Kendrick.

Strangely I like most of the members of One Direction's solo efforts.

Harry's "Sign O The Times" is a good song.

Louis "Back To You" is a saucy banger.

Liam's "Strip That Down - it's the way new pop should sound

Niall has already won awards for "Slow Hands" and is getting a lot of attention now.

Don't care about Zayn

I used to dislike Katy Perry, but somehow I'm really loving her Teenage Dream and Prism albums. Just fun pop music.

Bruno Mars for sure. Not a huge country fan but I like Chris Stapleton. I still like Ed Sheeran.

While he's been around a while, I'm wondering what Teddy Geiger is going to sound like in another year or two. In case no one knows, he announced a month or so ago that he's transitioning to female. I met Teddy when his first EP had just seeped out on the internet. He's a nice guy and I hope she is living his truth now. But his voice is sure to change.

Frankly, I wanna hear from The Dixie Chicks. I'm not a country guy, but with the political climate as it stands, these are girls I wanna hear from again.

This are from this decade 2010 - present:

• Jessy Lanza
• Olga Bell
• Oh Land

I'm expecting a lot from those cats in tha future... for now great releases.

TrivialPursuit said:

Liam's "Strip That Down - it's the way new pop should sound

This song is full of pop cliches... it's not a bad thing, but every song on the corner sounds like this.

I really like many contemporary artists ( I act my shoe size not my age), but I don't mention on this board because I doubt that they would get much love from Prince fans. A few examples that have put great albums this past year include:

The National

Jason Isbell

Laura Marling (an artist who is so good she reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell)

Lorde

Sufjan Stevens

Sam Smith (new album more artistic and classic R&B than first)

St Vincent (so glad this did get some love here).

Contemporary music isn't broke, but contemporary radio is!

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La Santa Cecilia

The Hue

Nelly

Vintage Trouble

Chris Stapleton

Joss Stone

Oumou Sangaré

Tami Neilson

Esperanza Spalding

Rose Elinor Dougall

Big Boi

Snow Tha Product

Mrs. Black Dyamond

Tiffany Shanté

Allie Baby

K-Rino

Oceans Of Slumber

Audrey Horne

Jorja Smith

Thundermother

I like some stuff by Pitbull, Robin Thicke, Beyoncé, Eminem, Janelle Monaé, Jazmine Sullivan, & Bruno Mars

Ed Motta

State Cows

Postmodern Jukebox

Mariachi Divas

Shemekia Copeland

Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer

Craig David

Giovanca

Gretchen Parlato

Keyshia Cole

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Leon Bridges

Lemon Twigs

Lizz Wright

Soil & PIMP Sessions

Jaden Smith

Childish Gambino/Donald Glover

Lianne LaHavas

Solange Knowles

Stokely Williams

Tuxedo/Mayer Hawthorne

Harts

Jill Scott

MickyDolenz said:

Keyshia Cole

Ohhh, so you're the one.

TrivialPursuit said:

MickyDolenz said:

Keyshia Cole

Ohhh, so you're the one.

LMAO...her loud, over-processed voice is fingernails on a chalkboard, but she is good eye candy..

purple05 said:

I noticed it's a whole bunch of old scrooges on here... Do you guys like any current artist AT ALL?

Define what you mean by current because half of the responses are artists who have

been around at least 15 years.

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RJOrion said:

phunkdaddy said:

TrivialPursuit said:

purple05 said:

I've never listened to any 1D. Katy is pretty good and who is this teddy guy

I never listened to 1D either outside of whatever came on the radio. I like their solo efforts more.

Teddy Geiger is a singer. He was on a TV show - and is mainly an independent artist.

purple05 said:

I noticed it's a whole bunch of old scrooges on here... Do you guys like any current artist AT ALL?

unfortunately, NO.

No debuting artists since 2000 that i know of liking.

I'm diggin The Weekend and Bruno Mars at the moment.

purple05 said:

purple05 said:

Looking at this weeks Billboard Hot 100 - Sam Smith is ok, SZA is touch n go, Kendrick ehhh sure, P!nk is ok hardly "current" - the rest is reductive pandering shit really. McMusic.

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Also I really dig Flume, The Internet, Kaytranada, Kali Uchis, Glass Animals, Badbadnotgood, Rudimental, MNEK (adore him)

'Cus the shit I'm hearing on the radio is so repeated

So repetitive, not to be confused with competitive...'

to quote Dj Quik from early 2000's.

purple05 said:

phunkdaddy said:

Define what you mean by current because half of the responses are artists who have

been around at least 15 years.

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I wasn't going to say it lol

But compared to most of the artist discussed on this board they are currebt

Since one of the reasons I rarely post around here anymore is the lack of discussion of modern music (outside of Top40), I'll participate... How about current artists that have only put out a debut within the last 7 years or so? ....

Grimes ( https://www.youtube.com/w...FH-q0I1fJY )
-Electropop, Art Pop, Dream pop, Bedroom pop, Electronica, Experimental pop

FKA Twigs ( https://www.youtube.com/w...FtMl-uipA8 )
-Avant-pop, Trip hop, Experimental music, Electronic R&B

Sevdaliza ( https://www.youtube.com/w...oAtzvSBvfE )
-Trip hop, Art Pop, Experimental pop

Ibeyi ( https://www.youtube.com/w...N8TUgkPnbU )
-Soul music, Downtempo, Experimental music, Afro-cuban

Thundercat ( https://www.youtube.com/w...NCd_ERZvZM )
- Funk, Contemporary R&B, Soul music, Jazz, Electronica, Acid jazz

Tei Shi ( https://www.youtube.com/w...pmsnHNJPZI )
- Indie pop, Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Electropop

Pumarosa ( https://www.youtube.com/w...MG8H4yFtmU )
-Alternative, Art Rock

Here Lies Man ( https://www.youtube.com/w..._QArSacUog )
-Acid Rock, Afrobeat

Ibibio Sound Machine ( https://www.youtube.com/w..._QArSacUog )
-Afro-Funk, Electro, Afrobeat

Jay Som ( https://www.youtube.com/w...RES6Af_Wyg )
-Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Noise Pop

Priests ( https://www.youtube.com/w...PISymRFlY8 )
-Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Garage Punk

Downtown Boys ( https://www.youtube.com/w...BO_RUnTqaE )
-Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock

dancerella said:

Lady Leshurr

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I only recently heard about her, through two old posse cuts: the 'Female Takeover' send-up of Tinchy Stryder's 'Game Over' collaboration, and the Mikey J produced 'Rock the Mic'. Both put her alongside fellow lady MCs Amplify Dot, Lioness, Baby Blue, RoxXxann, and Mz Bratt (with 'Female Takeover' also throwing in Envy, girlband Ruff Diamondz, and singer Cherri V).

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I rather like what Leshurr is doing on either of those posse cuts, but I haven't yet found a solo track of hers that quite 'clicked' with me (including her Queen's Speeches). Instead, I've been listening more to Mz Bratt/Cleo and Envy. But I think each of these UK girl rappers are pretty interesting.

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Current artists I like include:

Hiatus Kaiyote

Tokimonsta

Anderson.Paak

Disclosure

Carminho

Ana Moura

JoJo Levesque

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There's more, but the above feature heavily on my current Spotify playlists.

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ginusher said:

dancerella said:

Lady Leshurr

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Current artists I like include:

Hiatus Kaiyote

Tokimonsta

Anderson.Paak

Disclosure

Carminho

Ana Moura

JoJo Levesque

.

There's more, but the above feature heavily on my current Spotify playlists.

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I have seen Hiatus Kaiyote perform twice and both time they were really good, but not as exciting on the actual album as they are live (still good tho). Have you heard Nai Palm's solo album? Any good?

thekidsgirl said:

TrivialPursuit said:

ginusher said: