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

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CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 5
kimberly : 6
singingrulebritannia : 7
aerodynamite : 8
SHOOTER : 8
stallie : 8
Kelly's 10th Fan : 10

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 11
BB🌕 : 12
newpower : 12
Troublemaker : 14
Ty : 14
jtd Thee Stallion : 15
Soulsista : 15
wavey. : 15

.indulgecountry : 18
bat1990 : 20
LBTrocks : 20

BLK ODYSSY is an Austin-based duo (led by frontman Sam Houston) who fuses hip-hop and soul with their love of 70s hard rock and Americana. COMPLEX OF KILLING A MAN is featured on the reprise of their debut album, 2021's BLK VINTAGE.

[singingrulebritannia]

None of my bottom 5s showed up...this is going to be quite the journey

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New R&B: May 2022 (Top-15)

Bitter (Ogi)
Call On Me (Lehla Samia)
How (Ella Mai feat. Roddy Ricch)
Make a Move (Yuna)
Tough Love (Mary J. Blige feat. Moneybagg Yo)

Ain't Mine (Teenear)
Always Something (Inayah)
Communion in My Cup (Tank and the Bangas feat. The Ton3s)
Pain (Muni Long)
Too Much (Mark Ronson feat. Lucky Daye)

Dope (John Legend feat. JID)
Blü Moon (THEY.)
Venom (Ravyn Lenae)
wish that i could (UMI)
Tables (Natalie La Rose)

[kimberly]

I'm glad my bottom two are out at least, but losing my No. 6 this early has me gagged a little.

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

Lose my last place in a perfect ranking? Yay
Lose 3 of my Top Ten? BOO

💀

[bat1990]

Four of my bottom 6 are out, so not a bad star. The loss of "Cherry Sorbet" is the only surprise so far.


A note for June, I'm really interested to see if Beyonce takes the cake.

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Jun 30, 2022 22:33:17 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Y'all hate pretty ballads, too.

No I just HATE non-black people who say the N-WORD.

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Jul 1, 2022 8:52:44 GMT -5 jtd Thee Stallion said:

Jun 30, 2022 22:33:17 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Y'all hate pretty ballads, too.

No I just HATE non-black people who say the N-WORD.

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#15 (Movement)

singingrulebritannia : 19 ⬇️
newpower : 17
Soulsista : 16
aerodynamite : 16
bat1990 : 14
jtd Thee Stallion : 9
BB🌕 : 10
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 10
stallie : 10
HamedM1 💔 : 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 15
kimberly : 17
LBTrocks : 16
Ty : 16
.indulgecountry : 14
wavey. : 15
Kelly's 10th Fan : 15
Troublemaker : 15

Eight top-10s vs. five bottom-5s for this one. #1 loss incoming? Possibly.

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jtd Thee Stallion : 1
Troublemaker : 4
Ty : 4
.indulgecountry : 7
bat1990 : 8
LBTrocks : 8
newpower : 8
aerodynamite : 9

CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 12
Kelly's 10th Fan : 12
Soulsista : 12
BB🌕 : 15
SHOOTER : 15

kimberly : 16
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 16
wavey. : 16
singingrulebritannia : 20
stallie : 20

Inayah is an indie singer/songwriter from Houston who started releasing music in 2018 and quickly gained an online following with her cover of Boo'd Up. She experienced viral success in 2019 with her own single Suga Daddy followed by the Gold-certified Best Thing in 2020. Always Something is the first single from her sophomore album, Insecure, coming later this year.

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jtd Thee Stallion : 2
LBTrocks : 3
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 3
stallie : 3
wavey. : 3
Troublemaker : 7
Ty : 8
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 10

newpower : 11
bat1990 : 13
kimberly : 14
.indulgecountry : 15
aerodynamite : 16
BB🌕 : 18
singingrulebritannia : 18
Kelly's 10th Fan : 18
Soulsista : 18
SHOOTER : 20

Teenear is a singer/songwriter from Miami that started her music career with YouTube uploads. She earned a record deal as the flagship artist for the relaunch of Slip-N-Slide Records after her cover of Rihanna's Stay went viral. She released a pair of singles in 2019 but the pandemic halted the rollout for her debut project. Ain't Mine is the first release from her debut EP expected later this year.

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LBTrocks : 2
Troublemaker : 3
newpower : 4
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 4
.indulgecountry : 5
bat1990 : 7
BB🌕 : 8
singingrulebritannia : 8
Soulsista : 8

aerodynamite : 13
Kelly's 10th Fan : 15
Ty : 15

jtd Thee Stallion : 16
kimberly : 18
SHOOTER : 18
wavey. : 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 19
stallie : 19

Communion in My Cup, written to be "a warm slice of indulgence and escapism", is taken from Tank and the Bangas' critically acclaimed third album, Red Balloon, out now.

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Ty : 1
kimberly : 2
.indulgecountry : 3
Soulsista : 6
LBTrocks : 7
SHOOTER : 7
wavey. : 8
Troublemaker : 9
newpower : 9
BB🌕 : 10

aerodynamite : 12
stallie : 15

singingrulebritannia : 16
Kelly's 10th Fan : 16
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 17
bat1990 : 18
jtd Thee Stallion : 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 18

How is the third single from Ella Mai's sophomore album, Heart On My Sleeve, out now.

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LBTrocks : 1
jtd Thee Stallion : 4
kimberly : 4
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 4
.indulgecountry : 6
Ty : 6
wavey. : 7
Kelly's 10th Fan : 9
Troublemaker : 10
Soulsista : 10

bat1990 : 12
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 13
newpower : 15

BB🌕 : 16
SHOOTER : 16
stallie : 16
aerodynamite : 19
singingrulebritannia : 19

Dutch singer/songwriter/dancer Natalie La Rose moved to L.A. from the Netherlands in 2008 and went from a record deal with Blackground Records (as part of a duo named Amsterdam) to a solo deal with Flo Rida's IMG imprint under Republic to a 2015 Hot 100 top-10 hit with Somebody to a flop second single and shelved album to several years of silence to Tables, her first single under Global Sound Entertainment.

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New R&B: May 2022 (Top-10)

Bitter (Ogi)
Call On Me (Lehla Samia)
Make a Move (Yuna)
Tough Love (Mary J. Blige feat. Moneybagg Yo)
Pain (Muni Long)

Too Much (Mark Ronson feat. Lucky Daye)
Dope (John Legend feat. JID)
Blü Moon (THEY.)
Venom (Ravyn Lenae)
wish that i could (UMI)

[wavey.]

I couldn't believe her second single didn't do well smh.

[singingrulebritannia]

"Tables" was truly the Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 to "Somebody"'s Paul Blart: Mall Cop

[kimberly]

1 3 5 7 8 9 10
12 13 15

at least my bottom 5 is all gone. good riddance. doing not so great at the top either but I have faith in my #1.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Damn...really wanted Natalie to be in the top 10.

[jtd Thee Stallion]

Glad Ella Mai didn’t coast into the top 10 with garbage

[.indulgecountry]

Jul 1, 2022 19:18:08 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Dutch singer/songwriter/dancer Natalie La Rose moved to L.A. from the Netherlands in 2008 and went from a record deal with Blackground Records (as part of a duo named Amsterdam) to a solo deal with Flo Rida's IMG imprint under Republic to a 2015 Hot 100 top-10 hit with Somebody to a flop second single and shelved album to several years of silence to Tables, her first single under Global Sound Entertainment.

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Lowkey secondhand tired for her just reading all that

[bat1990]

Both "Always Something" and "Communion in my Cup" were pleasant but didn't go anywhere. A key change, bridge, production shift, belting, or something to switch things up a little bit would've elevated both of those into my top 5.

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newpower : 2
.indulgecountry : 2
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 3
LBTrocks : 6
Soulsista : 7
Ty : 7
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 8
BB🌕 : 9
singingrulebritannia : 9

kimberly : 12
wavey. : 12
Troublemaker : 13
SHOOTER : 13
stallie : 13
jtd Thee Stallion : 14

aerodynamite : 17
bat1990 : 17
Kelly's 10th Fan : 20

Pain is Muni Long's second release under her new joint venture deal with Def Jam and included on her Public Displays of Affection Too EP which dropped last Friday. This is also her third top-10 finish in this series.

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"Crack" is my favorite on Public Displays of Affection Too 😉

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kimberly : 1
aerodynamite : 2
bat1990 : 2
SHOOTER : 2
BB🌕 : 3
newpower : 3
singingrulebritannia : 4
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 7
jtd Thee Stallion : 9
wavey. : 10

Kelly's 10th Fan : 13
LBTrocks : 14

These Bitches Too Bitter!
Troublemaker : 18
stallie : 18
Ty : 18
.indulgecountry : 19
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 20
Soulsista : 20

L.A.-based R&B singer/songwriter Ogi got her start posting cover songs on Instagram while a senior at Northwestern University. After PJ Morton shared her version of his song Alright, producer No I.D. got in touch and signed her to his ARTium imprint in conjunction with Atlantic; she also scored an opening act slot on Snoh Aalegra's tour. Her "audition into the industry", the Monologues EP, is out now.

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[kimberly]

"Bitter" is so good!

not my No. 15 finishing above "Bitter" just because it's by a household name 🥴

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🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 1
Soulsista : 2
bat1990 : 4
Troublemaker : 5
SHOOTER : 6
Kelly's 10th Fan : 7
stallie : 7
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 10
.indulgecountry : 10

jtd Thee Stallion : 11
wavey. : 11
aerodynamite : 14
BB🌕 : 14
singingrulebritannia : 14
LBTrocks : 15
kimberly : 15

Ty : 16
newpower : 19

Tough Love is one of two new songs included on the deluxe edition of Mary J. Blige's 14th studio album Good Morning Gorgeous. This is only her second top-10 finish in this series; Enough finished at #4 in the February rankdown while her other four selections all stalled in the top-15.

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Troublemaker : 1
Kelly's 10th Fan : 3
Soulsista : 4
wavey. : 4
bat1990 : 5
stallie : 5
jtd Thee Stallion : 6
kimberly : 8
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 8
LBTrocks : 10
newpower : 10
SHOOTER : 10

Ty : 11

.indulgecountry : 16
singingrulebritannia : 17
aerodynamite : 18
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker : 19
BB🌕 : 20

Dope is the first taste of John Legend's eighth studio album coming later this year; it will be his first album release on Republic Records. This is also his second top-10 finish in this series; Tomorrow (with Nas) finished at #9 in February's rankdown.

[.indulgecountry]

I didn't expect John Legend to come this far tbh, lol.