‘R-Les For Pres – Produced By Ryan Leslie’
Mixed By Rob Pursey
R-Les For Pres? President of the groove for sure. Ever since I copped the 12″ of ‘Just Right’ back in 2005, I’ve been following Ryan Leslie as he’s crafted the kind of music that is both a throwback to the classic 80s sound I love, whilst always sounding hella contemporary and more often than not, futuristic. The dude manages to marry unabashed innocence with tough drums and rhythm like few others. After his debut album got heavily ‘net bootlegged, having never made it past promo stage (a finished promo CD that I’m the proud owner of after finding it in a suburban Cancer Research charity store for £1.50 last year – word!), there was then a few compilations and various promos from his Next Selection Music group floating around whilst he got on his production grind for artists like Danity Kane, Cheri Dennis, Jo-Jo and of course Cassie for whom he produced all of her classic debut. This period of time, a time when Les spent most of his time showing the world his immense recording talent on YouTube, features heavily on this mix, with these productions alongside some of his many unreleased joints. After finally getting his ‘official’ self-titled album ‘Ryan Leslie’ out last year he then took no chances and within 12 months had also released the equally dope ‘Transition’ giving myself and other like minded Les-fans more and more killer grooves and loads more of that good old classic romance! Therefore, I’ve chosen to leave most of those, bar from the odd bonus track, off here and included more recent productions he’s done for Mary, Fabolous, Slim, Cassie (again) and some newer leaked tracks. The sheer quality of some of this music that the world has barely heard is insane and quite honestly there are few artists whose music makes me as happy as that of Ryan Leslie.
Enjoy and please share with anyone else who appreciates great RnB music!
Plus, I must say ONCE AGAIN mega props go out to the design king Superix on the amazing artwork! Truly ‘next selection’!
Tags: cassie, Fabolous, mary j. blige, ryan leslie
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