Omar's Love in Beats drops today.... everything I've heard has been solid...one of his better releases...

it's dumb good

it's not even out yet! lol

lol

I think this officially came out last year but it's just had its official UK release last week so that's good enough for me. It's an awesome retro funk record and here's one of my favs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPf2TpTLTkw

https://gabrielgarzonmontano.bandcamp.com/album/jard-n


This dropped today. I loved his last one. Loving this even more.

dude is nice...

"Crawl" is the jam

Just wow.

This is killing it for me right now -- not wanting to listen to anything else...


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Diamond in the Ruff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yeyh9lRsiw


Dent Jusay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDDLGfghuMA

the whole internet is coming out with solo albums. syd comes out in feb.

just checked it out...

'callin on me' sounds like a blast from the 90s but better.

Continued right where Ego Death left off, but slightly colder. More hip hop.

I dig it a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzPWBuSW_x8

Straight out the fridge. Omar just makes good music man.

would honestly rank it as one of his bests to day...up there with Best by far, This is not a love song, and Sing if you want it

Since you did it:

For Pleasure
This Is Not A Love Song
Best By Far
The Man
Music
Sing...(if you want it)
There's Nothing Like This

album..

he just hasn't...

he's been as consistent as anyone during his time...no question....

he's true to his lane...but he'll venture out of it enough to give people something different....


and the other thing...

you could put an album together of his guest spots on other people's albums and that album would be one of his best...lol.

Sing (if you want it) was disappointing to me.
The highs were great, but it had more filler than I was expecting from him.
And There's Nothing Like This hasn't aged well.

The rest are all amazing.

>and the other thing...
>
>you could put an album together of his guest spots on other
>people's albums and that album would be one of his best...lol.

THIS I agree with.

>would honestly rank it as one of his bests to day...up there
>with Best by far, This is not a love song, and Sing if you
>want it

Although I'd probably swap out Not a Love song with For Pleasure. But this joint is right up there no doubt.

He's a part of Kamasi Washington's crew The West Coast Get Down, album dropped yesterday and it's really dope.

Young Lion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr6ieK8Y_vM

Abraham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeKqkis135g

this album is definitely worth checking out

https://worldgalaxyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/uprising

this is Jordan Rakei under the name Dan Kye... (he should have brought it like this on his own album)

https://soundcloud.com/bradleyzero/dan-kye-like-you-wanna

this is actually part of an EP

https://soundcloud.com/bradleyzero/sets/dan-kye-joy-ease-lightness

gonna check this out.
thanks.

which I liked...but Jordan has made some really funky tracks so far..and I want him to keep that edge in his releases

New Omar!!!

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
KING-We Are King
Babyface-Return Of The Tender Lover
Brandee Younger-Wax And Wane

.

just heard a track off of this album....

sounds real..

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/womack-style/id1116105278

he definitely sounds like his family.

this is real cool..

jazz fusion style...

https://swt-atl.bandcamp.com/album/southwesterminal


How it feels feat. Musiq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=243&v=Qpub4r4c-1U

Don't know how I missed a Jan 13 announcement, smh.


JOSÉ JAMES IS REBORN AS A POWERFUL VOICE IN CONTEMPORARY R&B ON NEW ALBUM "LOVE IN A TIME OF MADNESS" OUT 2/24

http://www.bluenote.com/news/jose-james-love-in-a-time-of-madness

José James is reborn as a powerful voice in contemporary R&B on Love in a Time of Madness, his vibrant new album which will be released on February 24. The album pre-order launches today along with the release of the lead track “Always There,” which is available instantly to fans with pre-order. WATCH THE “ALWAYS THERE” VIDEO

Moviegoers next month will find James featured in an on-screen performing role in the highly-anticipated sequel Fifty Shades Darker, which is set for release on February 10. James has also announced a U.S. tour that kicks off March 16 in Atlanta and includes shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on March 23 and Echo in Los Angeles on March 28. Visit josejamesmusic.com for more details.

Even for an artist as creatively restless as James, Love in a Time of Madness is something new: an R&B focused foray into moody soul, electronic pop, and trap-addled beats, with the occasional influence of African folk, American gospel and Minneapolitan funk. And though James' voice is no less agile and his ear no less adventurous, this is also his most relatable, daresay sexiest work yet, detailing love's ups and downs without holding back an ounce of emotion.

"Movement has been on my mind," says James. "Not just hearts and minds—I want people to hit the dance floor. I could make jazz albums the rest of my life, but I want to reach people, man. I like Jamie xx as much as I like Miles Davis, you know? "

Love in a Time of Madness follows James’ 2015 Billie Holiday tribute album Yesterday I Had the Blues and his rock infused 2014 album While You Were Sleeping. The New York Times wrote that James’ 2013 breakthrough No Beginning No End “sounds like the result of the black-pop continuum, jazz and soul and hip-hop and R&B, slow-cooked for more than 50 years.” NPR Music noted that “James makes utterly contemporary music,” adding that he “skirts categories with ease, fitting in with current R&B innovators like Frank Ocean or Miguel” and “he holistically heals the rift between radio-friendly songcraft and virtuoso flair."

James initially planned on Love in a Time of Madness being a double album. One side would be about love, and the other about societal madness—a response to the systemic and often physical violence perpetrated on U.S. citizens of color. But as he worked on the music, he recalls, "The madness part was getting way more out of control. The murders kept happening and it became overwhelming and depressing." So instead of rehashing the pain, James doubled down on the part of the album that could provide healing. That's not to say James' take on love is all so rosy. This is an album where romance isn't always romantic. James wanted to tell love's whole story.

Sonically, James was inspired by modern approaches to pop identity and songwriting—the holistic vision of Grimes, the creative engine of Kanye West, the curated image of FKA Twigs, the genre-mashing of The Internet, the sonic space of Bryson Tiller, and even the savvy studio choices of Ellie Goulding. He left behind the bands of his previous albums to instead work with topline writers and producers—Miguel collaborator Tario holds down most of Love in a Time of Madness alongside Likeminds (Pharoahe Monch, Anthony Hamilton)—plus began vocal lessons, hit the gym, and started working on himself in new ways. He considered how today's solo star confirms Andy Warhol's assertion that art and artist are one and the same, and thought about how Quincy Jones approached Off the Wall by being current “without dumbing anything down.”

"There's a resurgence of something I haven't seen since the '90s or '00s, when hip-hop, R&B, and pop were converging in really thrilling ways through folks like Tribe, Erykah Badu, or D'Angelo," says James. "There's a whole new generation now that's unafraid to blend it all together. The world is ready for this kind of thing again."



JOSÉ JAMES – U.S. TOUR DATES

3/16 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA

3/17 – Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC

3/18 – U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC

3/19 – The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA

3/22 – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA

3/23 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY

3/25 – El Club – Detroit, MI

3/26 – SPACE – Evanston, IL

3/28 – Echo – Los Angeles, CA

3/29 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA

3/30 – Guild Theater – Sacramento, CA

3/31 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR

4/2 – Triple Door – Seattle, WA

Live band of session musicians & singers from Sydney: http://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/new-venusians

Not "retro-soul," not "future soul" (whatever that is)
So what's that.... now-soul? Haha



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Bandcamp: http://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/new-venusians
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/41u3908YMjIQhObxc8G3DN
Apple: https://itun.es/us/uEaDib


The album's best experienced from front to back in one sitting, loudly, with eyes closed (IMO)


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https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=tueRAV0fGlg


Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

paging Kenny Fresh.

I'm hoping dude can appear in this list before the year is over.

another album...they had the single with Joi..but no album yet.

hopefully we'll hear something from Coultrain soon..

I think the Seymour liberty series is done..... I'd like to here just a standard, un-themed album from him

he's in Chicago now, has a new project called Bottle Tree, they've been doing a lot of live performances for it.

there's one more Seymour Liberty album still to come, last i heard it was done

the Hawthorne Headhunters album is done & its amazing but it might not ever come out (i tried, believe me)


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>the Hawthorne Headhunters album is done & its amazing but it
>might not ever come out (i tried, believe me)

If this ever changes, please let us know.

http://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/open-secret



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with Coultrain and Ben LeMar Gay from pretty recently


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGhP2O7hltM

Was performing all the time on the south side, and I missed it. Man!
I just couldn't find any info on it until recently.
Copped the Bottle Tree album though. Good lookin' out.

Brilliant new alt-soul band with a digital release on Bandcamp:
https://theloveexperiment.bandcamp.com/

Interview: http://www.blueingreenradio.com/2017/01/the-love-experiment-proving-theory.html

Yes, I'm a big fan of them. Waited a long time for this release!

in studio performance of a song from his forthcoming acoustic album...
(with a Prince tribute at the end)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmA9ofe9J50&feature=youtu.be

It's just two songs at the moment but apparently the album's on the way!

https://willsessions.bandcamp.com/album/will-sessions-amp-fiddler-lost-without-you-b-w-seven-mile-7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcmupUvZzu0

from the Lord Echo album harmonies...

https://lordecho.bandcamp.com/album/harmonies

http://brianowenssoul.com

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

I am really digging this project.

Ryd//Dark Red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OzspEcQG8


https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/steve-lacys-demo-ep/id1207820151?ign-mpt=uo%3D8

like water?

lyves - no love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PsP3ITNNIU

can anybody school me to her previous work?

Dev Hynes "Blood Orange" has a new side project called Veil Hymn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b5ctO3uKKo

Chris Dave and the Drumhedz- Hurry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ulZvtv3jKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1otQjEzn0

Can't find any details regarding an album or if Dave is on other songs but this one sounds incredible!

through early listens....

it's cool....

I'm going to check it out some more...

it kind of has the same "tone" and "vibe" throughout the album....which makes it a bit bland for me...but I'm finding some cool tracks..

"Watching You" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGwRO3evKr0

And the new single "Red Clay," out today: https://soundcloud.com/freshselects/charlotte-dos-santos-red-clay

Both from her upcoming 'Cleo' EP, dropping this Spring


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Looking forward to the EP!

http://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/cleo



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from his upcoming EP called in the company of others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDyDiB4_wU

from the upcoming album Egg Tooth

https://ephemerals.bandcamp.com/track/the-beginning

They're great!
Just got their Chasin Ghosts and Nothing Is Easy LPs in the mail this past week

https://soundcloud.com/blackwave-music-group/better

https://soundcloud.com/bastardjazz/b-bravo-cant-keep-my-hands-off-you-ft-reva-devito

*sly smirk emoji*


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

some really cool tracks on here...

https://mahoganimusic.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-company-of-others-m-m-39

digging this release from Fresh Selects, Braxton Cook.

https://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-in-between

been waiting for new material from him.

but it definitely deserves to be in both

good looks!


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

Just dropped today: http://smarturl.it/braxtonswarvy


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

Richard Spaven feat. Jordan Rakei - The Self

https://soundcloud.com/stampthewax/richard-spaven-ft-jordan-rakei-the-self-stw-premiere

been looking forward to this...

https://bbravo.bandcamp.com/album/paradise-lp

https://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/rush-hour

https://jazzysport.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-discovery

they got some funky tracks on here..

some electro-funk jazz style...

https://maylight.bandcamp.com/album/almighty-lp

http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/gabriel-garzon-montano

I've been bumping this non-stop for the past week. So dope.

From their new project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLt2S7j2mc

Mara TK featured on 4 tracks..

solid album...

https://lordecho.bandcamp.com/album/harmonies-album

couple cool tracks on soundcloud....

Sunny
https://soundcloud.com/lapp_x/sunny

Most doubt
https://soundcloud.com/lapp_x/mostdoubt

this is dope...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVfsbrtD4Fo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwMMp-udJJc

Giles first winners of 2017 episode of the year.. lots of new music for 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lphyl#play

Dilla tracks played by a live funk & soul band. Can't wait!!

http://abstractorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/dilla

http://www.npr.org/event/music/519418207/tank-and-the-bangas-tiny-desk-concert

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-O9ThknMe3s

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

love this dude

https://soundcloud.com/thump/sets/wayne-snow-freedom-tv

features an awesome Jazzy Jeff remix:

https://omarlyefook.bandcamp.com/album/gave-my-heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdPyYze2NIA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jxv35V11xGA


Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

http://www.waterseedmusic.com/#music


Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

mix of rap/soul/jazz

https://open.spotify.com/album/1r1czyMqpUl1fcHK5WSAIG

https://thisismoonchild.bandcamp.com/album/voyager

hiatus kaiyote >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/parables-of-neptune-ep/id1240819842

https://soundcloud.com/jamesdaysongsoulspirit/sets/song-soul-spirit

http://soundcloud.com/freshselects/iman-omari-move-too-fast-anna-wise?in=freshselects/sets/fresh-selects-2017


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

http://soundcloud.com/freshselects/iman-omari-so-real?in=freshselects/sets/fresh-selects-summer-2017


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

only have a short clip here..

didn't know about this album from Goldie..checking for it now..

but man...

this track with Jose James is real real...

https://bleep.com/artist/59016-goldie-feat-jos-james

https://ronee.bandcamp.com/album/head

First single "Masquerade": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueVvmMj3ohA&index=1&list=PL19VSVQ1z3xjp4SyB6nWr9qstVaBSC6Fu&t=14s


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

http://freshselects.bandcamp.com/album/this-time


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Tight Songs radio show: http://mixcloud.com/freshselects

IM EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE!: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TJMN_xPVWRw

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
The BB & Q Band-Genie
Tony Williams-The Story Of Neptune
Camilla George Quartet-Isang

really good compilation of new tracks and remixes with some solid guest spots...


Everything feat. Lifford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj-adnONgFI

Prove that you're feelin me feat. Diane Charlamagne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9RJkyLK6M

https://dwighttrible.bandcamp.com/album/inspirations

some really cool tracks on this....

https://canenerodischi.bandcamp.com/album/nemui-2

They have an album coming out in a couple of months..

and they've been out on tour...from some of the video I've seen they're really smoking...

this is a track form the upcoming album live..

Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgSlEMej8c4

https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/

https://natesmithmusic.bandcamp.com/

This album is definitely a departure from the first album and the Waterbaby mixtape, more of a live sound and he's behind the drum set for the whole thing instead of the MPC. Also he's a VCU alum, and I always give the hometown folk some shine.

I didn't know what to expect, but this album was pretty amazing and I'm a little surprised OKP isn't talking about it.

definitely check for this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvtEQeD_zeg

Is it possible that we get a new Dornik LP this year?

http://www.thefader.com/2017/08/08/dornik-god-knows-video

Man, all of my favorite new artists of the past couple years are dropping joints this year.
Really tough to keep up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1_MFAV8XbA

https://wardolphin.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartbroken-shogun-ep

all star project..

https://stephenemmer.bandcamp.com/album/home-ground

I've been waiting on this for years now.

https://mosessumney.bandcamp.com/album/aromanticism

and I was happy to see this is the record of the month for October
Looking forward to receiving the wax

But I liked the song from the new album VMP had in their announcement video. Don't see myself swapping yet, but I'll be able to listen digitally before the swap deadline.

https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/album/wallflower

https://soundcloud.com/mattmartians/28-prod-kaytranada-badbadnotgood-unreleased-b-side-from-drum-chord-theory

R&B 2017 playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/onetwann/playlist/1mh6hz6rRRH7YqcUFXUket

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uQFVqltOXRg

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
Geri Allen-The Gathering
Purple Rain Deluxe
5 Star-Rock The World

https://ambernavran.bandcamp.com/album/speak-up-ep

Drops 10/20

https://reginaldomasmamodeiv.bandcamp.com/album/children-of-nu

https://tomijenkins.bandcamp.com/album/a-life-to-remember

feat. Oscar Jerome on guitar...

they have an EP coming..

just heard this track on Giles..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WD-6jGp3ks

https://shafiqhusayn.bandcamp.com/album/the-alignment-beats-tru-mentals-a-prelude-to-the-l-p

https://ampfiddler.bandcamp.com/album/amp-dog-knights-m-m-41

https://courtneypine.bandcamp.com/album/black-notes-from-the-deep

Omar is on 4 tracks..

really solid album here..

and what a year Omar has had...

Singing over dusty beats. Really good.

https://melaniecharles.bandcamp.com/album/the-girl-with-the-green-shoes

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Tight Songs playlist (Spotify & Apple Music): http://smarturl.it/tightsongs

http://smarturl.it/panoply

Solo debut from the lead singer of Tiny Hearts (w/ Waajeed & Tim K)
Features a duet with Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear, produced by Kingdom (Kelela, Syd, etc.)


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sick album from melbourne band 30/70

https://thirtyseventy.bandcamp.com/album/elevate

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFXlgTOf86M

Bumpin in the STEREO:
Gladys Knight&The Pips
Geri Allen-The Gathering
Purple Rain Deluxe
5 Star-Rock The World

Latest tune "Moving On"
https://soundcloud.com/paulmacinnes/moving-on-paul-mac-innes

https://soundcloud.com/mattmartians/sets/the-jet-age-of-tomorrow-gods-poop-or-clouds-full-album

https://terriblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/extended-plea

Digging this a lot.

So I Know You Care is my shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4pEepUZyHY

this really hits the spot.

some cold tracks on here..

got one with Lalah Hathaway

https://soundcloud.com/isaiahsharkeytm/sets/love-life-live-1

not all tracks jump out and we know this sound,
but dude definitely got it down pat