trance-influenced R&B

i've been loving this shit lately . . i can date it as far back as Justin Timberlake - My Love

couple more - Ne-Yo - Miss Independent

Akon - Beautiful (the whole Freedom album pretty much follows this formula)

i don't normally enjoy either genre but the fusion does it for me. it's kind of like trance w/mainstream hiphop production - good layering and drums, not so annoyingly fast, and autotuned vocals REALLY work for this (looking back i wish timberlake had autotuned/vocoded on his album). there's something addictive about that "dit-dit-dahh" synth pattern and sweet, punchy, laid-back drums.

any recommendations?

  A/D said:

Justin Timberlake - My Love

Exactly what I thought of when I read your thread title, lol.

How about some trance-hop?

Hate trance.

the only one i really dug was the alice deejay one! i don't like the "dirty" trance sound (Bringing Sexy Back), just the cheesy bleepy synths and the ditditdah pads. thanks man!

oh yeah i usually love T.I. but those "jazzy" chords just annoy me. this track

always reminds me of roygbiv in a big way. "whatever you like" is another trancey banger

  Quote

You like my Hyundai? See my Hyundai?

I can take you to see your cousin Phil next Sunday

lol

trance was meant to be played below 100 bpm

  A/D said:

oh yeah i usually love T.I. but those "jazzy" chords just annoy me. this track

They're from an old Crystal Waters song. '90s house, but still seemed to fit the thread.

  Iain C said:

  A/D said:

Justin Timberlake - My Love

 

Exactly what I thought of when I read your thread title, lol.

ditto

that producer is off the chain

lotta folks think that's a timbaland beat but in all truth

timbaland's had this ghost producer by the name of danjahands who's just this last years started going on his own

dude is definitely responsible for tat beat along with this banger:

dude has a really good grasp on synthesis from my perspective...really enjoy the sounds in his beats

I HAAAAAAAATE dj khaled.

"DJ KHALED....WE DA BESSS.... "

But i do really like that Justin Timberlake track.