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

[Soulsista]

2-5-8-12-16-20

[SHOOTER]

1-2-3-5-7-8

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[jtd Thee Stallion]

Sept 28, 2021 20:53:59 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

I'm like 99% sure I like this because of the similarities to my favorite song of the year:

[Ty]

5-7-10-14-18-20

Must be my worst performance in any R&B rankdown.

[Ty]

Sept 28, 2021 23:14:49 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

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24

Please anything but "Nasty Girl" for the win lol

[singingrulebritannia]

Sept 29, 2021 8:44:58 GMT -5 Ty said:

Sept 28, 2021 23:14:49 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

1 5 7 8 10

24

Please anything but "Nasty Girl" for the win lol

More like they tried to create something entertaining but failed

[Kanenrá:ke]

1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 16 left!

Really only okay if my #1 wins honestly!

[SHOOTER]

#6 (Movement)

back2blk : 9
singingrulebritannia : 14
Soulsista : 18
wavey. : 13
Ty : 12
wrip : 11
jtd Thee Stallion : 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 6
stallie : 6
HamedM1 💔 : 4
.indulgecountry : 6
Troublemaker : 6
Kanenrá:ke : 6
LBTrocks : 6

Work won't let me be great but I'm determined to finish this today.

This song is right in the middle of the SD spectrum and finishes 5 points shy of a top-5 finish. 8 top-10s vs. 1 bottom-5.

[SHOOTER]

jtd Thee Stallion : 2
HamedM1 💔 : 3
stallie : 5
wavey. : 5
Kanenrá:ke : 7
SHOOTER : 7
Ty : 7
wrip : 9

LBTrocks : 11
Troublemaker : 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 11
back2blk : 12
.indulgecountry : 17
Soulsista : 20

Everything's Ungodly!
singingrulebritannia : 24

Nasty Girl was a promotional single released ahead of Sevyn Streeter's sophomore album, Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz, that finally dropped on September 17th.

"My brother actually produced that record. His name is T. Street, and I’m really, really proud, and he’s super talented. He produced that with a producer named Charlie Heat, who’s also really talented. I’m obsessed with Pharrell and N.E.R.D and The Neptunes. And in my head, I was pretending to be Kelis, because I love, love, love her. It just takes me back to a certain time. Then, I just love the fact that it’s very confident and sexy and very grown. And you add BIA to it, and I’m just obsessed with her because she’s always going to go crazy with the bars and she just brought great energy to it." - Sevyn Streeter (Apple Music, September 2021)

[SHOOTER]

#5 (Movement)

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singingrulebritannia : 6
Soulsista : 4
wavey. : 6
Ty : 8
wrip : 8
jtd Thee Stallion : 5
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 4
stallie : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 5
.indulgecountry : 5
Troublemaker : 4
Kanenrá:ke : 5
LBTrocks : 5

Our second song to spend its entire run in the top-10, it finishes with the 4th-highest SD thanks to TEN top-10s vs. two bottom-5s.

[SHOOTER]

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 1
back2blk : 4
Troublemaker : 4
Kanenrá:ke : 4
jtd Thee Stallion : 5
Soulsista : 5
singingrulebritannia : 7
.indulgecountry : 8
SHOOTER : 8
stallie : 8

Ty : 14
HamedM1 💔 : 16
wrip : 16

Prefers Elder Abuse
LBTrocks : 22
wavey. : 25

Inspired by the reaction to their Verzuz with The Isley Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire wanted a contemporary record to give their new generation of fans and so they joined forces with Lucky Daye and Babyface to create You Want My Love - a reimagined take of their 1976 hit Can't Hide Love. No word yet on whether a new album is also in the works; their last album of original material, Now, Then & Forever, was released in 2013.

[back2blk]

You know what, I would have put Nasty Girl higher. I've been into it more now that that the album's out.

[SHOOTER]

#4 (Movement)

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singingrulebritannia : 4
Soulsista : 5
wavey. : 2
Ty : 4
wrip : 6
jtd Thee Stallion : 10
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 8
stallie : 7
HamedM1 💔 : 6
.indulgecountry : 4
Troublemaker : 5
Kanenrá:ke : 4
LBTrocks : 4

5th-highest SD and the first song with no bottom-5 ranks. Only three didn't rank it top-10.

[SHOOTER]

LBTrocks : 1
.indulgecountry : 1
back2blk : 2
HamedM1 💔 : 2
Kanenrá:ke : 2
SHOOTER : 5
wavey. : 6
Troublemaker : 7
Soulsista : 8
singingrulebritannia : 10
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 10
stallie : 10

The Worst (Has Been Found)
jtd Thee Stallion : 20
Ty : 20
wrip : 20

Worst (I Assume) was the first single released from JoJo's new EP, trying not to think about it, out this Friday!

"I wrote (Worst) from the protective mechanism that sometimes I have, of bracing for the worst in a relationship — whether it's romantic, or professional, even though that might not be what ends up happening. (trying not to think about it) is a time capsule of where I was in this blue state — in this depressed blue, gray state of mind. I knew I wouldn't be able to make another album unless I got this off my heart." - JoJo (People Magazine, August 2020)

[back2blk]

WTF with these Twenties!!?

[singingrulebritannia]

One of the better tracks I've heard from JoJo, but still not particularly impressive

[jtd Thee Stallion]

It didn’t move me

[wrip]

Alright awesome, now any winner would be great :)

I’ll be honest, I’ve never quite understood the hype for JoJo. I just think there are a lot more R&B singers that are better lol

[SHOOTER]

#3 (Movement)

back2blk : 1
singingrulebritannia : 1
Soulsista : 1
wavey. : 2
Ty : 2
wrip : 3
jtd Thee Stallion : 3
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 3
stallie : 3
HamedM1 💔 : 3
.indulgecountry : 3
Troublemaker : 2
Kanenrá:ke : 3
LBTrocks : 3

So which one of our lovely ladies left misses the top-2 by just THREE points? The one with 11 top-10s and 7th-lowest SD.

[SHOOTER]

I never pegged wrip as problematic 'til now.

[singingrulebritannia]

#3 is probably going to be Amber Mark or India Shawn unfortunately

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

I'm just glad Earth, Wind, and Fire made it into top 5!

[SHOOTER]

singingrulebritannia : 1
SHOOTER : 1
back2blk : 3
.indulgecountry : 3
LBTrocks : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 5
jtd Thee Stallion : 6
wrip : 6
stallie : 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 8
Troublemaker : 9

Groupons
Soulsista : 12
wavey. : 14
Kanenrá:ke : 16
Ty : 18

Foreign Things is the third release from Amber Mark's future classic debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, finally out on January 28th! Previous single, Competition, peaked at a criminal #8 in the June rankdown.

"Foreign Things is about the excitement of new experiences. The thrill of newness. This marks the start of my journey towards self discovery and serves as a precursor to the enlightenment and self love that’s achieved in previous singles Worth It and Competition. So excited to continue to piece this story together!" - Amber Mark (Foreign Things press release, August 2021)

[SHOOTER]

Y'all don't deserve Amber for real.

[back2blk]

Later on when y’all are stanning Amber, I’m gonna remember this

[SHOOTER]

So it comes down to the two songs with the lowest SDs. With four #1s and zero bottom-5s between them, the winner is...

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

[singingrulebritannia]

Expecting "Coastin" but hoping for "Don't Play With My Heart"

[SHOOTER]

LBTrocks : 3
SHOOTER : 3
wrip : 3
HamedM1 💔 : 4
jtd Thee Stallion : 4
singingrulebritannia : 5
stallie : 6
back2blk : 7
.indulgecountry : 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 7
Ty : 10

Troublemaker : 12
Kanenrá:ke : 12
wavey. : 12
Soulsista : 16

India Shawn is an L.A.-based singer-songwriter who has been grinding for years, doing background work for the likes of Anderson .Paak, John Legend and Harry Styles, while simultaneously carving out her own career as an artist; Don't Play With My Heart is her fifth release since signing with Epic in 2019. Research her catalog and thank me later!

Movements
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Soulsista : 6
wavey. : 4
Ty : 5
wrip : 3
jtd Thee Stallion : 2
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 2
stallie : 2
HamedM1 💔 : 2
.indulgecountry : 2
Troublemaker : 3
Kanenrá:ke : 2
LBTrocks : 2

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HamedM1 💔 : 1
Kanenrá:ke : 1
wavey. : 1
wrip : 1
Troublemaker : 2
.indulgecountry : 2
SHOOTER : 2
Soulsista : 2
stallie : 2
jtd Thee Stallion : 3
Ty : 5

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 6
LBTrocks : 7
singingrulebritannia : 8
back2blk : 9

Coastin' is the first single from part 2 of Victoria Monét's debut album, Jaguar, expected sometime in the near future. Part 1 dropped in August 2020.

Movements
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singingrulebritannia : 5
Soulsista : 2
wavey. : 1
Ty : 1
wrip : 1
jtd Thee Stallion : 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 1
stallie : 1
HamedM1 💔 : 1
.indulgecountry : 1
Troublemaker : 1
Kanenrá:ke : 1
LBTrocks : 1

[SHOOTER]

Thanks to the 15 who joined. September should be open on Friday if I can whittle this playlist down. 😩😩

My PMs are open if you have any personal suggestions (good taste is required).

[back2blk]

Victoria is LGBT right? I’ll give her props for her rainbow power!