"how to love" just to troll ya'll
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
top 10:
Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne - "Motivation"Keyshia Cole - "Take Me Away"R. Kelly - "Love Letter"Fantasia - "I'm Doing Me"Chris Brown - "No BS"Mary Mary - "Walking"Jennifer Hudson - "No One Gonna Love You"Jill Scott featuring Anthony Hamilton - "So In Love"Frank Ocean - "Novacane"Anthony David f/ Algebra - "4evermore"
fave single that didn't make this list:Monica "Until It's Gone"
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
if ILX didn't have irrational Keyshia Cole hatred y'all would've been all over "Take Me Away" imo.
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
I thought ILX only irrationally hated Marsha Ambrosius
― Evan R., Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't hate Cole -- she's innocuous.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
i don't remember anyone hating on marsha?
i got lots of love for keyshia but have paid less and less attention to her as her output has slipped into one long neverending ballot, so i don't remember much about "take me away" even though i listened to it recently to remind myself which one it was
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
wow this is so absurdly better than the rap list
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
"take me away" is a good song but it's pretty vanilla, good for what it is but not anything special
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno, i think it's one of her best singles and perfectly captures that mid-90s Mariah vibe
better than most of the songs on this list anyway
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
washy i don't know why you're so down on r&b this year, there was so much good music
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
w/o looking my top ten:
Diddy-Dirty Money f/ Trey Songz - "Your Love"Cee Lo Green f/ Melanie Fiona - "Fool For You"Mary J. Blige - "Someone To Love Me (Naked)"Miguel - "Sure Thing"R. Kelly - "Love Letter"Mary Mary - "Walking"Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne - "Motivation"Marsha Ambrosuis - "Far Away"Frank Ocean - "Novacane"Fantasia - "I'm Doing Me"
― well then (є(٥_ ٥)э), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
dope list, i forget how good that Fantasia song is. Mary J.'s voice still just sounds so wrong to me on that LTTP remake, though.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
among my favorites of the year:
Miguel - "Sure Thing"Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne - "Motivation"Trey Songz - "Love Faces"Chris Brown - "No BS"R. Kelly - "Love Letter"Ledisi - "Pieces Of You"Diddy-Dirty Money f/ Trey Songz - "Your Love"
fuck with:
Marsha Ambrosuis - "Far Away"Beyonce - "Best Thing I Never Had"Fantasia - "I'm Doing Me"Jennifer Hudson - "Where You At"R. Kelly - "Radio Message"Keyshia Cole - "Take Me Away"Tank - "Emergency"
don't like:
Jamie Foxx f/ Drake - "Fall For Your Type"Miguel - "Quickie"Beyonce f/ Andre 3000 - "Party"Lloyd f/ Awesome Jones!!! - "Cupid"
'meh'/don't remember one way or another:
Chris Brown - "She Ain't You"Lil Wayne - "How To Love"Kirk Franklin - "I Smile"Jill Scott featuring Anthony Hamilton - "So In Love"Charlie Wilson - "You Are"Trey Songz f/ Drake "Unusual"Mary Mary - "Walking"Rihanna - "Man Down"Chris Brown f/ Ludacris - "Wet The Bed"Kem - "Share My Life"Kelly Price f/ Stokley - "Not My Daddy"Anthony David f/ Algebra - "4evermore"Kem f/ Chrisette Michele - "If It's Love"El Debarge f/ Faith Evans - "Lay With You"Mindless Behavior f/ Diggy "Mrs. Right"Jamie Foxx f/ Wiz Khalifa "Best Night Of My Life"Jazmine Sullivan - "10 Seconds"Charlie Wilson - "Life Of The Party"Musiq Solchild - "Yes"Jennifer Hudson - "No One Gonna Love You"Cee Lo Green f/ Melanie Fiona - "Fool For You"Bobby V - "Words"Frank Ocean - "Novacane"Keri Hilson f/ Chris Brown - "One Night Stand"Eric Benet - "Sometimes I Cry"Musiq Solchild f/ Swizz Beatz - "Anything"Mary J. Blige - "Someone To Love Me (Naked)"
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol prob didn't have to post that last category
― k3vin k., Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
xp I dunno man, most of the songs on this list were released last year! And the ones from this year, while good, wouldn't have been highlights of any other year of the past, say, 5 years IMO. Just lots of really middle of the road, serviceable but ultimately boring music got released. R&B as a whole just felt really directionless and uninspired, which is a shame because I thought last year was great and VERY promising. A lot of the stuff I was looking forward to either got pushed back or was totally underwhelming, and no new artists really did it for me besides, like, Jhene, Dawn & Stacy Barthe (who aren't really new), Tim Bloom and Nikkiya.
There were some dope songs released for sure, but I can't help but feel like this year wasn't very good at all.
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
Beyonce is like the only major R&B artist who really brought it this year, IMO.
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i dunno maybe you paying attention on a more granular level makes you more attuned to what's going on, but i wonder if you're not seeing the forest for the trees being blase about this list of songs. obv a lot of these are from 2010 albums but every year has hits from the previous year's albums.
this is where i wonder what a 'major R&B artist' really is at this point besides her. Usher? the Trey/CB/etc. new guard? i don't really care that much if the superstars are on point as long as there's good midlevel acts and new people to get excited about. Miguel's 2011 singles >>>> Beyonce's.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
i think i like 'someone to love me' in part because it is fairly jarring and almost uncomfortable, like her voice in the chorus is a little too smooth and strong for the stuttering ugly beat but it really works. zing away but ive been fitting into like post-dubstep/chill'n'b sets over the last few weeks and it works really well
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
NO MORE CRYING, GOING THROUGH HELLIT'S SO GOOD, I'M LOVING MYSELF
loooove that fantasia song & its entire parent album
but the winner is "sure thing" duh
― uberweiss, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
am I the only one who loves that Jamie foxx joint?
― proctor & gamble & huff (m bison), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
not sure I'd vote for it for this poll but I think it's a gorgeous song
― proctor & gamble & huff (m bison), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
2 clarify, fall for your type what I'm talking about
i'm sure if it'd stayed a drake solo track the slow jam for new zerø kanada krew would be all over it
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
"sure thing" w/o having 2 think hard abt it
tho ive grown to like beyonce "party" a lot more than i initially did
― j crunchwrap supreme, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i dunno maybe you paying attention on a more granular level makes you more attuned to what's going on, but i wonder if you're not seeing the forest for the trees being blase about this list of songs.
You are probably right, there aren't any songs on here that I outright hate - it's an alright list all things considered. In previous years there were a lot more songs that I loved, though.
obv a lot of these are from 2010 albums but every year has hits from the previous year's albums.
True, but it felt like the vast majority of the hits this year were from last year's albums! You know more about the chart history so you can speak to this better than I can - was last year's list this full of songs from the year before?
this is where i wonder what a 'major R&B artist' really is at this point besides her. Usher? the Trey/CB/etc. new guard? i don't really care that much if the superstars are on point as long as there's good midlevel acts and new people to get excited about.
By "major r&b artist" I don't even mean Usher & Bey level crossover hitmakers - Kelly Rowland & Lloyd are two examples of who I was thinking of. "Motivation" is single of the year, and she follows it up with a totally forgettable album & flop single w/ Big Sean. Lloyd's album is alright but definitely not as exciting as previous efforts. I got the most from random tracks I found on blogs that got no real radio play. I guess, the mid-level and new artists didn't do enough for me to really make up for the lack of good shit from the major artists.
Miguel's 2011 singles >>>> Beyonce's.Haha, I like the Miguel album a lot but my favorite songs weren't singles! I don't like "Quickie" and "Sure Thing" is just alright imo. I'd definitely take "Party" "Countdown" or "Love On Top" over both of those! Also, CJ Hilton's singles > Miguels!
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
im trying to work out just how offended i should be by this...
i pay zero attn to radio/charts but im kinda bummed that dawn richards didnt get any play this year? such a rad mixtape
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
i'm somewhat including "Girls Like You" in Miguel's singles since that's just starting to hit. that album really might have my favorite run of singles of any album the last couple years.
well i'm culling the list from Billboard, and they run the chart year from beginning of Dec to end of Nov, and older songs benefit heavily from that (i actually took OUT a bunch of songs that peaked well before the end of 2010 for this poll). but i mean there are a lot of songs that have peaked since, say, August, that aren't here that might make the list look very different and possibly better to you.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha lamp i wasn't even thinking of actual canadians w/ that post, i'm just shameless with the drake/40 hating
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
actual canadian ilxors, i mean
i don't think Dawn Richard is on the radio/industry radar in any way, unfortunately. but i found it kind of exciting to see so many LTTP songs on this list ("loving you no more" was also on there but i took it out of the poll as a 2010 single, and "coming home" was on the hot 100 year-end list)
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
its still almost impossible for me to read lttp as anything but late to the party :/
i think my fave r&b song not itl that i heard in 2011 was kandi's 'leroy jones'. in a healthier era for the music industry it wouldve been a hit on some midtier movie soundtrack imo
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
Late To The Party would work pretty well as the title of the Dirty Money album, actually
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
"motivation" obv
― dark side of the goon (furnace mane), Thursday, 29 December 2011 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
the UK PR for diddy dirty money isn't handling dawn richard's stuff (which this month actually got to the properly-released-single stage), which doesn't bode well ;_;
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
LOVE
sure thingyour lovelove letterradio message4evermorei'm doing meno one gonna love youanythingbest thing i never had
LOVE (BUT NOT THE ORIGINAL)
motivation (i specify the kid sister juke mix though - after you've heard that the original is completely inadequate)far away (but it's the full 7-minute album version that's really vibes, not the radio edit)fall for your type (angel haze remix duh)
ENJOY V MUCH
love facesso in lovewhere you atsomeone to love me (naked)quickie
ENJOY IN A NON-COMMITTAL WAY; I DID NOT REALLY GO BACK TO THESE SONGS OF MY OWN VOLITION MUCH
lay with youcupidyesunusualwalkingmrs rightnovacane
BAFFLING THAT THESE GOT SO MUCH PLAY WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY BETTER SONGS ON THE PARENT ALBUM
10 secondspartyone night stand
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
"motivation" is really good but i feel it only stands out because so few other major r&b artists are going for that vibe right now - release it in 2006 and it's decent but not quite top-tier. kelly is actually the reason for this - she's just not a sensual singer, and in fact did this aesthetic much better in 2007 with "gotsta go" where her imperiousness suited a song about throwing a no-good boyfriend out much better. which is why the boring kelly album wasn't really a surprise.
that annoying "dedication to my ex" song has just landed lloyd his first proper uk hit ;_;
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
i see where brains and ships are both coming from - there's still plenty of r&b that i loved this year, it's still probably the most-represented genre in my EOY lists, but...there isn't much crossover with either radio play or sales. (or critical notice.)
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 08:36 (twelve years ago) link
my favourite r&b songs of 2011 - the collected works of dawn richard and nikkiya, jeremih's "another song", k michelle's "for my cinderellas", kalenna's "go to work", teedra moses' "another luvr", tiffany evans' "won't find me", lloyd's "private dancer" - were mostly unofficial releases, but they're so much better than all but a couple on this list.
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
motivation (i specify the kid sister juke mix though - after you've heard that the original is completely inadequate)your kid sister fetish makes you sound insane btw
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
i don't get 'sure thing' at all. idk. not very sexy, kind of country
i mean, its a solid song, i dont mean to make it sound like i hate it. just kinda there to me, seems a real random hit to be the board's landslide favorite
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
oh i'm sorry kid sister hasn't been anointed by critical consensus, but she's a fantastic rapper that i always enjoy listening to
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
yes, a lack of critical consensus is exactly why i find her empty lyrics and hammed-up rap style completely banal
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
no emptier than your average gun sounds/goon/post soulja boy rapper. she's a club rapper and she excels on fast dance beats - who else could tackle the "work them" beat like she did this year?
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
far away (but it's the full 7-minute album version that's really vibes, not the radio edit)
fwiw i heard the full 7-minute version on the radio a lot this year
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
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well, it's the #1 most played song on urban radio of the whole year, so it's not like some totally random minor hit, it was hugely hugely popular. also 'sexy' isn't really what it's going for and 'kind of country' is in the plus column.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
happy perez ftw
― sisilafami, Thursday, 29 December 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
anyway if you want proof that 2011 was better for R&B radio than 2010 you should compare this year's top 3 (sure thing/motivation/far away) to last year's top 3 (un-thinkable/there goes my baby/it kills me).
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Motivation.
― By "insulted" I mean "engaged in amateur rock criticism." (step hen faps), Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like "Sure Thing" a lot more if he didn't do the "if I'm the (x), you could be the (x')" thing
― By "insulted" I mean "engaged in amateur rock criticism." (step hen faps), Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's such a hacky tired construction to base the verses on, but imo the phrasing of the vocal performance makes it work better than it has a right to
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
The vocal melody and the subtle melancholy reminds me of Mario's "Let Me Love You."
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
it's definitely the kind of song that you just think is a pleasant trifle on first hearing but somehow a couple of months later you realise how much you love it
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
it's a ballad with a suppressed hysteria
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i dunno end of day i think the overall vibe just doesn't hit me like some other stuff does & i should probably chalk it up to genetics lol
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
this motivation (chicago juke remix) ft. kid sister is trash
lol'd at the lemme smang it reference tho
― wil smif, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQzR4qa_2TY&feature=related
the dj nephets mix without kid sister is p dope actually, but it's hella contextually reliant on the original
― joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
there have been a lot of dope remixes of "motivation"
― dark side of the goon (furnace mane), Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah there have been tons, my fave is the DJ Extraordinaire remix... Jacques Greene's remix is dope too.
― Guy with deep but still obviously homosexual voice (brains), Thursday, 29 December 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
good to see everyone's been voting for "Party"
― gayfish, Friday, 30 December 2011 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
one of my favourite things about the kid sister remix isn't even kid sister, it's the beat switch-up. her verse is great though. HE ON THAT HUNDRED-METRE JACKIE JOYNER FLO-JO SHIIIT
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 30 December 2011 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
although i'm always quite gratified when rappers namecheck athletes from sports i give a shit about
― degas-dirty monet (lex pretend), Friday, 30 December 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
or just individual sports (ie proper sports) really
Where do you guys go to find album sales figures? I'm curious to see what kind of numbers these records did.
― Evan R., Saturday, 31 December 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 2 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link