random old r&b you are loving

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Silklosecontrol.jpg/220px-Silklosecontrol.jpg

heard "freak me" on the radio yesterday and thought 'hm kind of like a male kut klose' - lo the whole thing was written by keith sweat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMHEHAxrFM8

posted this on another thread but it's pretty much my favorite song ever now. i'm gonna be embarrassed when i learn it's a cover or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc2y9X08tN8

intro - "come inside"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyD9FUf2bL4

man this song's the shit, so propulsive, always moving forward

Severely undervalued group.

hm there seems to be a double entendre in the song i posted

lol

andy what's up with that howard hewett song i posted? when i heard it on the radio i felt like i had heard it before but then i looked it up and it didn't even have a wikipedia page

Not sure if Cymande counts as "r+b" or not.

But they are one of my favorite bands of all time, in any case. So I, of course, love to bring them up whenever possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLnxjVo6bk

re-visitied Brian Mcknight's album Anytime, prob been about 15 years since i heard it last. not really random since it's double platinum but dont really hear anything about it any more. holds up really well. 'Anytime', 'The Only one For Me' and 'Hold Me' were great singles (altho i guess Anytime wasnt officially a single? despite being everywhere for a while)

'I belong to you' sounds like something ty$ could release today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyn8vpcG0XU

'you got the bomb' - some nice wah and slap bass - great intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNE-I_RKWM

'til i get over you' is probably my favorite album cut on here tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LEWAS6Jmo

only dud is the closing track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpf4ijCyiwg

heard howard hewett's "show me" for the first time recently -- the kinda song i love to let myself get lost in + never get back out. gorgeous.

Waiting for a drag queen to lip synch for their life to Super Woman by Karyn White.

And Don't Disturb This Groove by The System is waiting for it's Toro Y Moi cover.

Discovered this song about a year ago (source of the sample from Kanye's 'Late') and then forgot about it until recently. Unforgivably, because it's utterly effing gorgeous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d_HlgFRh3U

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

case "missing you"

lol apparently a new yfn lucci song w/ trey songz samples that ^^^. maybe that's why i randomly heard it again on a quiet storm hour around the time of making that post

the new one is lyrically clunky and generally undistinguished... but the smoldering production, even lifted wholesale from "missing you" like that, makes it stand out somehow

702 — "gotta leave"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1IFqbii3k

not even kidding when i say one of my favorite songs of the 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3ucc-fep4

^^ Boyz II Men • I Do ^^

killer harmonies, holy hell!

i used to do a lot of a capella singing and have always wanted to sing this one with a group. such a cool tune.

that's awesome. i sound like an angry frog when i try to sing, so that shit is mad impressive to me, dude.

here's an underrated group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwZfjDQtOro

loose ends — "you can't stop the rain"

excellent. I've been jamming a lot of that smooth R&B from 80s and 90s lately.

this track hits the spot too - they were British?

this has been one of my nighttime slow jamz lately

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

mista - blackberry molasses
keith sweat - i'll give all my love to you
mariah carey - can't let go

brian mcknight - one last cry

another heavy favorite by 702 in a similar theme: "get it together"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhXOTTk2Of4

so, when i first started djing, at like age sixteen, my dj name was "dj spin." i made mixtapes. so many friggin` maxell tapes. anyway, one of the series of mixes that i made was "slow jam spin." i think we got up to like volume five? so yeah. the 90s r+b slow jam is kind of hallowed ground for me.

maybe ten people —EVER— actually heard any of those mixes.

sorry one more shout for another heavy hitter: "funky ride", one of the best 'fake funkadelic' jams ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gZiL7NjMg

outkast was the fucking greatest ever.

just an interlude, but it's beautiful and it's what i need on this otherwise gloomy day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYzB9kkTz0

that’s Boyz II Men • Khalil.

Neanderthal, I’m just gonna keep ID’ing the tracks you post, for searching purposes and, you know, Posterity. So many of these video links end up dead, making threads like these barren.
I missed Shai’s “Comforter” earlier.

good call, sorry about that - I'll label them ongoing

Sparkle-Be Careful- saddest song ever
Eric Benét-Harriet Jones
Ronald Isley-Contagious

Divine - Lately
https://youtu.be/yybS6pHRaCc

Already posted about this on Twitter, but this song popped into my head the other day, and I was SO UPSET when I learned that it's not on Spotify!!!

something a little more uptempo. and honestly, another one of my favorite songs of the 90s. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5IEGUuhAtI

yvette michele — "let's stay together"

the whole album is fantastic. i was a huge fan back then and have fond memories of buying the album on its release date. it came out the week before i started my sophomore year in high school, so it's pretty much peak nostalgia at this point. album still holds up, too. very much "fake mary j", but killer production and i love her voice, so i was okay with it. and plus, it taught me the invaluable lesson of being nice to short people.

so andy just reminded me of something that i had completely forgotten. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKEn47RKU4E

(song is the "oh honey" remix of "kissin' you" by total)

i had this on a cassette single that had the original (raphael saadiq produced!) mix and this remix on both sides of the tape. and i had an auto-reverse player, so i often played just those two mixes over and over again, but the remix was my preferred version. i picked it up at sam goody one day when they were having a rare promotion where they would put cassette singles on sale; certain titles would be three for $7 (+sales tax, of course). you had to buy three to get the deal, otherwise it was just regular price and most cassette singles were $2.99, so it was kind of buy two get one free. anyway, i had two other tapes i wanted (probably hiphop titles; there's some debate as to what they were) and just bought the total one so i could get the deal. it ended up being my favorite, or at least the one i played the most.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8hPPId_8_s

this remix always made me feel like the more well-known album version was a sick joke.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Groove Theory • Tell Me (BKNY R&B mix)

(hey, just picking up the slack)

aiiiyyeeeee, sorry. forgot my manners. =/

tssk!

(good remix btw, as for the original: you got the *sick* part right)

Maybe too old but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxp7WVXiXU

oh dear

that would be

Lee Moses • Bad Girl

Oh, okay, I see, sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPtIUPdkClg
The Marvelettes • No More Tearstained Makeup

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):
📹

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

💙

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)

☺☺☺☺☺

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKeLnar5SII

Rokk — "Patience" (1976)

Digging back into Numero Group's Eccentric Soul series and found this LA group and they're hitting some sweet notes for me today. This was the highlight of the album, but would very much recommend the whole thing. I especially like the one about wanting to live high whilst eating apple pie. Can't say I blame you, friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsZMG9JVRI

Willie Tee — "Reach Out For Me" (1970)

Some rare David Axelrod / HB Barnum jams this morning. Such an odd variation on this tune. What a stellar arrangement though! Never really checked for Willie Tee outside of this album; maybe I should. This one is kind of Memphis style, but with that Capitol studio B sheen. Doesn't get much better.

xposting from the All Those POLLS Ago: American Top Ten 7/4/1981 thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TETznfG-O-s
Cheryl Lynn • Shake It Up Tonight

(produced by Ray Parker, Jr.!)

>>>BONUS random old reggae&dancehall you are loving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZg1AtmXGk
Luciano • Shake It Up Tonight (1993)

…but back to 1981:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-39yEHFlc8
Slave • Snap Shot

absolutely no one:

me: ayo, speaking of solid vocoder jams. . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hlBDyKVn0

leon ware — "don't stay away" (1981)

Smooth

A lot of r&b from that era just sounds like potential vaporwave samples to me now

Austin you might enjoy this:
https://soundcpu.bandcamp.com/album/reflections

Favourite old r&b discovery of the year for me probably has been Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove

My favourite song on it I've known quite a bit longer though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7PG4CZ3SM

cal, sorry for the late reply, but i listened to that whole album and a couple of the others - wonderful background "environment" listening stuff. thank you for the word!

really into the swing of this beat-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE4HYCzyrOg

cooly g - "obsessed"

don't know when it initially came out. i know it from the hyperdub 10.2 compilation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqxrxBjfJ94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0uuy4mDrE

those are:

Atlantic Starr • Silver Shadow (1985)

and:

Tamia • So Into You (1998)

labeling YouTubes and other song links you post is very useful (really!) and therefore highly appreciated. thanx in advance

that Tamia jam is all time, fabolous version too

excellent, sub shaking bass heavy vapor version of So Into You:

https://nethervapor.bandcamp.com/track/--60

nice!

and a 2 chilled slush version of Silver Shadow:

https://memorymemori.bandcamp.com/track/--167

when the groove is so killer that the misogyny doesn't even register until two decades later—

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDVZgadJs4M

the ambassadors — "ain't got the love (of one girl on my mind)" (1969)

also a very famous sample xpost to random old rap you are loving

find em fool em forget em is my philosophy — sing that shit to yourself in the shower lol

surface — "closer than friends" (1988)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL2k9Rf72Nw

wednesday night is when we serve some of our finest cheese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lO4UQVrsA

Such classic

Vanessa Williams • Dreamin' (1988)

Austin -- this doesn't relate to something old, but I wanted to get your attn... are you familiar w/a group from TX called Luna Luna? I think you'd like 'em... check out their 2019 EP, Carousel: https://lunalunaband.bandcamp.com/album/carousel

I can't stop listening to this song. Jazz's voice, in the beginning, is beautiful and Sisqo is so damn soulful. I still don't know what Case actually did on this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePbn-Qt4os

Lovely

Austin -- this doesn't relate to something old, but I wanted to get your attn... are you familiar w/a group from TX called Luna Luna? I think you'd like 'em... check out their 2019 EP, Carousel: https://lunalunaband.bandcamp.com/album/carousel

― Panda bear, my gentle friend (morrisp), Tuesday, August 16, 2022 9:36 AM

hi. thank you for the recommendation! just a few songs into the link shared but first listen love on "commitment." it is bilingual and it is quite wonderful.☺♥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsGTTEb_7O8

luna luna — "commitment" (2019)

undertow by goapele is one of my favorite r&b tracks of the 10s. Could say that about the first three songs on break of dawn tho. I just listened again and my immediate thought was wow i bet the producer of frank oceans 'pyramids' lifted this full stop for the 2nd half of that song. checked it out and... its the same producer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4y3sCh2zN0

“Undertow” is so so great, and “Play”, wow…

never knew about the “Pyramids” connection

“Play” not produced by Malay tho - but I see he also did Lorde’s “Supercut” - and that his first stand-alone production work was for… Danity Kane and Day26 #onethread

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

k-maxx - my medicine

only just found out this guy died during the first wave of the pandemic :(

“Play” not produced by Malay tho - but I see he also did Lorde’s “Supercut” - and that his first stand-alone production work was for… Danity Kane and Day26 #onethread

― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, August 19, 2022 12:50 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

play is a whole different thing completely, yeah. slinky. produced by electric thunderbolt? cant find anything on them.

“Undertow” is so so great, and “Play”, wow…

never knew about the “Pyramids” connection

― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, August 19, 2022 12:42 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

dont sleep on tears on my pillow, that bridge >

chico debarge - iggin me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JhcNc2wWRc

some rare jam and lewis for your thursday evening—

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAc-pBTsUK4

the sos band — "no one's gonna love you" (1984)

later repurposed by maxwell about a decade later—

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-NPlsM_l74

maxwell — "ascension (no one's gonna love you, so don't ever wonder)" (1996)

LATER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IScfrFjHK_4

Vapor version of No One by bbrainz
Love the lion roar

vaporwave?

here’s a classic feel good friday jam courtesy of Christopher Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXFR14b3x8

random old bachata that bookmarkers will hopefully enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_QY5gFQUTg

Aventura - Obsesión (ft. Judy Santos)

stretching the parameters of r&b to the utmost there, but that’s a brilliant track. I was in fact totally obsessed with it at the time, pun not intended at all.

was it inspired by this newness?

theme music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klxjP2JYv7M

dva feat fatima - "jus vybe (soule power remix)" [2010]

Solid

roy ayers production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSg2nZgJmyw

ethel beatty - "it's your love" (1981)

one of the more niche things that stones throw ever did was the soul cal label, which was reissues of disco obscutities from southern california. i paid attention to the first couple releases, but it eventually got lost in the shuffle. revisiting now; highly recommend across the board. a more disco-fied eccentric soul kind of vibe. really hitting the spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i631TXkD3Yk

luther davis - "you can be a star" (1982)

made a playlist of everything from the series that's on spotify.

trying really hard to channel this energy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0tr5BUgcDQ

Viola Wills - Dare To Dream

1986. dreamy. very cool.

^ love that

yeah beautiful

not sure how official this is, but sounding great rn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAXHm42MNk

anne peebles - "i can't stand the rain (stripped)" (mid 70s)

Stevie's Jungle Fever! I love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEXNwm3QAU

who is this legend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7NcBlY7mUA

I'm givin up the streets, staying home with my baybah

who is this legend?

someone you'll probably only ever hear about on this thread: Chitlin Circuit Double-entendre-filled Soul 2004 (and onward) Theodis Ealey's "Stand Up In It" is a song of the year

that track is very “Tonight’s The Night” tho (the Betty Wright one obv)

that looks like a dream of a thread, thanks

^

oh my.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OijaaN4u1uo

702 - "get it together (bass mix)" (1997)

what an absolute monster. never have i ever heard this before a few minutes ago. third time in a row rn.

GET IT GET IT

YEEAAHH BAYBUH

...bring it down

oh this is definitely approved for all audiences.

Wow!

lol if you want a cheap banger my friend

jeez, promo only. no wonder nobody heard it!

what a tune this is eh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWGdW5QxE4
Tashan - Chasin' A Dream

random old instrumentals u r lovin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMD4ftB452o

P.Diddy - I Need A Girl (Part 1) (Instrumental)

picked up a copy of 100% ginuwine from the record store yesterday, damn this still goes hard

Diana King - Shy Guy

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

a live version from 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSA2u7JOdpU

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

DLR - Shy Boy

I was today years old (actually 15 minutes ago) that I first heard Labelle’s cover of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Holy crap.

mmhmm shy guy hit's the spot

the sweet inspirations - "i'm blue" (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM25njAXUko

would've easily preferred this over "shoop" on the radio as a kid.

dave hollister - on the side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kixmmQbz_A

Latoiya Williams - Fallen Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOTMNTZTIY

that beat is great, reminds me of trans df express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zv4VFUGVh4

nice!

i was getting d'angelo vibes

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

this telepopmusik re-edit of a 702 classic is fucking delectable, holy shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW1NRVI0rIg

702 - "get it together (telepopmusik lofi flip)" (1996/2023)

absolutely one of the top jams of the 90s and beyond. they definitely did it justice here. whoo!

i have zero recollection of this, but holy jam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2_3CTres4

andrea martin - "hung up" (1998)

thats great, never heard of her that i know of

that's the kind of 90s R&B I simp for. smooth af

is Case still around?

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

spottie-

Real Name:
Andrea Monica Martin
Profile:

Andrea Martin (Born: April 14, 1972 – Died: September 27, 2021) was an American R&B singer-songwriter and producer. Has also written hit songs for other artists including En Vogue, Toni Braxton, SWV and Monica.

neanderthal-
lol i hated case back then! he definitely had some jams in retrospect.

yes, was gonna say just that:

Andrea Martin was a *serious* songwriter who really never made it as an artist in her own right.
just check her Wikipedia.

especially this section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Martin_(musician)#In_the_charts_as_a_writer

she died in 2021, sadly.

damn! undetermined cause of death...

i love that adina howard track.

the whole album is good, btw. def recommend.

so tempted to do a loose ends albums poll.

love that case song so much

i'd like to go back to the classics for a moment—
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9AxynJ5v_A
bohannon — "singing a song for my mother" (1973)

mint condition - sometimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3BqGXkZwc
more of rock song but was just listening to definition of a band and was kind of blown away by it.

"This was played at Watts Club Mozambique In Detroit , MI male exotic male strip club classic jam r.i.p. watts club Mozambique"

classic internet comment

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 :)

another not terribly old thing, but noteworthy. check out sophiethehomie-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MMFYjI7_uc
"natural disaster" (2021)

and here's "rise" from 2020-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gb9gU_liqQ

+here's an eliza remix i missed at the time, but is maybe my favorite thing i've heard by her:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq-6FLohdgw
eliza - "whoever you are (for you) - ones remix" (2023)

finally, how about some russian pop that borders on 90s revival?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVh9fCO99gU
луни ана - "tell me why - remix" (2022)

be careful with /\this one/\ as it's under 2 minutes in length and 'just one more time' has turned into 15 minute marathons a few times by now.

and here's a legitimately old school one whose faux roger troutman vibes are really hitting the spot presently-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDEu7e5Ls8
soul for real - "every little thing i do (linslee remix)" (1995)

lynda dawn - "fonk street" (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-ezGIMv0GY

she's v dope btw check her out!
https://lyndadawn.bandcamp.com/music

guys―
okay, yes. lots of postings lately. but this is important:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP0JefaBKuo
maria isabel ― "love song" (2021)

there's a... i just... the thing was i had...

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Db-esueXgI/VdWCSwMewZI/AAAAAAAATRs/mfthDsaKuwc/s1600/kid-crying-interview.gif

me with that one on repeat like

https://sayingimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kill-me-again-meme.jpg