cryforhell

1y

He didn’t make it this far by piggybacking off of his relationships, he did it off his own merit.

However, his relationships to respected artists has embellished his career without a doubt. Be it OF producing Earl, Frank, The Internet, Steve Lacy + more or his proximity to Pharrell, Rocky, Mac Miller, Solange, etc. all of these connects has benefited his career through osmosis because it feels like he SHOULD be amongst the biggest in the game even if the music hasn’t quite reached the level of those that are from a cultural standpoint. I mean, his friends are universally loved so why wouldn’t he be?

Not only that but his devout fanbase is probably a melting pot of his own fans, remnants of OF’s fanbase and fans of these other artists that adore him

Corporate Mór

1y

Thoughts on Durand Bernarr?

insertcoolnamehere

1y

I dont listen to enough of his music but he is up there too. That’s on me.

doot doot

1y

That being said, I hate to say that Darling, I is a generational song 💔

insertcoolnamehere

1y

DISCLAIMER: this list is talking merely vocal ability, this list doesn’t necessarily mean they make the best music

Ari Lennox (seeing her live…yeah she’s holding it down as a voice in the mainstream of R&B)
Muni Long
Ravyn Lenae
Nai Palm (that weird white girl from Australia got the gift bro)
Hol up dijon man what im bugging lol

HM: durand bernarr, Leon Bridges, Lucky Daye (i’ll tie em cause while I dont listen to a lot of their catalog, gotta put a man on this list out of fairness and they are exceptionally great singers), that nigga from Children of Zeus, Jacob Banks (peep the new album he dropped), and JHud (would she classify as modern?)

9thWonderful

1y

Ravyn

Smacked Voodoo

1y

Outro really should've been a full song smh

9thWonderful

1y

Ok I see what you're trying to say but I don't agree. To me the 2 points negate each other I don't think he'd make it out of the early 10s off that alone, you'd have to have the work to back it up. Being around those people probably does help in some way but you have to have a product people are willing to come back to.

insertcoolnamehere

1y

It’s just too many good female vocalists in R&B.

for every durand bernarr

there’s a cleo sol, cherise, and liv.e (she remind me a lil bit of badu)

1996 BRL

1y

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I aint subbing dude
Just looking back at that some of that list of current r&b esque artists and some of them reminding me why I hate COLORS/Tiny Desk-core music

F**k tom misch, Jordan rakei, mahalia, h.e.r., yussef dayes, CoZ, Inflo, jungle & any act that puts live instrumentation over great ideas

F**k any musician who listened to D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill a couple times & decided to contribute to the milquetoast bedroom-pup bootleg- neo-soul sound that's been going on for the past 10 years

F**k south london r&b, f**k Res for making this sound 23 years ago before all these clowns tried it (but at least she did it first & did it well)

F**k Gilles Peterson's current audience & any R&B act whose main audience is white women with a lauryn hill bedroom poster or 'vibes' playlist

1996 BRL

1y

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I aint subbing dude
Just looking back at that some of that list of current r&b esque artists and some of them reminding me why I hate COLORS/Tiny Desk-core music

F**k tom misch, Jordan rakei, mahalia, h.e.r., yussef dayes, CoZ, Inflo, jungle & any act that puts live instrumentation over great ideas

F**k any musician who listened to D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill a couple times & decided to contribute to the milquetoast bedroom-pup bootleg- neo-soul sound that's been going on for the past 10 years

F**k south london r&b, f**k Res for making this sound 23 years ago before all these clowns tried it (but at least she did it first & did it well)

F**k Gilles Peterson's current audience & any R&B act whose main audience is white women with a lauryn hill bedroom poster or 'vibes' playlist

1996 BRL

1y

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I aint subbing dude
Just looking back at that some of that list of current r&b esque artists and some of them reminding me why I hate COLORS/Tiny Desk-core music

F**k tom misch, Jordan rakei, mahalia, h.e.r., yussef dayes, CoZ, Inflo, jungle & any act that puts live instrumentation over great ideas

F**k any musician who listened to D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill a couple times & decided to contribute to the milquetoast bedroom-pup bootleg- neo-soul sound that's been going on for the past 10 years

F**k south london r&b, f**k Res for making this sound 23 years ago before all these clowns tried it (but at least she did it first & did it well)

F**k Gilles Peterson's current audience & any R&B act whose main audience is white women with a lauryn hill bedroom poster or 'vibes' playlist

Corporate Mór

1y

What???

insertcoolnamehere

1y

Nah he’s absolutely on the target here.

insertcoolnamehere

1y

Nah he’s absolutely on the target here.

1996 BRL

1y

· edited

I aint subbing dude
Just looking back at that some of that list of current r&b esque artists and some of them reminding me why I hate COLORS/Tiny Desk-core music

F**k tom misch, Jordan rakei, mahalia, h.e.r., yussef dayes, CoZ, Inflo, jungle & any act that puts live instrumentation over great ideas

F**k any musician who listened to D'Angelo & Lauryn Hill a couple times & decided to contribute to the milquetoast bedroom-pup bootleg- neo-soul sound that's been going on for the past 10 years

F**k south london r&b, f**k Res for making this sound 23 years ago before all these clowns tried it (but at least she did it first & did it well)

F**k Gilles Peterson's current audience & any R&B act whose main audience is white women with a lauryn hill bedroom poster or 'vibes' playlist

9thWonderful

1y

Res is a treasure

insertcoolnamehere

1y

half s\*\*\*post half true Majority of UK r&B really has been tryna recreate this song.

RT @iamiguel

Valentine

1y

Good enough for me