R&B, EDM & Pop Songs with Great Bass Lines

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Hi all! I’m hoping you can help me with some new music recommendations.

I’m looking for modern R&B, EDM, and Pop songs/artists who have great bass lines. I’d prefer music by artists who are currently making new music as opposed to the oldies but goodies (that could be another thread).

So if you’ve heard an R&B, Pop, or EDM song recently with a killer bass line, please let me know.

If you’re a fellow Spotify user and want to link to the song there, that would be awesome, but title and artist are fine too. :slight_smile:

Thanks!

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In lieu of a long list of songs I’m going to link the YouTube channel of Juliaplaysgroove:

Her recent covers have charliexcx, dua lipa, Chappell Roan, Paramore, Beyonce, etc

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I think Childish Gambino counts…

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I dig Jon Batiste (does he count?) and a lot of his stuff has great bass. If it matters I think most of it’s played in an upright bass. Here is one where you can actually find tabs online

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Thanks for the recommendations. I’m going to check these out. Always nice to have another bass YouTube channel to check out too.

And yeah, Jon Batiste definitely counts. I need to check out more of his stuff. He is so talented.

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Modern? There are no great bass lines since the mid nineties :joy:

I like this one, it’s easy and very tasty to play
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ha0zhK0xIVQ&si=ZYc7Bru5Do0PMVQt

You didn’t say anything about smooth jazz
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ij3p4wmFE0A&si=0UZNe87Add0RXkvx

Or NeoSoul The bass on this one is fun.

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Anderson .Paak. Lots of his music, but especially “Come Down” and “Heart Don’t Stand a Chance”.

SBL did a great interview with his bassist.

I presume you are already familiar with Vulfpeck…