R&B Singles thread 2004

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1. Tweet f. Missy - Turn off the Lights

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:22 (twenty-one years ago)

2. Mya f Chingy - Fallen (Barbershop 2 Remix)

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:25 (twenty-one years ago)

3. Ciara ft. Missy Elliot - 1, 2 Step

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Obv that Ciara track ain't nearly as good as "Goodies" (or "Oh" or "Hotline") but I felt I should mention something new.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Ciara - Goodies
6. Brandy - Who is She 2 You
7. Brandy - Talk About Our Love
8. Tanya Stephens - Can't Breath
9. Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl
10. h20 Phlo - A Little Closer
11. Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

12. Usher feat Lil Jon and Ludacris - Yeah!

(OBVIOUSLY!!!)

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

13. Christina Milian - Dip It Low
14. Christina Milian - Whatever You Want
15. Houston - I Like That (sorry dee...)
16. Joe - Ride With Me
17. Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

18. Nivea featuring Lil Jon and Youngbloodz - OK
19. Janet Jackson - I Want You
20. Angie Stone - I Wanna Thank Ya

― Rich (Rich), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

21. Anthony Hamilton, "Charlene" (also my favorite country song of the year)

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

22. Janet Jackson - All Night (Don't Stop) (including the crunk mix w/ Elephant Man)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha its ok Tim I'll forgive you.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 06:26 (twenty-one years ago)

23. John Legend - Used to Love U

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

24. Kelis - Trick Me
25. Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

25. The Pirates ft. Shola Ama, Naila Boss, and uh some other people - You Should Really Know
26. The 411 - On My Knees
27. The 411 - Dumb
28. The 411 - Teardrops
29. Brandy - Afrodisiac

I'm looking forward to their album just a little.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

(oops I cannot count - that'd be 26-30 there)

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

30. Keyshia Cole f/ Shyne - I Changed My Mind
31. Usher f/Alicia Keys - My Boo
32. Usher - Confessions
33. Usher - Caught Up
34. Razah - Feels So Good
35. Nicole Wray - If I Was Your Girlfriend
36. R. Kelly - Happy People

― pheNAM (pheNAM), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:49 (twenty-one years ago)

37. Mario - Let Me Love You

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

38. Britney Spears - 'Outrageous'

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

39. Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You"

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

40. Estelle - "Free"

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

37. Paula Campbell - Take You Home
38. Mario - Let Me Love You
39. Lil Mo - Hot Girls
40. New Edition - Hot 2Nite
41. R. Kelly - U Saved Me
42. Ashanti - Only You
43. Akon - Locked Up
44. Lloyd - Hey Young Girl
45. Jagged Edge - What's It Like

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

oops, x-post! ok, my last # should be 48, then.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

49. Prince - Call My Name
50. Alicia Keys - Karma
51. Usher - Throwback

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Throwback is a single? Nice.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

oops, sorry, that was just wishful thinking on my part, as far as i know.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

52. Keyshia Cole - I've Changed My Mind

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Saturday, 13 November 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

I can't believe "Charlene" has only been mentioned twice on ILX (both by Begs2Differ)

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Guy's voice is wonderful, the song is a bit boring in the instrumental department.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

seven years pass...

Such a great year. Mario's "Let Me Love You" has got to be my favorite song to hear late at night on the radio. There's a station in town that often plays it at 2 or 3 in the morning, and it guts me every time.

― Evan R, Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:26 (fourteen years ago)

i'm incapable of singing along with that song without changing the "good love" line to "good dick"

― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:35 (fourteen years ago)

what was the 411

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:37 (fourteen years ago)

whats the 411

― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:49 (fourteen years ago)

A sidelined, forgotten UK girl-group who released a handful of great singles that didn't set the world alight and so ended up dropped. Which is a shame, Dumb was a fantastic single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SIERU8fd7A

― boxedjoy, Sunday, 26 February 2012 11:58 (fourteen years ago)

god i completely forgot about the 411

― lex pretend, Sunday, 26 February 2012 15:59 (fourteen years ago)

Wikipedia says they were English. Were they one of those acts that essentially didn't exist in America? Looks like they never charted here

― Evan R, Sunday, 26 February 2012 17:39 (fourteen years ago)

i did not know that estelle was kicking around in 04, unless that's a different estelle

― J0rdan S., Sunday, 26 February 2012 17:46 (fourteen years ago)

She was, stylus mag covered her quite a bit iirc

― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 18:00 (fourteen years ago)

j0rdan have you never heard "1980"? it's amazing, maybe better than "american boy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ODOYNAuGM

estelle's debut album was patchy but its best moments were really strong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ODOYNAuGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL6g66Uf_qU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw4gH4LWF5c

― lex pretend, Sunday, 26 February 2012 18:12 (fourteen years ago)

american boy is nails on a chalkboard to me for some reason

it seemed to get a lot of DJ play well past its sell-by date

― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 20:56 (fourteen years ago)

Sa-Ra - "Glorious"
Jill Scott - "Golden"
Dwele - "Hold On"
Rahsaan Patterson - "So Hot"
Raphael Saadiq - "I Want You Back"
Ciara - "Oh"

― Andy K, Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:15 (fourteen years ago)

Throwback is a single? Nice.
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, November 9, 2004 10:25 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops, sorry, that was just wishful thinking on my part, as far as i know.
― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, November 9, 2004 10:38 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Throwback" charted, yeah.

― Andy K, Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:19 (fourteen years ago)

YEAH

― Andy K, Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:19 (fourteen years ago)

american boy is nails on a chalkboard to me for some reason

it seemed to get a lot of DJ play well past its sell-by date

― D-40, Sunday, February 26, 2012 3:56 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Monday, 27 February 2012 02:09 (fourteen years ago)

glad i'm not the only one

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Monday, 27 February 2012 03:39 (fourteen years ago)

yeah I don't like it either

― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 03:43 (fourteen years ago)

therapy sesh

― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 03:44 (fourteen years ago)

iPhone just tried to autocorrect sesh to "swag" and I swear i've never typed that word before \o/

― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Monday, 27 February 2012 03:45 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i hate that song

― J0rdan S., Monday, 27 February 2012 04:01 (fourteen years ago)

lol american boys

― lex pretend, Monday, 27 February 2012 08:17 (fourteen years ago)

I like this new Estelle song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuEYM9vjlw

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Monday, 27 February 2012 10:22 (fourteen years ago)

Joining the anti-"American Boy" chorus. That song is so cloying I view everything Estelle has done since with suspicion.

― Evan R, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:14 (fourteen years ago)

I love you guys, I thought I was the only one too.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:09 (fourteen years ago)

that estelle song confuses me. ("thank you," not "american boy.") specifically this line: "sometimes I wonder could she be more of a woman to you than you are a man to me." though it doesn't seem that confusing typed out. something about her phrasing when she's singing it is weird. also the chorus is sort of cringe-y. but her voice sounds nice.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:25 (fourteen years ago)

She has a new song with Janelle Monae that just leaked, too. It would probably be pretty good if Estelle weren't on it.

― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:01 (fourteen years ago)

iirc the "american boy" thread is really long bcuz we there was a major argument over whether or not it secretly sucked? or maybe it was some other BS

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:06 (fourteen years ago)

iirc there was a long "Marcello says racist things" tangent and a long "state of r&b" tangent

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:13 (fourteen years ago)

yeah i remember the state of r&b tangent

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:14 (fourteen years ago)

god, that's probably really embarrassing for a lot of us

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:14 (fourteen years ago)

haha

― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:16 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, i just looked at it. it ain't pretty

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 06:29 (fourteen years ago)

god, that's probably really embarrassing for a lot of us

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:14 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

single posts that sum up the etc etc lbs

― D-40, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 07:21 (fourteen years ago)

"american boy" is obviously a great song. y'all just don't like being objectified

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 09:24 (fourteen years ago)

lol

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:39 (fourteen years ago)

Weirdest part of that thread is where everybody pines to hear more "R&B house."

Everybody was all like, "this stuff is great, wish I could hear more of it." Guess the monkey's paw had the last laugh, huh?

― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:44 (fourteen years ago)

that was pre-guetta

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:22 (fourteen years ago)

whoooole different time

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:23 (fourteen years ago)

yeah if the current r&b-house stuff sounded like "Damaged" nobody would be complaining.

― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

rich four four's 4x4 r&b mix from that year was so good

i'd been dreaming of an urban/dance fusion for YEARS before that too

and then it happened :(

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

haha i know right

― D-40, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 22:19 (fourteen years ago)

You could actually make an interesting but depressing 5 yr chronological mix that starts with like "Please Don't Stop The Music" and "Because of You (Remix)", peaks with the golden age of stargate / the-dream and then works its way through to the bitter end with idk "Turn Me On" or something.

― Tim F, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 22:33 (fourteen years ago)

it would start with "the way i are" i think

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:08 (fourteen years ago)

and if indeed "turn me on" is the bitter end of this awful trend, "starships" probably signifies a brand new avenue of shit for our pop stars to head enthusiastically down

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:09 (fourteen years ago)

:( i like both those songs.

― marissa explains it all (The Reverend), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:11 (fourteen years ago)

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