about to listen to that, but before i do.
jhené aiko just got signed to def jam <3
― lexferenda, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
how many lex's are there?
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
Just two. I was/am Alex in Montreal.
― lexferenda, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
really?! which one, "refill"? i'm at the stage of "watching with interest" rather than "actively raving about her" but i can't hear anything there to particularly hate...
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, December 16, 2011 11:32 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
the elle varner w/ jcole is the only one ive heard but i remember liking it a lot
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Friday, December 16, 2011 11:43 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i meant "only wanna give it to you," it's on the radio pretty heavy over here and her vocals are SO obnoxious
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dthg5uxeNt0
yeah dawn!
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
did we talk about this yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1EpKYEfJU8
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, 17 December 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/v/dthg5uxeNt0&fs=1&hl=en
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:05 AM (1 hour ago)
i like this
― k3vin k., Saturday, 17 December 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
I have resigned myself to slowly but surely falling in love with Elle Varner, despite her overt obnoxiousness.
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
she is both annoying and hot in the tradition of ilx's favorite cliche bomb, but when the radio's on and i can only hear her wretched caterwauling only the latter matters.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
The way she over-sings every note is either glorious or insufferable, mood depending. There is no middle ground. "Only Wanna Give it To You" is kind of a thin song, though; "Refill" is a much vehicle for her to go completely nuts in
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
part of my problem is that "Only" sounds exactly like that Jazmine Sullivan retro breakbeat song from last year, except she knows how to oversing in a good way. i haven't heard "Refill" but i suppose i should give it a listen since it's never fair to judge an artist by one song (two songs, on the other hand, totally fine).
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Prepare for instant revulsion, then gradual, reluctant infatuation. I imagine dudes who crush on Zooey Deschanel feel the way I do about Elle Varner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gk8cjWIdMQ
― Evan R., Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
yes i hate "only want to give it to you"! the line "i want you more than a new pair of shoes" is the most annoying line and most annoyingly sung in history.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
new pair of horseshoes otm
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
it is just trying too damn hard, that song, that line, ugh.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
i love anthony hamilton and would listen to him sing anything but the new album is kind of boring. and lex otm about "baby girl."
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
also i love that k michelle song upthread!!! thank you ilx r&b threads you bring such good things to my life!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
relistening, you guys are right about her singing on this! its too bad
i do think the song itself is pretty strong tho; i certainly like the retro vibe of it a lot more than that beyonce / 'swag goo' song
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Saturday, 17 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
love love love '4am'
― silvana mangano, Saturday, 17 December 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
thicke's album is kind of disapointingly hit-and-miss imo but "mission" is so great
― k3vin k., Sunday, 18 December 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
is it just my copy of the thicke album or does "full time believer" end really suddenly?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 18 December 2011 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
also did he just call himself a pterodactyl on "dangerous"?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 18 December 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
"Breath Again" is very good, sort of like a sequel to last year's "Skydiver." This other leaked Cassie tune is pretty good as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZC7eJufw8
Like Cassie produced by Justice or somthing, but actually very listenable!
Also been feeling these random songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdcnw8-WjCg(HELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR3vRCXCsyY(new Carl Thomas album is pretty good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mv9RysqSB4
and the new SWV single is way better than it has any business being:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7DyeivNVJk
― brains, Sunday, 18 December 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yes! Carl Thomas keeping the water drip sound alive.
― Meek Mac Miller (Scotty Magee), Monday, 19 December 2011 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
kind of bummed about the RichGirl breakup, but the solo tracks I've heard from Lyndriette and Seven are pretty good. Here's Lyndriette's single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdeB6cbRTJw
new Teairra Mari single:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4OrfnGaKI
― brains, Monday, 19 December 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
"tears on my tuxedo" on the thicke album is kinda ridiculously good
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
i guess since his music is in a way very conservative and throwback, i don't think thicke gets enough credit for being a weirdo r&b singer like the way that r. kelly or even terius crossed over to non-r&b critics
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
like this album is really ridiculous but in that way that keeps you on your toes and makes individual songs unique w/o having to be some sonic outlier or something in that way that good kells albums used to, imo
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
"Love After War is terrific.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
have you heard the Hamilton record?
yeah that is one of the best songs on here
yeah idk it kinda bored me but i don't typically get bowled over initially w/ those kinda albums
― v-shasty, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
"all tied up" is my fave off of the Thicke album
― brains, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
robin thicke is one of those people who makes life seem unfair. classically handsome, great voice, great songwriter, probably a great dancer, is rich. damnit
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
AMAZING taste in women
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 20 December 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
One of my favorite performances of the year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKP4pDzt2JQ
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Monday, December 19, 2011 8:31 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
― k3vin k., Monday, December 19, 2011 8:44 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
yeah i was gonna say, you didn't even mention gorgeous movie star wife.
j0rdan otm though, there's a lot of character and playfulness in Thicke's music that people don't necessarily pick up on unless he's laying the goofy retro stuff on thick like on parts of Sex Therapy.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
the nicki & thicki letterman performance should have put paid to any thoughts of robin thicke being a good dancer
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
after letting them sink in a bit i think i pretty much agree with shipz on the relative merits of the thicke and hamilton albums
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Tuesday, 20 December 2011 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
keith sweat!! this is doooope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Y9QMA9LX0&ob=av2n
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 21 December 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
you guys are fucking up by not having that song in your life
― k3vin k., Friday, 23 December 2011 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
this is pretty lol
http://www.essence.com/2011/12/21/robin-thicke-on-loving-black-women-interracial-dating-and-pleasing-paula/
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 December 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
I have a song on my new album called, “I Don’t Know How It Feels to Be You,” and she and I were in the middle of an argument and she said, “Robin, no matter how hard you try, or how compassionate you are, you’ll never know what it’s like to be a Black woman.” So I got up and I wrote this song in five minutes.
i can't.
― bayou goo, Sunday, 25 December 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to the new Mya album... It sounds very very very sparkly so far.
― Tim F, Sunday, 25 December 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
omg @ that quote
― macarena of time (step hen faps), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
new mya album what? what? where? who? how?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
wikipedia says it was released in april?!
would anyone involved in r&b like to do some basic promo at any point? apart from on tumblr
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't it only released in japan?
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
wish I hadn't read that robin thicke interview
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
wish I hadn't heard of robin thicke
― macarena of time (step hen faps), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
awesome album, y'all
― How many days after a period? Started by Tuomas in December 2011 (v-shasty), Sunday, 25 December 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link