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

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9. Joyce Wrice - "Bittersweet Goodbyes" (145 Points)

Ty : 4
aerodynamite : 5
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 5
HamedM1 💔 : 6
wrip : 8
bat1990 : 9
BB🌕 : 9

singingrulebritannia : 11
SHOOTER : 12
.indulgecountry : 14
newpower : 15
kimberly : 15
Soulsista : 15

After taking home the win in the March 2022 rankdown with Iced Tea, Joyce Wrice returns to the top-10 with Bittersweet Goodbyes. Both songs can be found on her Motive EP out now.

[HamedM1 💔]

And there goes my 2nd favorite discovery, I been meaning to check out more from her since Iced Tea and after hearing this her EP is definitely gonna be one I check out sometime soon!

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8. Babyface x Tiana Major9 - "Say Less" (150 Points)

bat1990 : 3
newpower : 3
SHOOTER : 3
.indulgecountry : 6
kimberly : 7
Soulsista : 8

HamedM1 💔 : 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 12
wrip : 12
aerodynamite : 14
singingrulebritannia : 14
BB🌕 : 15
Ty : 15

Tiana Major9 has a much better showing here than she did in the February 2022 rankdown (where she finished 18th) with Say Less, her contribution to Babyface's Girls Night Out album. Keeps On Fallin' remains the biggest success in this series from that album, finishing at #4.

[HamedM1 💔]

This was also a solid song from Girls Night Out, my personal favorites rn is Simple, G Wagon, and The Recipe.

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7. GoGo Morrow - "Don't Stop (154 Points)

Ty : 1
Soulsista : 3

newpower : 6
aerodynamite : 7
singingrulebritannia : 8
SHOOTER : 8
wrip : 9
HamedM1 💔 : 10
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 10

BB🌕 : 12
.indulgecountry : 12
bat1990 : 14

kimberly : 19

GoGo Morrow is a singer/songwriter from L.A. via Philly who started her career as a background singer for the likes of Lady Gaga, Wiz Khalifa and K*nye's Sunday Service choir. After landing on the radar of entertainment mogul Kenya Barris, he signed her to his Khalabo imprint under Interscope. Don't Stop is taken from her debut EP, Ready, out now.

[.indulgecountry]

Coco Jones not even top 10? 😩🚮

[kimberly]

FINALLY, whew. What a terribly sad attempt at a horny song. It's giving audio contraception.

[HamedM1 💔]

Dec 6, 2022 22:42:04 GMT -5 kimberly said:

FINALLY, whew. What a terribly sad attempt at a horny song. It's giving audio contraception.

Idk what you were hearing bestie but this was a solid lil jam.

[Ty]

Alex Vaughn, Joyce Wrice, and GoGo Morrow are the ones to watch!

I really like the early 2000s R&B styles that I hear from them 🔥🔥🔥

[kimberly]

Dec 6, 2022 22:46:32 GMT -5 HamedM1 💔 said:

Dec 6, 2022 22:42:04 GMT -5 kimberly said:

FINALLY, whew. What a terribly sad attempt at a horny song. It's giving audio contraception.

Idk what you were hearing bestie but this was a solid lil jam.

these lyrics... rival the amount of times Camila Cabello says "dongoyeee" in her song. and it's all delivered so flat, no vocal agility or intriguing melody.

Baby, I'm close
(close)
baby, I'm close
(close)
Baby, I'm close
(close)
baby, I'm close
(close, don't stop)
Close,
baby, I'm close
(ooh-whoa),
baby, I'm close
(ooh)
Baby, I'm close
(whoa-ooh, don't stop)
Work the middle,
work the middle,
work the middle
(boy, you know I'm close)
Twerk a little,
twerk a little,
twerk a little
(baby, don't stop)

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6. NxWorries feat. H.E.R. - "Where I Go" (169 Points)

singingrulebritannia : 2
newpower : 2
BB🌕 : 3
wrip : 3
aerodynamite : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 4
kimberly : 5
Soulsista : 5

bat1990 : 13
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 13
SHOOTER : 14

.indulgecountry : 18
Ty : 18

Nxworries is the musical superduo of Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge who announced their return to music with Where I Go, the first single from their sophomore album six years in the making.

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New R&B: October 2022 (Top-5)











SZA's the only one not dancing. We'll see if that helps or harms her.

[HamedM1 💔]

And there goes my favorite discovery of the week.

[kimberly]

I'm so grateful for that sweet Silk Sonic money because it's letting Anderson create some bangers lately & I prefer them to anything Bruno Mars could ever do. ☕️

[Ty]

Phony Ppl in the Top 5?? Wow.

[wrip]

Ah man, I’m sad to see Where I Go miss top 5, but also I can’t really complain because I love and listen to this top 5 quite a bit!!

1 2 4 5 7, would be cool to see my #1 win but also like any of these would be a great winner!

[bat1990]

I didn't realize my #2 was still in. Thankfully all but one song below my top 10 have finally cleared.

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5. Phony Ppl - "Nowhere But Up" (170 Points)

Soulsista : 1
bat1990 : 2
newpower : 4
singingrulebritannia : 5
wrip : 5
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 6
aerodynamite : 9
HamedM1 💔 : 9
SHOOTER : 10

BB🌕 : 11
kimberly : 12
Ty : 14
.indulgecountry : 15

Phony Ppl are an R&B collective from Brooklyn that formed while still in high school in 2008. Releasing their first project in 2009, they've spent the last decade amassing a cult following that helped them ink a deal with 300 Entertainment. Nowhere But Up is the second single from their third album, Euphonyus, released last month.

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4. Sudan Archives - "NBPQ (Topless)" (180 Points)

BB🌕 : 1
newpower : 1
aerodynamite : 2
kimberly : 2
SHOOTER : 2
singingrulebritannia : 3
HamedM1 💔 : 3
wrip : 4
Ty : 5

bat1990 : 11

The Plastics
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 19
.indulgecountry : 20
Soulsista : 20

After finishing top-10 in March 2022 with Home Maker, Sudan Archives manages a top-5 feat with NBPQ (Topless) - the title track from her sophomore album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, which Pitchfork recently ranked as the 2nd best album of 2022.

[HamedM1 💔]

Recently listened to the entirety of NBPQ like two weeks ago and it was phenomenal, easily in my top 3 R&B records of the year with Three Dimensions Deep and age/sex/location. Anyways For The Night is overstaying now.

[kimberly]

rooting for a SZA win on this fine album release night 🤞🏽

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3. Chlöe feat. Latto - "For the Night" (186 Points)

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 2
Soulsista : 2
kimberly : 3
.indulgecountry : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 5
bat1990 : 6
BB🌕 : 6
wrip : 7
newpower : 8
Ty : 8
singingrulebritannia : 9

aerodynamite : 12
SHOOTER : 15

Closing in on Amber Mark's record of most top-10 entries without a win (5), Chlöe gets another top-3 finish under her belt with For the Night, the fourth release from her imaginary self-titled debut album expected sometimes in our dreams 2023.

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It comes down to the 5th-highest SD vs. the LOWEST SD. With 24 points, 7 #1s and 1 bottom-5 rank between them, the winner is...

[HamedM1 💔]

Ok good the right top 2, these are both 5/5 type songs so either one is a well deserved winner.

[kimberly]

Dec 8, 2022 20:53:49 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

For the Night, the fourth release from her imaginary self-titled debut album expected sometimes in our dreams 2023.

you're so...

[Ty]

The Sudan Archives song was...something. It feels like 4 different songs patched together, and then throw in a violin solo. I put it at #5 on my list mostly because how unique and experimental it is, not how much I actually enjoy it.

I'm fine with either SZA or Kelela winning.

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2. Kelela - "Happy Ending" (192 Points)

aerodynamite : 1
singingrulebritannia : 1
HamedM1 💔 : 1
wrip : 1
BB🌕 : 2
bat1990 : 4
SHOOTER : 5
Ty : 6
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 7

kimberly : 11
newpower : 12
Soulsista : 13

No Nut November
.indulgecountry : 17

After a six-year absence, critically acclaimed electronic singer Kelela makes her first appearance in this series with Happy Ending, the second release from her highly anticipated sophomore album, Raven, out February 10, 2023.

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1. SZA - "Shirt" (216 Points)

kimberly : 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 1
SHOOTER : 1
HamedM1 💔 : 2
wrip : 2
aerodynamite : 3
BB🌕 : 4
singingrulebritannia : 4
bat1990 : 7
newpower : 7
.indulgecountry : 7
Ty : 7

Ma'am...
Soulsista : 11

After taking home the win almost a year ago (I Hate U, December 2021), Queen SZA returns to the top with Shirt, the third single from her sophomore album, SOS, out IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS!!!

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November list coming shortly.

[HamedM1 💔]

Was hoping Kelela could somehow sneak the win but I was 80% sure SZA had this one in the bag and for good reason, Shirt deserves.
Anywho, thanks for hosting this set as always Shooter and can't wait for the November edition and to be a last minute hoe and send near the due date as always!

And just cause, my other favorite R&B track of October that wasn't included here was this lil bop

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Dec 8, 2022 21:15:00 GMT -5 HamedM1 💔 said:

And just cause, my other favorite R&B track of October that wasn't included here was this lil bop

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You're in luck since I just discovered one of my choices for November was actually a year old.