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SOUND RNB Issue 002: Lucky Daye, ALOUD!

7.5, Strong. His first album for Warner is quick, light and built for fun, and Lucky sounds like he's having the time of his life. Front to back, it's a good time. https://t.co/xgqlsrtcU0

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38 years ago today, Anita Baker released Giving You the Best That I Got.

It was her only No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, went 3x platinum, and gave us "Just Because" and the title track, her biggest Hot 100 hit.

Title track, "Just Because," or "Priceless"?

@IAMANITABAKER

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DOUBT WHAT YO MOUTH SAY! @PUSHA_T

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@superkamiguri @Drake @DonToliver Need it.

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Drake and Don Toliver's "Solar Eclipse" is the new No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart, taking over from Bruno Mars' "I Just Might" after 38 straight weeks on top.

It's Drake's 10th No. 1 on the chart and Don Toliver's first.

@Drake @DonToliver

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Mýa turned "Saturday Night" into a full 80s/90s house party in her new video.

It's from her 10th studio album Retrospect, out now on Planet 9.

What's on your Saturday night playlist?

@myaplanet9

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6LACK is celebrating 10 years of FREE 6LACK with an anniversary show on Nov. 18, the same date the album came out in 2016.

One night, two shows at Blue Note LA, 7 PM and 9:30 PM.

What's your favorite song on it?

@6LACK

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Drake now has 10 No. 1s on Hot R&B Songs. Which one's your favorite?

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Tyla just dropped a live-action video for "THAT GIRL" off A*POP.

Directed by Aerin Moreno and shot in LA, it's Tyla and her dancers turning a lot into a neon party, with choreography by Litchi HOV. It premiered at her London tour stop last night.

Is this your favorite on A*POP?

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B2K's new album ECLIPSE arrives Nov. 6.

It's their first album since 2002's Pandemonium!, with "Mileage" and the new single "Lil Freak" on it.

Which B2K song is still in your rotation?

@B2K

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Sammie is back with "GOYARD," a new single and video out now.

It follows "Old Alone" and "AYO," and PhillyFlyBoy directed all three videos.

Where does this one rank for you?

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"Karma" is Snoh Aalegra's first new music since 2023, and "Lil Freak" is B2K's latest single ahead of their album ECLIPSE. Don Toliver is on the "SLICK" remix too.

Our picks are on the SOUND RNB WEEKLY: https://t.co/HTrVWl316N

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NEW R&B THIS WEEK

Lucky Daye, ALOUD!
Nao, Autumn
Snoh Aalegra, "Karma"
B2K, "Lil Freak"
Eric Benét, "Heaven"
Chlöe & Monaleo, "Main Attraction (Remix)"
Victony & Summer Walker, "SLICK (Remix)"
Gabriel Jacoby, "let's talk about it"

What are you playing first?

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Lucky Daye's ALOUD! is 15 tracks on Warner Records, with Leon Thomas, Pusha T, Muni Long, The Paradox and Akeem Ali.

Nao's Autumn is 10 tracks, released independently on Little Tokyo Recordings. It's the first of four albums in her A Soulful Suite series.

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Lucky Daye's ALOUD! is out now. "Talk To Me" is the one.

What's your favorite so far?

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36 years ago today, Al B. Sure! dropped Private Times...and the Whole 9!

Uptown / Warner Bros., 1990. "Missunderstanding" went No. 1 R&B, Diana Ross joined him on a duet, and DeVante Swing helped produce.

It even opens with a "Hotel California" cover.

Top 3 Al B. songs, go.

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Lucky Daye's ALOUD! is out now.

15 tracks on Warner Records, with Leon Thomas on "Fly U Out," Pusha T on "Mouf Say," and Muni Long with The Paradox on "Knockin."

Which song are you running back first?

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Mouf Say w/ @PUSHA_T. 1 day until ALOUD!

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