random old r&b you are loving

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:

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"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):
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“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
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Mint Condition!

“U Send Me Swingin’” (1993):
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“What Kind Of Man Would I Be” (1996):
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xp I note that Wikipedia sez “My Boo” saw a revival in interest in 2016 "through the Running Man Challenge,” a dance which “went viral on Vine”… so apparently I’m behind the times even with respect to the revival.

Miami Bass and related styles sound really good right now, for whatever reason.

cal, is this better?☺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HtD9kmVifw

Unlimited Touch — "I Hear Music in the Street" (1981)

Thank you for the reminder of "My Boo" — definitely tops of the 90s!

Continuing on Austin’s Alex O’Neal tip, it’s the vaporwave classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reoG0SVdFhY

the entire hearsay album is so classic <3

Miami Bass and related styles sound really good right now, for whatever reason

they always do! but yeah the sound is seeing a bit of a mini-revival, tho nothing tremendous yet. it wasn't a huge hit, but i loved summer walker's "ex for a reason" last year. now megan/dua "sweetest pie" has been launched very obviously with the intention of being big and hm, i'm not sure it entirely works so well. i'm surprised i'm not compelled to return to it often given that i am a total sucker for just about anything that executes the style well

i have heard "my boo" in public a number of times in recent years, though i don't recall where right now other than that once was somebody singing it at a karaoke bar

Have always loved "My Boo" just heard it everywhere for about two summers straight and turned into a musical grouch in the meantime. I'm sure I've heard it in some store recently and thought "Oh yeah, this is a good song!" and then promptly forgotten about it upon leaving the store.

Rae + Christian featuring Veba — "All I Ask (DJ Spinna Remix)" (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQXRhTi2TCA

Starting to feel like I may have been underrating DJ Spinna.

Les Nubians — "Makeda (DJ Spinna & Ticklah Mix)" (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk0cAATs0_4

Roy Hargrove / The RH Factor featuring Erykah Badu + Q-Tip — "Poetry (DJ Spinna Remix)" (2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNy42i0HFxI

More of a house groove on this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQxj79TURs

KING — "Mister Chameleon (DJ Spinna Galatic Soul Remix)" (2016/2020)

Thanks A!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNaak_YRiM
Curtis Liggins Indications- “Just My Imagination” (2022, recorded late 60s, early 70s)

gorgeous

He had just one single out there, then they recently found an acetate of a bunch of songs from his live set, I think.

Whatever the song is that begins around 26 minutes on this DJ Muro mix. If loving cheese is wrong, I don't want to be etc. etc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REcRJSj1jfU

(I hope the timestamp works on the embed so you can just press play. ID appreciated, if anyone knows.)

It didn't work.

You'll need to fast forward to 26:05 to hear the song I'm referring to.

(Whole mix is great though and highly recommended.)

Timestamps don't work with ILX youtube embeds, as I learned the hard way a little while back.

And one more mix—
This month's installment of tREBLEFREE R&B features a guest curator in Scorpeze from Windimoto, Jazzgalaktik, and a bunch of other solid jams. This one has a tracklist!
1. Roger - Private Lover
2. Chuks Ejelonu - Inner Vision
3. Chunky Novi & Ernie - Didn't Wanna Hurt Cha For Another Guy
4. Debbie Taylor - I Don't Wanna Leave You
5. Eric Tagg - Marianne (I Was Only Joking)
6. Maxwell - All The Ways Love Can Feel
7. Scherrie & Susaye - In The Night
8. Makoto Matsushita - This Is All I Have for You
9. Rhyze - Do Your Dance (Moodena Short Remix)
10. Sugarhill Gang - Hot Hot Summer Day (J*ski Edit)
11. Googie & Tom Coppola - Let This River Flow
12. Janne Schaffer - It's Never Too Late
13. Darkhouse Family featuring Esther - Another World
14. Shuya Okino/Sleep Walker featuring Navasha Daya - Thank You (Danny Krivit Edit)

Timestamps don't work with ILX youtube embeds, as I learned the hard way a little while back.

― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, April 3, 2022 5:37 PM

Yeah =/

Sorry, wish I knew the tune.

I guess this is on the "old" side of random old - but Doris Troy's early stuff was really great. "Just One Look" is an absolutely all-time recording – I don't care how many times it's been covered, the Pepsi commercials, etc. – the original still knocks me out when I listen to it. (TIL it was recorded in 10 minutes, as a demo, and then released as-is!!)

Lot of other strong material on that first album, too – I love the sound and the songs. I haven't listened closely to her Apple Records album or later stuff.

Classic jam is classic. No arguments here. I know nothing besides the big hit. Queued up the Apple album, will check back in.

Well, hrmph. The Apple album turned into a skimmer for me. I'm still in the middle of it, but it's mostly just chuggy horn rock. Maybe a more rock-oriented early Stax kind of sound. She wrote or co-wrote most of the songs and the band is full of all-stars, so there's plenty to appreciate— for someone who's a bigger fan than I am because this . . . isn't really my thing. But it's not awful.

Yeah, it didn't really seem like my kind of thing, either...

SWV — "Rain" (1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4C0r7UM4Cs

Any recommendations for beats that sound like this, please @ me.

beautiful track - from an album that was polled not that long ago, to subdued enthusiasm: let your love just POLL me: the swv 'release some tension' poll

Darn, missed that one. Put another vote for "Rain"!

maybe a thread for rnb tunes with raindrop effects in the beat?

@austin, is it specifically pre 2000 laid-back R'n'B you are interested in or can it be anytime but that chill/laid-back beat style

Loose Ends - Hold Tight (TD remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2fRm_6xGI

Loose Ends is very classic in my house. Always want to hear them. Thank you!

Here's something. xpost to Grover Washington Jr thread.

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

Locksmith — "Far Beyond" (1980)

Say— anyone want to take a shot at the lyrics? (smirk)

But holy shit, what a groove.

haha, basement jaxx! nice

Yeah! I didn't know about that Basement Jaxx song, but I immediately recognized the groove because I'm positive "Red Alert" was used in some commercial at some point in the past. Just super random where some of these sampled grooves end up and a reminder that I'm in the right place because dammit, I LOVE MUSIC.

And if that's not enough Sunday evening cheese for you, how about some fake Dr. Dre`n`B?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xrqIEDYsA

Vivian Green — "Music" (2002)

All it's missing is a rap feature and it would've been a 12" single I would've gladly sought out. And I never did check her out at the time because I was a snob. So we're listening to the whole album for the first time. Beats are across the board excellent. Her voice and the lyrics are just okay. Feels very much like the kind of music you hear/?would have heard? in shopping mall clothing stores with very bright lights and shiny tile floors. I am going to check out her more recent album from 2020 soon, as it was completely not on my radar at the time.

Upon listening to the rest of the album, the lyrics got worse.

Here's the biggest offender:

[Chorus x2]
I'm fanatically addicted, see
The way that he be loving me
It's like a drug
Or some bad habit
Since it's mine
I got to have it

Yeah. She sounds super depressed throughout the whole thing.

I'm not lying though — the beats are all really good.

But anyway, back to the music-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0McAzt4l7o

Sharon Redd - "Never Give You Up" (1982)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFqsZ43ARYQ

https://trinityinfinity.bandcamp.com/track/--12
And telepath’s version 😊

Maryanne Ito — "How I Feel" (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjqll6S6st4

The album is on Spotify and is worth your time if you like this song.

Zhane` — "Just Like That" (1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXC5ITpA4OU

whole album is great. when you think 'what did r+b sound like in 1997?' it's probably similar to something on this album. very cliche and zeitgeist-y, complete with a 1 9 9 7 M E N T A L I T Y ™ "BECAUSE WE CAN!" cover of "good times" and a 70 minute running time. and hey, about that: idk maybe don't banish all of the slow jams to the second half honestly i hate the sequence on this album☺ — but anyway some stuff should definitely have been cut. even so, the best songs hang with the best of the hits of their contemporaries. why have i never listened to it before now? it's not quite considered a proper "classic album", so maybe not quite xpost to what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by? though i can say for certain if i had actually bothered to listen to it back then i would have loved it as much as i do right now. damn good. 4 mics.

oh hi, eddie f was the fucking man in the mid-90s. thought you knew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-eREJ4lbtY

also who was the fucking pansy that wouldn't let left eye's rap stay on the album version? she's a top ten all time mc for me. this verse is from 93 and more relevant than ever.

[tlc — "creep (untouchables mix)" (1997)]

Love Left Eye's rap for the Creep remix. Thankfully, she was able to do it live on the Fanmail tour.

Double featuring Mummy-D, and Kohei Japan — "Doubles" (1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKdsI1IHvNk

I'd like to go back to the classics for a moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iguZCP8J8s

Lowrell — "Mellow Mellow Right On" (1979)

https://i.imgur.com/HLkNZOL.jpg

nice!

Monica - "With You" (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6RHcI_rW8

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Austin, what was that ‘90s R&B album you started a poll on over the weekend? I wanted to check it out

yes, everyone go listen and vote!

Yvette Michele — "My Dream" (1997)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4KqNdBgO8
Today, “Why You Get Funky on Me” (from the soundtrack to House Party)