Frank Ocean rocks a panda mask (same one as that Fader cover, I think) and ninja garb in this new clip for Nostalgia, Ultra banger “Swim Good”. [Source]
Frank Ocean – Swim Good (2011)
Category Archives: R&B
Joker featuring Silas of Turboweekend – Here Come The Lights (2011)
1Following on from the Radio 1 and 1Xtra playlisted ‘The Vision (Let Me Breathe)’, both stations got involved last month with ‘Here Come The Lights’ being given its first play in the coveted Hottest Record In The World spot on the Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show, quickly followed by MistaJam spinning it on their sister station. It highlights the young producer’s maturing sound, continuing to playfully subvert pop conventions. The track also features a bombastic and memorable vocal performance from Silas from Turboweekend. [Source]
Frank Ocean – Thinking About You (2011)
Imagine “Novacane” sobered up from all its drugs and stripped of lust and asides. Yes, there’d still be a song–it’d just read a lot like “Thinking About You,” obsessed with its melancholy. [Source]
Billy Ward and The Dominoes – Sixty Minute Man (1951)
“Sixty Minute Man” is a rhythm and blues record released in 1951 by The Dominoes. It was written by Billy Ward and Rose Marks and was one of the first R&B hit records to cross over to become a pop hit on the pop charts. It was also the first double entendre hit. It is regarded as one of the most important of the recordings which helped generate and shape rock and roll.
[via Morten Katd Pay]
Rihanna – S&M (2011)
Rihanna’s new video, for her track “S&M,” was just released; it’s another collaboration with director Melina Matsoukas.
Cyril Davies – Country Line Special (1963)
[via Kent Munch]
