R&B/Soul Music

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 13 Apr 2007, 05:40

Hey, anyone here like R&B music and/or know of some great R&B songs?

Lately I've been listening to the following R&B songs quite often:
-With You (Ft. Snoop Dogg & The Game) - Jamie Foxx
-Last Night (Ft. Keyshia Cole) - Diddy
-Lost Without You - Robin Thicke
-Come Home (Ft. Akon) - Play N Skillz
-You (Ft. Lil' Wayne) - Lloyd

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 13 Apr 2007, 09:44

sorry but R&B sucks!

boganbusman · Post by **boganbusman** » 13 Apr 2007, 09:57

Jana wrote:sorry but R&B sucks!

Sorry but all the music you listen to sucks as well.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 13 Apr 2007, 10:19

BURN!

Hate R&B, love rap.

Jana · Post by **Jana** » 13 Apr 2007, 10:36

boganbusman wrote:
Jana wrote:sorry but R&B sucks!
Sorry but all the music you listen to sucks as well.

true, but i still listen to it!
and i dont remember asking you for your opinion on my music!

Post by **Pabl0z** » 13 Apr 2007, 11:53

Well your input on this topic wasn't very useful either...

I think R'n'B these days is kinda close to Rap-music so I dunno if this really needs a topic of it's own.
It's kinda like if somebody made a topic for metal and there's already a rock thread.
Besides I dunno how much conversation there's gonna be about R'n'B.
Probably not that much.
But I'll leave it open and see if there's some actually "intellectual" conversation going on in here and not just "this sucks" posts or single song names being posted.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 13 Apr 2007, 11:56

R&B to me is just boreing and slow. However there is some good R&B. Would Don't Matter by Akon be R&B?

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 13 Apr 2007, 17:08

Yeah but R&B seems, like Pabl0z said, a crossover genre

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 14 Apr 2007, 02:10

Well, R&B has a lot of rap in it, but the range that R&B covers can spread out to many slower artists that have no rap at all, like John Legend and Robin Thicke. I thought of first posting in the Rap section, but R&B has a different taste to it. It's like comparing a Lamborghini to a Volkswagen. Sure, they're related and may have some similar things about them, but there are very great differences as well, which proves that you can't just go around calling Lamborghinis Volkswagens just because it's a subsidiary.

@ Carcrazy: Yes, Don't Matter by Akon would probably fit into the R&B genre, but some people have a different definition of R&B.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 14 Apr 2007, 02:25

off topic: how the hell does a VW compare to a lambo?

I heard a nice R&B song on my XM mobile last night... it was called like "umbrealla" or something and it had 50 cent in it. Rihanna was the artist i think.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 14 Apr 2007, 02:43

Carcrazy, Volkswagen owns Lamborghini, like how DaimlerChrysler owns Mercedes Benz. And about that Umbrella song, I'm not too fond of it, the way she says umbrella is not very smooth lol

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 14 Apr 2007, 03:31

Porsche-AG wrote:Carcrazy, Volkswagen owns Lamborghini, like how DaimlerChrysler owns Mercedes Benz

Dang, that means I have to stop picking on Volkswagon.

She says it like that because it is supposed to flow with the song.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 14 Apr 2007, 03:50

I know, but if it sounds that bad, then something like the beat or when she says it should be changed.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 15 Apr 2007, 01:52

Well R&B in the old sense is usually great stuff.
But today's R&B is pretty much just rap with a twist or something.
It's just... bleh. It has lost all the soul.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 15 Apr 2007, 02:08

I wouldn't say that today's R&B is pretty much rap, it's just that the most advertised/popular R&B involves rap often. Like I said before, John Legend is a great R&B singer and pianist, and I love his music.

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 15 Apr 2007, 02:55

I like to sit back and listen to a bit of Marvin Gaye and Pattie Labelle

, although I guess they would be regarded more as soul artist (perhaps a thread title change to differentiate more from the "rap thread" ?).

John Legend seems pretty cool, tho I've only heard of a few tracks from and collaborations that he did with Kanye West, I think I might grab his album and listen to what the rest of his stuff is like.

You guys should check out Erykah Badu, she's a pretty cool artist and has quite a distinctive voice, I first heard on an Outkast track called "Humble Mumble". There's definatly a good dose of jazz influences in some of her work.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 15 Apr 2007, 03:06

Some of John Legend's best new songs are "Save Room", "We Just Don't Care", and a slower "Where Did My Baby Go".

Any particular songs by Erykah Badu that would be worth listening to?

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 15 Apr 2007, 04:09

I don't even think I have ever heard any R&B that wasn't half rap.

Black Fire · Post by **Black Fire** » 15 Apr 2007, 04:11

Meh, I only like some of those rap or whatever kind of music it is.

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 15 Apr 2007, 06:04

@ Carcrazy: Again, that's because the R&B involving rap is the one that is viewed as "mainstream", and though it is good, the REAL R&B is sometimes forgotten.

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 16 Apr 2007, 17:55

Porsche-AG wrote: -Last Night (Ft. Keyshia Cole) - Diddy

Man this song has one of the best piano works ive ever heard..truly awesome!!

And Keyshia's singing was pretty good as well..
Diddy..bleh!

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 17 Apr 2007, 00:33

I agree totally with that, many people (including me) think that Diddy should just stick to his rapping. If Pharrell, however, took over Diddy's parts in the song, I bet that would be a guaranteed #1 on many R&B charts.

I also found some great R&B songs that I've been listening to a lot recently that are a couple years old:
-Margarita (Ft. Pharrell & Big Boi) - Sleepy Brown
-I Just Wanna Love You (Ft. Pharrell) - Jay-Z
-Change Clothes (Ft. Pharrell) - Jay-Z
-Excuse Me Miss (Ft. Pharrell) - Jay-Z

And yes, if you haven't figured out by now, I do like Pharrell's smooth voice in many songs he's featured in.

And t3ice, your sig appears as a red "X".

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 17 Apr 2007, 14:36

Thanx, ill try those songs u mentioned....
Ive heard : I just wanna love u..and its pretty awesome, yeah.

I cant do anything abt my sig atm, i dunno why but this site just wont show the code of the sigs ive uploaded

SliM_880 · Post by **SliM_880** » 17 Apr 2007, 17:41

i dont listen to r&b but i like r&b choruses in rap songs

Porsche-AG · Post by **Porsche-AG** » 18 Apr 2007, 05:20

@ t3ice: Yeah, I especially like the "Excuse Me Miss" song. On YouTube, there is also a mashup of that Excuse Me Miss and Chris Brown's version, which is quite good. If you want to view it, the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJlu0cSD7gA

@SliM: Well, that may be a sign that someday you will like all forms of R&B

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