Rolling R&B Thread 2007

The new Musiq single "Buddy" is AWESOME.

It doesn't do anything for me. The "Heartbeat" bassline deserves better.

Recently made a list of anticipated albums, and nearly all of the above-mentioned are on it -- Moses, Amerie, and Hilson are at/near the top. I'm hoping Hilson's album doesn't have more than a couple guest appearances.

(She's also releasing a Spanish album or something like that...)

Well, there were like 8 months between the two Rihanna albums. Anyway I haven't heard anything about a new Beyonce album this year, as far as I know she's just re-releasing B'Day with some bonus tracks (a Shakira duet and some of the annoying outtakes I've been hearing on the radio lately like "Lost Yo Mind" and "Creole). But yeah, the Shareefa album is pretty good.

I'm kind of ready to hate Chrisette Michele just based on how annoying the choruses to "Lost One" and "Can't Forget About You" are.

i really like 'lost yo mind' and 'creole', no idea why these were left off b'day to start with.

anyone know anything about this r&b singer called mashonda? i've got this amazing track with snoop dogg called 'blackout', galloping club beats and awesome vocals (she does the same thing as nicole pussycat dolls does on the "i want a boy who can make MEEE!" line on 'buttonz'). wikipedia says she's swizz beatz's wife! and that 'blackout' is quite old and was a flop.

I like the Shareefa songs I've heard, better check the album

need to get around to hearing the Ciara as well

had no idea that Hilson did "Icebox," that was easily the best track on the Omarion album. Omarion's shit was pretty good, some of the production seemed a little too generically soul looped.

Just got the new John Legend and I'm looking forward to hearing it.

But really I spent all weekend listening to Marvin's I Want You

One of my absolute favorite, bury-me-with-a-copy albums of all-time.

Straight off of the hills of her career defining sophmore effort B-day, the inspiring Dreamgirl Beyonce, plans to release yet another album mid to late 2007. The multi Platinum, 9 time Grammy-award winning superstar announced during an interview with Reuters that she plans to create yet another banner year for 2007. After currently being nominated for 2 Golden Globe nominations, and preparing for a Summer world tour, the diva shows no signs of slowing."I've never been the type of person to not work" she explained. "Many artists release albums then go away for several years until releasing another one. I love to work because this is what I love to do." The newly acclaimed actress who has been hailed critical acclaim for her starring role in the film remake of the broadway musical Dreamgirls, also said that many of the songs on her third album will be leftovers from B-Day. "I'm looking to start writing new songs at the beggining of the year, then hopefully find time to record them in between dates of my world tour in the Spring." She explained. The singer also stated that she had many upcoming movies in the works, including a thriller about a dangerous woman who falls in love with an undercover cop. "I'm so exited." she exclaimed. " I never dreamed I would have so many opportunities to do what I love." The new album is expected to be released in the late Summer of 2007, along with production of her new movie starting later in the year with a release date of February 27, 2008

http://www.beyoncedaily.org/index.php?start_from=14&ucat=&archive=&subaction=&id=&

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Promiscuous #3
Maneater #1
All Good Things (Come to an End) #4

US

Promiscuous #1
Maneater #16
Say It Right #5

MEXICO

Promiscuous #8
Maneater #1
No Hay Igual #1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MIx2u4vBL1Q

I remember reading something about them falling out but I'm not sure... I just assumed so.

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will do. what is the swizz album like? obv never released over here

Tweet's "Give It To Ya" is great

That's not even it. She sounds like she's trying too hard to sound unprofessional.

I was reading the EW cover story on her that keeps talking about her "raw and intense new vocal style," but yeah, it does kinda suck. It only really bothers me on "No One" and a couple other songs, though, it sounds a little more natural on the rest of the album.

All I know is her new "raw and intense new vocal style" sounds like ass. The second single isn't as totally unlistenable as "No One", though.

i just said this on teenpop, but unfortunately, she listened to too much Keyshia Cole.

OTM

Actually her vocal on "No One" makes much more sense on the reggae remix. In that context it sounds a bit Tanya Stephens-ish, the harshness = humannness.

Agree it's bizarre on the original though.

The-Dream's album is INCREDIBLE. Like, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?!?" incredible. Everyone should go buy it.

REally? That good Brainwasher? I really liked "Falsetto" and "Livin' A Lie" was okay, but I didnt' know if the eh, eh, ehs would grow tiresome.

"Falsetto" is awful. Fuck that guy.

anyone heard the Blige album? It's a punchier The Breakthrough. I've learned to really like "Just Fine."

Alex you are insane.

matt- There are lots of "ehs" and "ellas" and "ooohs" and "AYYs" and "woos", but they actually aren't annoying or grating at all. They add to the atmosphere - in most of the spongs there's lots of weird litte things goin on with the production, and The-Dream's layered vocals and vocoders and other effects meld nicely to create this really cool sound. I suck at writing about music, so yeah.. just check it out it's a really strong record front-to-back.

Alfred- I really like Growing Pains (even moreso than The Breakthrough), there isn't like an obvious standout like "Baggage" or "No One Will Do" but it has a cool sound.. "Roses" is one of her best songs in a while.. "Feel Like A Woman", "Hurt Again," "Fade Away" "Smoke"...

And it works better as an full album (besides "Grown Woman" and "Work That).. there's a cohesive, snythy washed out sound to it..

"Come To Me (Peace)" is very U2.

Alex will probably hate it since The-Dream wrote about 10 songs on it.

well, as I said upthread, "'Just Fine' is the only reason he isn't dead to me," so maybe I'd like his other songs with Mary. I really can't stand his voice, though, and for the most part he seems really lyrically and musically limited. even the whole sex noise schtick on "Falsetto" was already done by Trey Songz on that Twista single a couple years ago.

Roses: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UpXlJoB8jX8

I think he's a really good lyricist actually, he has pretty interesting/quirky takes on over-done subjects. But if you can't take the voice I can understand that.. I think it's great!

well it was always the case that any brutally reasonable person would make light work of tearing thedream to pieces; 'falsetto' is that bad (just str8 terrible) the guy's prince delusions are ridiculous, he sounds and acts like i dunno, the creep from galaxy high copping a bitter little attitude, and just generally the whole vibe is completely thin and banal. however, i have kept coming back to the album a fair bit this last week, and can only conclude that that banality is part of the attraction somehow. ("WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL OF MY LIFE?!?" = he was the dishwater, in your sink) (too easy) it is not even as though i can particularly claim any one song to be a resounding success - even the notionally interesting, conflicted stuff like 'nikki' seems so clearly laid out as to seem careless and tossed-off rather than victim to any real sort of heartbreak or anything.

weird though, cos i can also imagine him to have written 'roses', and that pretty much blows everyone else (certainly your keyshias and jill scotts) out of the water when it comes to heavyweight emotion business. guess it could just be the voice, or the delivery at very least.

really enjoyed the mjb record the couple times i've heard it, anyway.

ps is it really such a mystery why there's no buzz for mario? he grew into an ugly young man with silly nostrils, ne-yo basically jacked 'let me love you' for his career jump-off, he fell off the radar but not quite far enough off the radar so there weren't what felt like years of tentative leaked first singles, the songs that did make the final cut are pretty indistinct... i could go on

i mean i know chris brown's made much the same mistakes and managed to scrape it (i think? how's he selling?) but he then did dance his little feet off all year. (also, a t-pain single.)

There's a screwed and chopped version of "Falsetto" by DJ Black Boi which is a gazillion times better than the original.

see, while i would normally say that bringing up a screwed & chopped rmx is a social faux pas on a par with using the fish knife to gouge your host's eye out, this 'falsetto' one is quite good cos the d:ream's voice sounds half-normal now all pitched down. good stuff!

he sounds quite fun when he guest sings/raps on ladies' tunes. for years i wondered, who is nivea and rasheeda's new lesbian friend?

*smh*

wtf is galaxy high

you ppl are old.

hey in england we got that shit in the 90s, don't hate

also brainwasher need i remind you that you did say "cool sound" twice in that post upthread

yah I have a "limited vocabulary"

anyway this new janet song is really hot.

so is the new LeToya song, though I wish it had more LeToya on it. Why does a 3 minute song need 3 guest rappers?

janet jackson - feedback

RhinestoneGlove (1 minute ago)
best song ever

julienn1 (4 minutes ago)
I fucking love it !!! Wow !

ChynaFox (8 minutes ago)
I like this song, but...

HEAVY LIKE A FIRST DAY PERIOD????

DAMN, Janet!

Uncalled for!

envyii (10 minutes ago)
this shit is hot I can already see her killin it in the video!! I need to hear it in the club this beat is sick!!! ok Janet

raymondb316 (23 minutes ago)
I LOVE IT THANK U JANET

superstarpaulc (24 minutes ago)
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fantastic.song is very catchy.janet is back for sure...

letoya still on that queen of houston bullshit when her best song is a classic just blaze beat. there is nothing good about that new tune.

janet on the britney train, oh dear.

letoya reminds me that i didn't mind big kuntry's new single feat trey 'cheaper than lloyd' songz

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5116057d9e0820/

it is somehow much better than the timbahandz biting it betrays?

lol "cheaper than lloyd"

it's funny 'cuz it's true.

omg those janet comments are hilarious. as for the song, it's good but that's about it. it is pretty fuckin britney.

it feels like she's trying too hard to sound like something else. i just read something about how the hype will be that she's the competition for the new mariah and beyonce records. and just the sound + the sound of her voice come off rather contrived to me.

ironically you could have said the exact same about her rank hype single before the last album - 'lookout weekend' cover i think?

or Call On Me or whatever the fuck that was called

yeah, 'u got what i need' is great (if that's the one you're referring to). shame that they fucked it up for the album

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yeah, this is pretty much janet's last shot so it does come off as a bit desperate.. but I think this song will do well as a warm-up, the second single has to be HOT HOT HOT. LA Reid exec-produced the album and there is going to be a really big push so I think she'll pull it off. Hopefully MTV is no longer boycotting her and the song has a great video...

and yeah I'd rather the britney train than whatever train she was on when she thought "call on me" was a good idea.

what was that song that started with a sample of some old school rNb female voice singing "boy" a few times, that's the one that -- i mean it sounded good and all, but just so canned

i'll find the title

'u got what i need', that's the one.

janet is pretty much in a no-win situation these days no? 20 yo wasn't all bad really, ppl just got mad irritated by that 'rockit' horror straight away. 'do it 2 me' was great, 'take care' was lovely, even the nelly/jd song is still pleasant. i heard worse albums that year.

wonder what polow would do with her (that he hasn't already done with ciara).

oh haha i forgot it was called 'call on me' while you guys were slamming it

i like it!

here's do it 2 me btw

yeah i actually don't mind "call on me" all that much -- what i meant to cite was "u got what i need," which is so easy to like, but still missed for me.

i guess she is in a no-win thing. i just wish she'd stop trying to BE 20 years old and go for a more mature sound. i mean talking about menstrual flow in a song IS kind of weird, no?

what do you mean by mature though? like what "mature" direction could she possibly go in while reamining commercially viable?

('u got what' was in ref to letoya tho!)

nope wrong again -- what i was actually talkin bout WAS "do it 2 me." i just clicked on that link.

i LIKE it, but i still don't completely feel the need to put it on. it's like trying to be too hot

right, thx, i hav no idea what "u got what i need" is. hehe

well... to be fair, i haven't heard albums, only singles. from th singles, i want a little more harmony, lush texture stuff and a little less sexy spring chicken stuff.

90s janet remained more fun and bubbly than badass and dirty, which i liked.

Saying "Janet" and then "LaToya" made me think you were talking about LaToya Jackson. I was quite WTF.