let's take a moment to appreciate R&B releases this year...

while other genres are getting super boring this year with the lack of releases, R&B is thriving and winning with dozens of outstanding releases this year

 

look at the material:

 

 

not to mention the upcoming releases from:

Beyonce

Yuna (the rest of her Y5 project)

Muni Long (her full length album)

SZA

Ari Lennox

Daniel Caesar

Kelela (?)

Jhene Aiko x Big Sean (TWENTY88)

Duckwrth

Chloe's debut

Halle's solo music

 

 

beside that, R&B is also very much alive on the charts right now

Bad Habit by Steve Lacy is currently #1 on US Spotify, while his new album "Gemini Rights" debuted with over 8 Million streams on Spotify WW on the first day

and just last week, Brent Faiyaz also had an album bomb all over Spotify with his new album "Wasteland"

 

Yeah, it feels a very bussy year for R&B music, here for it!

1 hour ago, Not Like The Movies said:

Yes. this and Ravyn- best R&B albums of the year so far.

Ari Lennox is coming????

Dawn FM is a pop album but yes other than that R&B is doing well this year 

Amber Mark, Flo, Lucky Daye, Muni & Chloe live have delivered

 

Kehlani let me down bar 2/3 songs

yes Ravyn Lenae saved it 

2 hours ago, LightningPH said:

Ari Lennox is coming????

she said she finished the album but who knows when it's coming

 

1 hour ago, CaptainMusic said:

Dawn FM is a pop album but yes other than that R&B is doing well this year 

it has some R&B tracks though (Out Of Time, Here We Go Again, I Heard You're Married)

1 hour ago, Kiss It Better said:

she said she finished the album but who knows when it's coming

 

it has some R&B tracks though (Out Of Time, Here We Go Again, I Heard You're Married)

So does Loud and other pop albums but they’re still pop.

 

The Weeknd hasn’t been R&B for a long time, if he was white this wouldn’t be up for debate. 

 

 

 

 

almost everyone in r&b field being active this year, it's a bless for us all  

 

shout out to alicia missed the year by few weeks too

 

Edited July 20, 20224 yr by Polgg48

hypnos and gemini rights 

Ppl kept saying male R&B was dead lately but Giveon, Brent, Lacy and Chris came with that 1,2,3,4 punch

2 hours ago, Armani? said:

Ppl kept saying male R&B was dead lately but Giveon, Brent, Lacy and Chris came with that 1,2,3,4 punch

There’s one sneak

 

7 hours ago, Guy12345 said:

Yes. this and Ravyn- best R&B albums of the year so far.

Omg yes those two are my AOTY so far 

Spotify agreed

 

On 7/20/2022 at 12:28 PM, Armani? said:

Ppl kept saying male R&B was dead lately but Giveon, Brent, Lacy and Chris came with that 1,2,3,4 punch

Old heads say that sh*t every year 

1 hour ago, Bacardo Royale said:

Old heads say that sh*t every year 

Its more so the younger gen that thinks all R&B/Soul is slow-boring music. 

5 hours ago, Kiss It Better said:

Spotify agreed

 

 

So hard to choose my favorites.

On 7/20/2022 at 11:29 AM, dangerousalex said:

yes Ravyn Lenae saved it 

Listening to her album rn because of this thread and WOW, it's so good 

52 minutes ago, Devin said:

Its more so the younger gen that thinks all R&B/Soul is slow-boring music. 

So basically what happened with jazz even though it started as the opposite with ppl claiming it was evil & sinful

21 minutes ago, Armani? said:

So basically what happened with jazz even though it started as the opposite with ppl claiming it was evil & sinful

Exactly. The way I’m listening to jazz rn.