New R&B Releases RD: October 2024 (Due December 8th)

[back2blk]

It’s been stated a few times that this board is a very anti-male presence, but I didn’t expect you to do Anthony FUCKING Hamilton dirty in this disrespectful manner.

GRRRR lol

[Ty]

"Guilty" is just another trashy record by Lyrica. I really enjoyed Bad Hair Day though! "Act a Fool" and "Plot Twist" are still on my playlist.

[SHOOTER]

stallie : 4
LBTrocks : 6
jtd Thee Stallion : 7
HamedM1 💔 : 8
wavey. : 8
singingrulebritannia : 9

.indulgecountry : 14
Soulsista : 14
Ty : 16
Troublemaker : 17
wrip : 17
back2blk : 19
SHOOTER : 20

Migraine Minority
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 23
Kanenrá:ke : 25

Nija Charles is another songwriter-turned-singer who got her foot in the door writing for the likes of Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Kehlani, Chris Brown and Cardi B. She's now signed with Capitol and released Ease My Mind as a taste of her upcoming project fusing R&B with drill music.

[SHOOTER]

Sept 23, 2021 22:07:02 GMT -5 back2blk said:

It’s been stated a few times that this board is a very anti-male presence, but I didn’t expect you to do Anthony f**kinG Hamilton dirty in this disrespectful manner.

GRRRR lol

I was so happy to see him start off so strong, too. But Pulse is very much NOT his target demo so I can't say I'm too surprised at where he ended up.

[SHOOTER]

#13 (Movement)

back2blk : 22
singingrulebritannia : 16
Soulsista : 17
wavey. : 16
Ty : 16
wrip : 16
jtd Thee Stallion : 16
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 17
stallie : 16
HamedM1 💔 : 14
.indulgecountry : 13
Troublemaker : 13
Kanenrá:ke : 16
LBTrocks : 14

Last reveal of the night. This next stretch is tight as she only needed 5 more points to secure a top-10 finish. Another six top-10s vs. two bottom-5s for this song.

[SHOOTER]

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 3
.indulgecountry : 4
wrip : 4
LBTrocks : 9
wavey. : 9
back2blk : 10

SHOOTER : 11
singingrulebritannia : 14
Ty : 15
HamedM1 💔 : 17
Kanenrá:ke : 17
stallie : 17
Troublemaker : 18

N***a Please!
jtd Thee Stallion : 21
Soulsista : 22

KIRBY is yet another songwriter-turned-singer whose first big songwriting break came as a co-writer on FourFiveSeconds. In the years since, she's written for the likes of Ariana, Demi, Brandy, Monica and Christina Aguilera. She signed with Roc Nation in 2019 and released her debut album Sis. Break Her Heart for Me is her third of five releases inside the last year; she's also opening for John Legend on select dates of his Bigger Love tour.

[SHOOTER]

New R&B: August 2021 (Top-12)

All I Need Is You
Coastin'
Don't Play With My Heart
Foreign Things
Listen 2 My Heartbeat
Nasty Girl

Only You
Red Lights
Résumé
Somebody's Son
Worst
You Want My Love

[back2blk]

Okay okay, there some good ones left. I think I can see how this is gonna go.

[HamedM1 💔]

I only accept music from one Kirby, there is room for no others.

[wrip]

1 2 3 5 6 8 9 11 12 16 20 21, not too bad. I just know that my 20 is gonna overstay though

[SHOOTER]

Next 6 or nah? Speak now before I get to pouring this tequila...

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{Spoiler}back2blk singingrulebritannia Soulsista wavey. Ty wrip jtd Thee Stallion 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 stallie .indulgecountry HamedM1 💔 Troublemaker Kanenrá:ke LBTrocks

[back2blk]

Bitch pour it, then reveal.

Loosen your up.

[SHOOTER]

#12 (Movement)

back2blk : 15
singingrulebritannia : 15
Soulsista : 20
wavey. : 15
Ty : 14
wrip : 10
jtd Thee Stallion : 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 12
stallie : 14
HamedM1 💔 : 12
.indulgecountry : 11
Troublemaker : 12
Kanenrá:ke : 11
LBTrocks : 12

Let's go! This next set is pretty tight (where literally one more list could've really shaken things up). The next two songs tied in points so, again, I broke based on highest rank.

#12 has six top-10s vs. two bottom 3s; highest rank is a top-2.

[SHOOTER]

wavey. : 2
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 5
wrip : 5
Kanenrá:ke : 8
Ty : 8
.indulgecountry : 9

singingrulebritannia : 12
HamedM1 💔 : 12
LBTrocks : 14
back2blk : 15
Troublemaker : 15
SHOOTER : 17
stallie : 20

jtd Thee Stallion : 23
Soulsista : 23

Super-producer Salaam Remi was digging in his vault while putting together tracks for his upcoming album and unearthed All I Need Is You which featured City High's Claudette Ortiz. He contacted her and asked if she would be okay with him releasing it; she agreed and even went a step further, suggesting they shoot a video for it. It's her first official record release in over 15 years.

[SHOOTER]

Sept 23, 2021 22:32:21 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

New R&B: August 2021 (Top-11)

All I Need Is You
Coastin'
Don't Play With My Heart
Foreign Things
Listen 2 My Heartbeat
Nasty Girl

Only You
Red Lights
Résumé
Somebody's Son
Worst
You Want My Love

#11 (Movement)

back2blk : 14
singingrulebritannia : 17
Soulsista : 13
wavey. : 9
Ty : 9
wrip : 14
jtd Thee Stallion : 9
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 10
stallie : 8
HamedM1 💔 : 10
.indulgecountry : 12
Troublemaker : 9
Kanenrá:ke : 11
LBTrocks : 11

So which song misses the top-10 by ONE point? The one with the SECOND-highest SD that will take out both #1 and #25 ranks with it.

[wrip]

Aw this was really good! Sad to see it miss the top ten. This next reveal though has me hopeful 👀

[SHOOTER]

Troublemaker : 1
jtd Thee Stallion : 1
stallie : 3
Soulsista : 4
Ty : 4
wavey. : 7

Kanenrá:ke : 11
back2blk : 14
.indulgecountry : 16
SHOOTER : 16
singingrulebritannia : 20

Foster Kids
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 21
wrip : 21
HamedM1 💔 : 24
LBTrocks : 25

Tiwa Savage is Nigerian royalty who's also had worldwide success as a songwriter for the likes of Babyface, Fantasia, Monica, and Mýa. Somebody's Son is taken from Water & Garri, her second release since singing with Universal/Motown in 2019.

[back2blk]

It was nice hearing Claudette again

[SHOOTER]

#10 (Movement)

back2blk : 13
singingrulebritannia : 19
Soulsista : 14
wavey. : 17
Ty : 19
wrip : 17
jtd Thee Stallion : 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 16
stallie : 17
HamedM1 💔 : 16
.indulgecountry : 15
Troublemaker : 14
Kanenrá:ke : 13
LBTrocks : 10

As mentioned, she snuck into the top-10 by just ONE point! 3rd-highest SD with seven top-10s vs. four bottom-4s.

[SHOOTER]

singingrulebritannia : 2
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 2
Kanenrá:ke : 3
SHOOTER : 4
LBTrocks : 5
Troublemaker : 5
HamedM1 💔 : 9

wrip : 12
jtd Thee Stallion : 16
.indulgecountry : 18
Ty : 19

Flatline
stallie : 22
wavey. : 22
back2blk : 24
Soulsista : 24

Listen 2 My Heartbeat is taken from Tamár Davis' a.k.a. the OG Girls Tyme member (she was part of the Star Search performance and later replaced by LeToya), The Voice Season 10 contender (Team Christina) and Prince protégé's third independent album My Name Is Ashley.

[SHOOTER]

#9 (Movement)

back2blk : 18
singingrulebritannia : 13
Soulsista : 11
wavey. : 14
Ty : 10
wrip : 7
jtd Thee Stallion : 6
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 7
stallie : 9
HamedM1 💔 : 9
.indulgecountry : 8
Troublemaker : 7
Kanenrá:ke : 10
LBTrocks : 9

He beat Tamár by 3 points with the 5th-highest SD. Six top-10s vs. two bottom-5s (with someone else finally losing their #25).

[SHOOTER]

Ty : 2
wrip : 2
Troublemaker : 6
singingrulebritannia : 6
SHOOTER : 9
Soulsista : 9

jtd Thee Stallion : 12
.indulgecountry : 13
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 13
stallie : 13
LBTrocks : 15
HamedM1 💔 : 15
wavey. : 20

Not Y'all Tho
Kanenrá:ke : 24
back2blk : 25

Only You is singer/songwriter/producer Otis Kane's first release since his debut album, Purple BLUE, dropped in June. He matches his peak of #9 in the June rankdown with Good Love (featuring KALLITECHNIS).

[wrip]

at least it made top ten 🤷‍♂️

[SHOOTER]

#8 (Movement)

back2blk : 8
singingrulebritannia : 7
Soulsista : 7
wavey. : 7
Ty : 7
wrip : 5
jtd Thee Stallion : 4
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 5
stallie : 5
HamedM1 💔 : 8
.indulgecountry : 7
Troublemaker : 8
Kanenrá:ke : 8
LBTrocks : 8

She skipped ahead of Otis by a whole 14 points. Our first song to be a top-10 lock its whole run, it finishes with nine top-10s vs. two bottom-5s.

[SHOOTER]

singingrulebritannia : 4
.indulgecountry : 5
back2blk : 8
LBTrocks : 8
wrip : 8
stallie : 9
Ty : 9
jtd Thee Stallion : 10
SHOOTER : 10

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 12
Kanenrá:ke : 13
Soulsista : 13
wavey. : 17

Unemployed
HamedM1 💔 : 21
Troublemaker : 23

Résumé was one of several pre-release singles issued ahead of Jenevieve's debut album, Division, released earlier this month. It falls just short of her #7 peak in the June 2021 rankdown with Midnight Charm.

[SHOOTER]

#7 (Movement)

back2blk : 4
singingrulebritannia : 8
Soulsista : 8
wavey. : 11
Ty : 13
wrip : 15
jtd Thee Stallion : 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 13
stallie : 10
HamedM1 💔 : 7
.indulgecountry : 9
Troublemaker : 10
Kanenrá:ke : 7
LBTrocks : 7

Just one point ahead of Jenevieve, #7 finishes with just one bottom-5 rank alongside seven top-10s (including a #1).

[SHOOTER]

stallie : 1
back2blk : 5
Kanenrá:ke : 6
SHOOTER : 6
HamedM1 💔 : 7
jtd Thee Stallion : 8
LBTrocks : 10

wrip : 11
singingrulebritannia : 13
Ty : 13
Troublemaker : 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 16
Soulsista : 18
.indulgecountry : 20

Colorblind
wavey. : 21

Melbourne-raised, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter RINI is looking to make waves in R&B with his brand of self-described "sunset music". He first gained attention in his home country with the 2017 release of his self-titled EP followed by a continuous stream of new music and relocation to America that culminated in a deal with Warner. Red Lights is the first single from his debut album, Constellations, coming soon.

[SHOOTER]

New R&B: August 2021 (Top-6)

Coastin'

Don't Play With My Heart

Foreign Things

Nasty Girl

Worst (I Assume)

You Want My Love

[back2blk]

Stallie has good taste. I didn’t think I’d actually get a perfect ranking this month, but I’ll be darned!

[singingrulebritannia]

1 5 7 8 10

24

Please anything but "Nasty Girl" for the win lol