i ♥ r&b

[Panch]

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My three favorite songs ever. They just happen to be R&B songs. Thread officially started...

Edited August 28, 2010 by Panch

[The NZA]

heh...where's that R&B thread where you taught me who Guy was, and i had all those 90s video links?

 

ima contribute some soulful shit i dig as well:

 

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panch might not co-sign any of this, but im prolly flying solo here:

 

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more uh, Mary J, Faith Evans etc shit to come? let's see what panch posts next!

[Panch]

The OTHER Total/Ma$e song:

 

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Prepare for some baby makin' music, y'all.

[Panch]

THANKS NICK!!! I... heart... you ;)

 

Enough of this gay shit. Let's make some babies:

 

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Who wants to make babies with Panchy?

Edited January 6, 2011 by Panch

[The NZA]

ain't nothing, its a cool thread idea and you got a lot to offer here.

 

i know the radio's playing it into the ground, but i dig this one:

 

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i gotta sit down & listen to her album and see if it holds. kertins' cousins had Beyonce "Why dont you love me" in my head for a bit too, i enjoy this stuff but i kinda miss the groups we had before: SWV, TLC, En Vogue, Destiny's Child (likewise with the dudes - Boyz II Men, Dru Hill, Blackstreet, Jodeci etc). i guess it makes sense if you can make more $ on your own, but i figure this kinda thing goes in cycles, i should see some harmonizing-type, motownphilly-back-again shit a few years from now, no?

[Panch]

Yeah, of course. I get the feeling that from these new hip-hop super groups (Young Money, GOOD Music) we'll see inspired r&b soloists banding together to start a new Baby Boom era. Here's to hopin'...

Edited January 6, 2011 by Panch

[The NZA]

...found the post i was referring to earlier! wasnt even that old...

 

fuggit, for lack of a proper R&B thread (we were on about groups & individuals here anyway), here's me shamelessly stealing another man's efforts and posting up most err'body's favorite 90s (ish) R&B! yeah, you can tell when the hip-hop merger started, around the time Meth & Mary got together it started to become a default. anyway, enjoy!

 

TLC - Baby Baby Baby

TLC - Red Light Special (extended version)

TLC - Creep

Boyz II Men - End of the Road

Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee

Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry

Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love

Shai - Baby I'm Yours

Guy - Let's Chill

Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)

After 7 - Ready or Not

Shanice - I Love Your Smile

SWV - I'm So Into You

P.M. Dawn - Die Without You

Silk - Freak Me

Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up

Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amore

Janet Jackson - If

Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Without You

En Vogue - You Don't Have To Worry

The Deele - Two Occasions (Yeah, this is late 80s and not 90s, but it's still awesome)

Atlantic Starr - Masterpiece

Troop - Spread My Wings

Troop - Sweet November

Vanessa Williams - Running Back To You

Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last

Toni Braxton - Another Sad Love Song

Toni Braxton - Breath Again

Toni Braxton - You're Making Me High

Toni Braxton - Let It Flow

R. Kelly - Honey Love

R. Kelly - Bump n' Grind

Aaliyah - Back & Forth

Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - No Diggity

Xscape - Just Kickin It

Jon B. featuring Babyface - Someone To Love

Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Mariah Carey - Can't Let Go

Mariah Carey Featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone - Breakdown

Mariah Carey featuring Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day

Adina Howard - Freak Like Me

 

 

 

Mary J Blige - Real Love

 

Monica - Don't Take it Personal

 

Soul for Real - Candy Rain

Next - Too Close

Inner Circle - Sweat

Big Pun - Still Not a Player

Tyrese - Sweat Lady

4PM - Sukiyaki

 

Soul 4 Real - Every Little Thing I Do

 

 

 

as haku pointed out back then, only missing En Vogue's "free your mind", which - while sexy at the time - wasnt as easy to rub one out to as adina howard's "freak like me"....ok, looking back, that wasnt nearly as sexy as i recall, there was this one ill never find again that used to loop on the box, called "honey" and, damn. anyway, yeah, i gotta stop drinking and listening to 90s r&b!

is fuckin me up on some '95 shit, so ill be back...

 

*edit holy balls so many dead links, that fucking sucks! fuck it, use the names & youtube search..meantime:

 

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[Panch]

Since we're movin' shit...

 

 

This doesn't warrant a thread so I'm putting it here.

 

So I'm at Target buying crap for the house when I glance over and see a new Dru Hill album! Anyone that knows me (Nick), knows that I was a huge Dru Hill fan back in the day (I have my reasons). Well, R&B in general, but Dru Hill falls under that flag. Anyways, their relevance is long gone, but I was curious so I bought it. While the first 5 or 6 tracks on the album are classic Sisqo 'Thong Song' type songs with a modern twist, the rest is pretty good. You can quickly see that they've updated their sound to match what's crap hot today and it's... ok. Sisqo sounds raspier which is weird, but the general idea is there. I'm enjoying it the more I listen to it. Here's some tracks:

 

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What was the strangest thing on this album were the hidden tracks at the end. Apparently, Nokio (the producer of the group) is releasing a solo album. While that's cool and all, but... well just listen:

 

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?????????????????????

Edited January 6, 2011 by Panch

[Panch]

Aww Dru Hill.... The times we had stay on my mind (heh). Here's an old school Dru just cause:

 

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[Panch]

And when Tyrese isn't fighting Transformers or being 2 fast 2 furious he's doing this:

 

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I'm making babies in my pants, right now.

[Panch]

Nothing says let's make babies more than three grown black men singing about their bodies.

 

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[alive she cried]

ASC enters

Sees no mention of Rhythm and Blues

Hangs head in disgust and leaves cursing kids these days

Edited January 11, 2011 by alive she cried

[Panch]

ASC enters

Sees no mention of Rhythm and Blues

Hangs head in disgust and leaves cursing kids these days

 

Panch enters excited that someone other than Nick is here. Sees ASC with head hung and gets sad.

[The NZA]

small irishman encounters "darky music", left fearful, nostalgic of past not lived in, news at 11

[Panch]

Heh.

[Panch]

Holy shit! How could of I have forgotten this?

 

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[The NZA]

classic. still reminds me of getting off the #1 bus to visit this chick's house around the holidays, cant hear that without going back there.

 

flipped me out years later to remember where the beat came from:

 

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[Panch]

Hell yeah, now this thread getting serious!

 

I remember listening to the LL/Boyz one to DEATH! Still know EVERY WORD of that song. My mom had the Thriller tape, but I had never heard the MJ original til years later. Fuckin' blew my mind!

[Panch]

Trey Songz is slowly gaining my respect when it comes to slow jams. Too many of these new jack's problems is that they don't slow... it... down. Club banger after club banger is the new thing. Gimmick shit that people will add to their vocabulary for 2 weeks and be on to the next shit. Black and Yellow...? Here's Trey's new one:

 

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[Panch]

Nick, get ready for some... sex education...

 

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Edited January 13, 2011 by Panch

[Panch]

Not exactly new and almost not r&b (Usher song, though). This is one of the examples where Jay-Z brings it better on other people's shit than his own.

 

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[The NZA]

some of my frequent flyers in the 90s:

 

 

 

i always meant to go back & listen to their full albums, both Groove Theory & PM Dawn. the latter i heard made some really great music but one of them got seriously ill/went bankrupt or something? awful story i read a while back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(wish i could find the full version with the acapella at the end...) anyway, ASC - if you cant get into any of that, i quit! at least try the PM dawn one.

[the division of joy]

[Panch]

YES! Finally, someone else is here!

 

Anyways, never completely been a Ne-Yo fan. Don't know why. Maybe because he wants to be Michael Jackson so bad. I love this song... but it makes a strong case:

 

[The NZA]

 

 

 

Cancel all of your previously scheduled shopping plans: R. Kelly's infinite music video drama series "Trapped in the Closet" is coming back on Black Friday. Billboard reports that he just shot 20 chapters, and more amazingly, they share this quote from R. Kelly: "'Trapped in the Closet' is forever. I've got like a hundred chapters to come." YES.

http://pitchfork.com/news/48240-r-ke...-black-friday/

 

 

 

 

UPDATE: IFC has posted what they're calling Chapter 23 of the "Trapped in the Closet" series, a brief teaser to get us all even more pumped up for the return of the series. Watch it below.