R&B Thread Genre • Page 36

Discovered these up-and-coming UK artists the other day:

 

I'm listening to this right now. I like it, but this, to me, has the same problem a lot of throwback R&B has (unless we're talking throwback songs/albums by big artists) - you clearly hear the the budget is a lot less lower than the what the stuff you are emulating had. It just doesn't quite sound as good.

 

I only get the "something went wrong". What's the name of the artist?

 

Amber Olivier
Jaz Karis
Poppy Ajudha
Zilo
Olivia Nelson

They're all quite new I think, but I like what I'm hearing so far.

 

It's fucking good.

 

Another UK artist, this guy has a nice voice:

 

I somehow can't see anymore Spotify embeds. I only get the "something went wrong".

 

PJ Morton and JoJo Voices Blend Beautifully New Duet ‘Say So’

Very, very nice.

 

The new Chaka Khan album is out and nice.

 

Got that from the Complex article, didn’t you? :D

 

Poppy Adjuda was the only one that stood out for me. Loving the jazzy vibes.

 

I did!

 

What

 

“After a relatively fallow period in which R&B was not afforded the same kind of critical prestige that it deserved in the 00's, R&B has experienced a resurgence among independently minded musicians and listeners in the 2010s.”

This is a nightmare sentence by the way. Nobody cares or should care about what these kind of fucking critics or “fans” think.

 

Of course this site also has a great, up-to-date playlist:

 

This EP is very good and fun. It's a good example of throwback R&B (which in this case means R&B made 13+ years ago) that sounds right. Very well made.

 

@Petit nain des Îles New Japanese R&B-ish song. Very fun.

Found it on Tokyo Rising, a very good playlist for new Japanese music beyond J-Pop.

 

That beat is almost garage-y! This sounds so promising, thanks for the discover!

 

True! Garage and UK Garage really should have a second home in this threa too though, haha.

 

I love Lucky Daye! Hoping we get a full-length album from him soon.

 

Very nice.

 

I’ve just read about this group (one producer, two female vocalists) in a magazine. They’re going to release an album this year, but this is from their 2017 EP:

Really fresh (as is the rest of the EP). It’s experimental, yet familiar. It also just sounds really fucking good.

 

Reminder that The-Dream's triple album, released in December, is really good and everyone should listen (even if it is ridiculously long)

 

There is a new India.Arie album and there's some good stuff on it. Some very soulful and lyrically strong tracks. You should check it out.