-DJ R-Tistic- Member since Nov 06th 2008 51986 posts
Tue Feb-18-14 08:17 PM
"Eric Bellinger - The Rebirth (Brand new R&B album, L.A artist)"
Eric came from a R&B group called O.N.E. that my boy Streetz used to manage, and he's been solo for a while now. I DJ'd for him two months ago in Hollywood, and realized he's one of the few who sounds the exact same live. His album "The Rebirth" dropped last Tuesday. The features include Problem, Joe Budden, Tank, Jon B., Ty Dolla Sign, Too $hort, Christina Milian, and a few more artists.
I feel that he is similar to Pleasure P (minus the accusations/charges of course)....for sure commercial, a child of the 90's with that slight oversinging style, slightly ratchet/out of pocket at times. He shows a lot of Drake influence as well...he even has a song called "Drake's ex." He uses a whole lot of 90's references and samples as well...you'll hear some from Blackstreet, Jodeci, Aaliyah, and a few other artists.
The upbeat songs all have the new L.A. sound with a R&B polish...which I think is the next upbeat R&B sound, something I mentioned on here before.
"So good" - Song is 2-3 years old, but definitely his most Soulful/throwback type that sounds like it could be a Tyrese or even a new Charlie Wilson type song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xoM5vjqCh0
Check him out though, I definitely think he has a lot of potential to make it big.
1. "I like Eric and I want him to win, very talented brother" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Feb-20-14 11:05 AM by Ray_Snill
but man there's about a 10 song spread that sounds like the same song. I actually thought his joint was gone be a little more musical because of the stuff he did for Chris Brown was excellent, so I guess that Chris is the one with the old soul. dude voice is serious though, I'm just not a fan of the spacey tracks. I would have loved more songs like So Good, now that is a jam
-DJ R-Tistic- Member since Nov 06th 2008 51986 posts
Fri Feb-21-14 09:39 PM
2. "I think the whole project could have been cut down some" In response to Reply # 1
And yeah, "So good" stood out to me the most...but it's wild that it's the oldest track on the album. It's where they're REALLY trying to market him into that 18-25 lane, although he's my age, and they're mainly just using that modern R&B sound which doesn't have much variation. I do like the upbeat tracks the most, especially for my club DJ side.
I still think this project is very solid to be independent.
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