uPtoWnNY said:

vainandy said:

When I think about, it was a damn shame when you had to flip to white radio to get good black music because the black stations were playing the most slowest and dullest shit with no rhythm I had ever heard in my life that practically never got past midtempo. I mean hell, wasn't it black folks that put rhythm in music to begin with? What the hell happened here? Role reversal or something?

Ouch!

Good point, I'm glad u mentioned it in this thread, because I was about to start a thread asking this same question.

Often, I've wondered while watching the various I Love the "whatever decade" on VH1 and esp. while watching the "Black to the Future" special...why do I have to watch VH1 to see this?

Can't the person who is in charge of programming at BET, go into its Video Soul, Video Vibrations, and Midnight Love archives?

Apparently the song of this summer is either Taio Cruz's Dynamite, the Eminem & Rihanna collabo or the Usher/Pitbull collabo or if u are in Europe the Yolanda Be Cool song...

there is good music just it is outside the charts. Personally I like the latest by Lissie, SIA, Pendulum, Big Boi, Eliza Dolittle, Diana Vickers, Godsmack and Devo quite a lot... But if you're looking for a Hot 100 hit... well good luck... The Mike Posner and DJ Khaled songs ain't bad and yeah there is always 'Alejandro' lol

PS and I completely forgot that this thread is for R&B/Hip-Hop.... sorry

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this is crazy there are MANY jams this summer!

Gaga is the only ok one right now continuing to release songs. Didn't like Alejandro much though the others are cool. And Janelle Monae has talent.

Yes, it is.

I think 2003 was the last year of good R&B and Hip-Hop summer jams. Then Usher took over radio with that horrible 'Confessions' song. Ugh!

Harlepolis said:

I wouldn't know I divorced radio and music channels back in 2004, I haven't looked back eversince and I'm in no rush anytime soon. Thank you, Ipod

And internet radio. . .

Christopher said:

this is crazy there are MANY jams this summer!

The best CD of the summer/ year is Raheem Devaughn. He has definitely been overlooked.

maria1999 said:

I suggest that everyone stop looking for one and revisit the songs in your music collection. Thankfully, I have my oldies but goodies to lean on.

That's what I've been doing for the past 15 years.

uPtoWnNY said:

maria1999 said:

I suggest that everyone stop looking for one and revisit the songs in your music collection. Thankfully, I have my oldies but goodies to lean on.

That's what I've been doing for the past 15 years.

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

jaimestarr79 said:

Christopher said:

this is crazy there are MANY jams this summer!

The best CD of the summer/ year is Raheem Devaughn. He has definitely been overlooked.

yea he ,jaheim and also lyfe jennings are overlooked

and

@alphastreet lady gaga aint rnb ,neither is tai cruz lol

jaimestarr79 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

That's what I've been doing for the past 15 years.

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

uPtoWnNY said:

jaimestarr79 said:

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

yea man i know what u mean ,im 20 but im almost only listen oldschool music.

Fuck keri hilson,lil wayne,gucci mane,derulo,pitbull and all that bullshit im listening to the isleys,oldschool r.kelly,nas,new jack swing...... there are so many oldschool albums-songs to discover.. lol

[Edited 7/19/10 10:06am]

fresh123 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

yea man i know what u mean ,im 20 but im almost only listen oldschool music.

Fuck keri hilson,lil wayne,gucci mane,derulo,pitbull and all that bullshit im listening to the isleys,oldschool r.kelly,nas,new jack swing...... there are so many oldschool albums-songs to discover.. lol

[Edited 7/19/10 10:06am]

Hell yeah, plus when I mean old skool I'm talking 60s & 70s too. An endless library of good shit.

There's no fresh air today - most of it's stale.

i recommend

nas & damien marley-Distant Relatives

Robin Thicke- Sex Theraphy

Bone Thugs n Harmony uni5

eminem - recovery

mavado

Prince 2010

just a few 4 u

vainandy said:

R&B has been fucked up for damn near 20 years, all year long, not just in the summertime.

Yeah, ^^'s about right...

Graycap23 said:

Ceelo Green Mix tape

Cee Lo's Stray Bullets mix tape is about the best thing I have heard in ages. I think it is simply brilliant.

Can't wait for his official album release.

Also, K-os is releasing his mixtape this Friday. I am sure that it will be great too.

http://tour-tv.com/mixtape/

jaimestarr79 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

That's what I've been doing for the past 15 years.

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

I sure do. That's exactly why I bitch about today's music being a bunch of bullshit all the time and would love to see shit hop and neo stool die a painful death. I would love to see actual jams become the mainstream again. Yeah, I get tired of always having to pull something old in order to hear some good music. That's why I bitch because I want new music but I only want good new music, not a bunch of boring bullshit.

vainandy said:

jaimestarr79 said:

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

I sure do. That's exactly why I bitch about today's music being a bunch of bullshit all the time and would love to see shit hop and neo stool die a painful death. I would love to see actual jams become the mainstream again. Yeah, I get tired of always having to pull something old in order to hear some good music. That's why I bitch because I want new music but I only want good new music, not a bunch of boring bullshit.

What, you can't get into Justin Bieber?

uPtoWnNY said:

fresh123 said:

yea man i know what u mean ,im 20 but im almost only listen oldschool music.

Fuck keri hilson,lil wayne,gucci mane,derulo,pitbull and all that bullshit im listening to the isleys,oldschool r.kelly,nas,new jack swing...... there are so many oldschool albums-songs to discover.. lol

[Edited 7/19/10 10:06am]

Hell yeah, plus when I mean old skool I'm talking 60s & 70s too. An endless library of good shit.

There's no fresh air today - most of it's stale.

I do like a few jams

Baby/ Ghostface feat. Raheem Devaughn

Call Me/ Joell Ortiz

All I need is You/ Miguel featuring J. Cole

uPtoWnNY said:

jaimestarr79 said:

Don't you guys get tired of listing to the same old stuff. I need some fresh air.

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

And just when you think you've heard it all, there is more that you've yet discovered.

phunkdaddy said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

And just when you think you've heard it all, there is more that you've yet discovered.

and some of the worst "flops" from the catalog of a true artist is still betta than hot garbage from tomorrow. I've found that it is way more rewarding to explore some of that stuff.

SoulAlive said:

NastradumasKid said:

What was going on back then?

This is what was going on back then...

"SuperFreak" by Rick James

"Square Biz" by Teena Marie

"Shake It Up Tonight" by Cheryl Lynn

"I'm In Love" by Evelyn King

"Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith

"Pull Up To The Bumper" by Grace Jones

"She's A Bad Mama Jama" by Carl Carlton

"Running Away" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" by the Commodores

"Before I Let Go" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

"Razzamatazz" by Quincy Jones featuring Patti Austin

"This Is For The Lover In You" by Shalamar

"Sweet Baby" by Stanley Clarke and George Duke

"Walking Into Sunshine" by Central Line

"Give It To Me Baby" by Rick James

"Love On A Two-Way Street" by Stacy Lattisaw

"Searching To Find The One" by Unlimited Touch

"Get It Up" by The Time

"Is It You" by Lee Ritenour

"Numbers" by Kraftwerk

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Roger

UptownNY will add any songs that I missed

"

Wow I've only heard of like four of these songs. I'm starting to warm up to B.O.B. but he tends to really hide his rap under great hooks.

RKJCNE said:

SoulAlive said:

This is what was going on back then...

"SuperFreak" by Rick James

"Square Biz" by Teena Marie

"Shake It Up Tonight" by Cheryl Lynn

"I'm In Love" by Evelyn King

"Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith

"Pull Up To The Bumper" by Grace Jones

"She's A Bad Mama Jama" by Carl Carlton

"Running Away" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" by the Commodores

"Before I Let Go" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

"Razzamatazz" by Quincy Jones featuring Patti Austin

"This Is For The Lover In You" by Shalamar

"Sweet Baby" by Stanley Clarke and George Duke

"Walking Into Sunshine" by Central Line

"Give It To Me Baby" by Rick James

"Love On A Two-Way Street" by Stacy Lattisaw

"Searching To Find The One" by Unlimited Touch

"Get It Up" by The Time

"Is It You" by Lee Ritenour

"Numbers" by Kraftwerk

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Roger

UptownNY will add any songs that I missed

"

Wow I've only heard of like four of these songs.

I know all of them and I was pre-toddler! (I am definitely an alumnus of the org music forum.) (Big shout to SoulAlive)

[Edited 7/21/10 12:37pm]

phunkdaddy said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Nope, because there's so much good old skool shit to listen to.

And just when you think you've heard it all, there is more that you've yet discovered.

Yep. Folks here have posted old-skool music that I've never heard of.

JoeTyler said:

Hell, I miss the summer of Umbrella and Please Don't Stop the Music

so far, 2010 sucks

Its crap like that which is in part, responsible for the crap that 2010 has to offer.

Once again words taken right out of my mouth eye feel the same way but there there r a few bright spots but not whole lot! Eye mean there iz my girl badu,maxewell and others but other than that 4 me that's it!