but both good) 2021 songs titled "Sneaky Link":
Muni Longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXjnm4UPqC0
Savannah Cristinahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L0pyTQBxJk
― Texas Medicine v. Railroad Gin (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link