Fuck it, let's start an R&B thread

[Himu]

Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady for stream

http://www.stereogum.com/1457361/stream-janelle-monae-the-electric-lady/album-stream/

New The Weeknd album up for stream.

http://www.npr.org/2013/09/01/217215700/first-listen-the-weeknd-kiss-land

John Legend's new album is amazing.



Also, Ariana Grande's new album:



Sweet lord, we are eating, people.

This week has been good for us.

[Positive Touch]

  didnt listen to the john legend album (because i dont care much about his music) but ive heard people shitting on it non-stop

[Himu]

Just listened to the new Weeknd and it's pretty

[Robo]

I've only listened through about half of Kiss Land.  It seems to be giving me all the superficial things I demand from a Weeknd album, but it's a total slog and isn't able to hold my attention.  Hope it turns out as a monstrous grower of an album whenever winter rolls in and the mood is more apt.

[Himu]

Kissland is so boring after a week of Electric Lady. I'm sorry breh.

I hear it's a grower but.....I dunno. I'm not entranced to buy it.

[Eric P]

do you guys know Pegasus Warning?

[Phoenix Dark]

The production on Weeknd's album is beyond forgettable, sounds like a complete departure from his past shit. In fact it reminds me of the pop shit he did before becoming The Weeknd.

Pharrell's Wanderlust remix is probably the only noteworthy thing on the entire album. Tears In The Rain is good too.

[Himu]

Wanderlust is great. That's about it.

Interview with his old producer:

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/illangelo-history-of-man-the-weeknd-interview

What made The Weeknd so unique was the production behind his music. It is totally different from the rest you hear on the radio. The album sounds like a complete regression.

[Himu]

do you guys know Pegasus Warning?

This is fire.

[Beezy]

I was gonna listen to all of these and a couple others earlier this week. Then Ms. Monae's album stream went up and killed my interest in just about everything.

I'll give my obsession a couple of days to wear off.

[Himu]

Dude, Janelle's album has ruined everything for me.

[Himu]

This is my jam

[Phoenix Dark]

With you being so focused on History of Man this past year, does that mean we will be hearing Illangelo on Kiss Land?
You won’t be hearing me on Kiss Land, no.

What was the decision behind that?
It’s something I’d rather not talk about.

That’s fine, it’s just that you had such a deep collaborative body of work with The Weeknd. You probably thought that question was coming, didn’t you?
Yeah, it’s just a very difficult one for me to talk about. I suppose...Yeah, it’s a hard one for me to talk about.

From the outside looking in, he’s working with different producers on this project so I figure you guys are going in two different directions. Could you say at least that’s true?
No.

That’s not the case?
No, not the case. It’s not the case because there were several situations, like when Abel had the songs that he did with Jeremy Rose, those are all songs that still passed by me that I still worked on. When we got the song from Clams Casino, that was still a song that I took and worked on as well. So other producers in the mix, absolutely not. In fact, I actually really encourage that, so no, that’s not the reason why.

Do you feel this is something that’s never going to be discussed, or you just don’t feel it’s the right time?
I don’t think it’s something that will be discussed.

another bridge burned lol

Dude could be making so much money right now.

[Himu]

He burned a bridge with the producer who practically gave him his unique sound. What is wrong with this nicca.

[Phoenix Dark]

Actually Zodiac was the original producer on House Of Balloons, and they had a falling out. Then he got with Illangelo.

[Himu]

Well, that's my point. He's pissed off all the people that made his music sound so good and unique compared to the other stuff out there.

[Phoenix Dark]

Ali Shaheed Muhammad (from ATCQ) also worked on House Of Balloons.

But yup, dude isn't lying in his lyrics: he's a complete asshole.