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Discussion: The New Wave of R&B Rate
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I'm here as well 
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First one up is a self-titled track.
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Oh noooo, not twigs. 
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Blake sets the tone for the self-titled album with the self-titled track "Overgrown". It's warm, woozy, full of soulful textures, overlapings and vocal repetitions. Definetly new wave and progressive to r&b music.
 Average: 7.03
10 HERMES, Jameson Tequilla, lovesong, brando
9 Truth Teller, BubbleGomme, Kang
8 Ace Reject, NotTonightTho, MP2K, theoyella jukebox, Penk, Marq
7 eegigyy, Eeveelution, supaspaz (7.75), Ewan Chaos, Drowned_World
6 -brian, borntodie
5 n/a
4 madonnas, Right Direction
3 n/a
2 honeymoonavenue, Cristhian
1 Giliap
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I love this song 
Retrograde needs to win this whole thing btw 
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bye! 
Although it should have been out way sooner.
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James Blake is the perfect example of mediocre R&B.
Great voice, good production, decent lyrics but awful/bland/boring melodies. 
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Quote:
Originally posted by Giliap
James Blake is the perfect example of mediocre R&B.
Great voice, good production, decent lyrics but awful/bland/boring melodies. |
James Blake is the perfect example of forward thinking, innovative, trend setting, futuristic, experimental R & B 
Not all music is about melodies. His music is monotonous on purpose. His whole album is like that
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Phew.  "Overgrown" was pretty nice, but I agree with its placement.
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"Buster Keaton" is the second single off of the Denmark duo self titled release. A lot of Quadron's music is compared to early 60s R&B but this one here is a little more 80s and doesn't the sultry voice from Coco just relax you? "Buster" is a woman empowerment song about the struggles woman face.
Average: 7.04
10 Right Direction, supaspaz, BubbleGomme, Cristhian
9 Ace Reject, HERMES, Eeveelution, , MP2K
8 madonnas, Truth Teller, lovesong, Drowned_World
7 Ewan Chaos, Giliap (7.5), theoyella jukebox (7.5), Penk, Marq, Kang
6 eegigyy, Jameson Tequilla
5 NotTonightTho
4 n/a
3 honeymoonavenue
2 -brian, borntodie
1 brando
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James Blake is like, the epitome of boring. For every good idea he has 3 BORING ones.
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And aw, that song was so cute!
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Girl, you acting like you still have your corporate virginity
But there is always a cross for you to bear
Politically correct about everything besides yourself
If you could buy a perfume of it you would
Preach Coco!
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Mess, that one was great.
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A big collabo is up next.
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Omg the one with Chris Brown? 
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Quote:
Originally posted by Truth Teller
James Blake is the perfect example of forward thinking, innovative, trend setting, futuristic, experimental R & B
Not all music is about melodies. His music is monotonous on purpose. His whole album is like that |
But it sucks 
Melody and production are the two most important parts of a song for me.
A magnificent production with an undeniable melody will give someone with a decent/average voice an absolute hit... while a magnificent voice with a boring song will go absolutely nowhere.
And it's not like James Blake songs don't have a melody at all... they're just boring and average. It might be different if it was production driven but I don't think it is.
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The funktified collaboration from producer Bok Bok and R&B songstress Kelela sadly (or finally) gets the boot. It's actually the only single included where the artist in the rate is used as a guest vocalist but really it's all about Kelela and how she works this disjointed electro-funk production.
Average: 7.08
10 HERMES, Right Direction, Ewan Chaos
9 Ace Reject, madonnas, supaspaz (9.5), Truth Teller, MP2K, BubbleGomme, Marq
8 Jameson Tequilla, Cristhian, Giliap
7 eegigyy, theoyella jukebox (7.5), Penk, Kang (7.5)
6 Eeveelution
5 NotTonightTho, lovesong
4 -brian
3 honeymoonavenue, brando, borntodie
2 Drowned_World
1 n/a
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Oh hell no... I'm done 
This song should have been top 10 at the very least 
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