Relying on heavy, ominous low synth tones and complex percussiona combination thats featured prominently throughout the albumthe mainly instrumental song is a bit of a change-up from his past work, essentially combining the best aspects of Cherry Bomb with the emotionality and relative absence of Tylers rapping presence on Flower Boy to create a hangover record of sorts from the flamboyance of his last record. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Spotify. Designer, her third album, is riveting in such an offhanded and low-key way that it sneaks up and grabs you with unexpected force. Number Fourteen : Protomartyrs Ultimate Success Today. Our terms of service forbid this. Your IP was not blocked by a person; it was blocked by a firewall that uses an automated algorithm. (LogOut/ We said: Huntsmen's 2018 debut album American Scrap is a killer mix of '70s-style hard rock, prog rock, and folk rock with modern-day sludge metal, which, if . Photo by Roberto Finizio/NurPhoto/Getty Images. It should be in yours, too. Donnelly, who is in her mid-20s and from Perth, Australia, is the rare indie-rocker who alludes to the 90s without a hint of nostalgia. Four acts had more than one best-seller on the list: Michael Jackson, The Eagles, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Dre, Snoop, Em and Mary will all perform, and then it'll be time for Kendrick. I was in a very strange place at this time. This is a record for any time, any day. Steven Edelstone, In a way, Maggie Rogers is the exemplary model of a modern pop star. Spun Out Of Control was on absolute fire this year by releasing interstellar vibes like this, and Cybernetic World was the record I would throw on when the pandemic was getting me down and I had one pint too many and just wanted to strut about the living room, frightening the family. So when he sings You were never much of a New Yorker / It wasnt in your eyes, alongside This Is The Kits Kate Stables on the title track of The Nationals new album, I Am Easy to Find, he knows what hes talking about. She wields lyrical tenderness and cacophonous skronk-rock, weaponizing her pain to create truly thrilling indie rock that sounds familiar and fresh at the same time. Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour. A list of Nas' 25 favorite albums from Complex. I was just starting to make my own electronic and sample-based music in high school when I crossed paths with Operation Re-Information. Worldwide, Thriller is still the best-selling album of all time with a whopping 47 million certified copies sold, six million ahead of Their Greatest Hits. But it turns out to be beyond the magical beyond. A mixture of long, expansive tracks that play with space, dissonance and repetition, while also giving us beautiful payoffs with this amazing band hes put together. About necessity, about mythologys role in survival. On their second album Young Enough, Charly Bliss navigates these various pressures and pitfalls without overthinking them. So even now, when life starts moving too fast, OK Computer is still there to help slow it down for me. You can hear the room on this album, the city. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. At first the album seems a little spotty and hard to lock onto, but then it just clicks. Ellen Johnson, Billie Eilishs career to this point has been one that could only have happened now. It felt like Aphex Twin had pushed music to where it had never ventured before. Photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns/Getty Images. From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots is their second album and their best alongside the masterful Absence (2005). In a post-Nirvana landscape where a lot of pop-rock skewed saccharine, Fountains of Wayne had a biting sense of humor that really resonated with me. We still do. But her music, songs that emphatically encapsulate teenage angst for an existential era, is very much of this period as well. The way I like it! Creatively, we were at the start of what would become our most free and exploratory era and on the cusp of a journey that continues today. Produced by Pharell and Solange and featuring Playboi Carti in a bouncing, tail-end rap sequence, Almeda is a celebration of steadfast black faith: Black faith still cant be washed away / Not even in that Florida water, Solange sings, citing the unisex cologne she carried to the 2018 Met Gala thats said to have healing effectsbut nothing as potent as black resilience. Its a re-examination of my year, and the music that soundtracked that year. Id call it a classic. But theres a special place in my heart for his 2012 collection In Decay. This translated to the live show as well. RELATED:6 Things We Learned From ScHoolboy Qs Oxymoron Listening Session, Rick Rubin Admits He Knows 'Nothing About Music', Lil Tjay's Lawyer Claims Gun Arrest Stemmed From Illegal Police Search, Freddie Gibbs & Ice-T React To 21 Savage's Potentially Incriminating Clubhouse Comments, selections during a Los Angeles listening session held at SONOS Studios February 17. I was sitting in tour catering at a festival in Suffolk in 2014 and heard the Jayhawks playing in the distance. She makes a boxing reference, namedrops Elliott Smith and the sycophants in Marrakesh, recalls a run-in with Harlem nuns and relaxes with a pack of Marlboros all before proclaiming, Maybe a little bit of hooking up is good for the soul. In a most delightful way, Heads Gonna Roll is about everything and nothing. This seemed to suit its messy, god-obsessed exuberance: Let it ring out wherever you can. As a result, this albums blustery whooshes contribute to an otherworldliness not yet wholly strung together on a Big Thief album. But theres some curse involved, too, in that you have to figure out how to follow it up. Theres something very inviting about Justin Pinkertons Aakab. Nels Cline for sure and, knowing how I usually dig what you post even though I know nothing about any of it, probably the rest of them too. From all the times Ive seen them live and all the records Ive bought, Royal Trux never struck me as having put a ton of planning into maybe anything they did, but it seems to me like Accelerators excellence is due at least in part to some planning or preliminary structure of songwriting. The singer Bilal names it among his 25 favorite albums, explaining: "I think that's just one of the best jazz trio albums ever. And here, on her fifth studio effort Remind Me Tomorrow, those evolutions are apparent in a powerful sonic swerve, and in Van Ettens desire to explore both nostalgia and rebirth, and maybe even how they intertwine. Since his early days as a chillwave harbinger, Bear has always worked along the fringes of multiple musical communitieshints of R&B, hip hop, indie and electronica have all showed up in his music at one time or another. The list shows the variety of his musical taste. Kanye West - Late Registration. It taught me to live first and then document. I know what I like, and I know that shit is hard as fuck. Esperanza composed the music and focuses primarily on singing (though she does play some acoustic bass and other instruments) while backed by her insanely talented band (and guitarist Matt Stevens superb articulation, harmonic sensibility, and tones certainly got my attention) for this concept song cycle/stage show (which we eventually witnessed at Town Hall. The mood is dark but never dour, as Mercatante has made an album about losing oneself and the journey to find what was lost. Its a welcome return, and one I hope isnt temporary. Note that whitelisting RYM will. For When I Get Home, Solange rallied the likes of Gucci Mane and Playboi Carti (among others) for a record that spans ambient avant-garde jazz to startling trap. From playful and sexy to serene and introspective, she embodies it all. Its inspired me to continue to search for fresh sounds on my instrument and delve deeper into complex rhythmic structures. Steven Edelstone, If she prefers to stay inside, then Webster makes music for her own kind: With all its droopy pedal steel, unhurried funk and a breezy island air that could sub in for your AC, Atlanta Millionaires Club is the perfect summer album for indoors-y types. (LogOut/ Forced to reckon with chance, a chaos element. Zach Schonfeld, The magic of Almeda, a standout from Solanges welcome March surprise, When I Get Home, is unshakable. The best music, movies, TV, books, comedy and more. Mould is at his best when hes begging, making you wonder who could possibly say no to the promise Ill be your astronaut. Mould is the man we need right now. hide caption, On "All Cried Out (Redux)," Jill Scott turns a Doug E. Fresh beatbox and a touch of ragtime piano into the bottom of a breezy kissoff song, in which she sounds more free and brazen than she has in years. In 25 Lists. NPR Music's 25 Favorite Albums Of 2011 (So Far) Discover our picks for the best music from 2011's first half in virtually every major musical genre. Today, Logic's debut album,Under Pressure, is finally in stores (you can stream it here). So for her to sing like that early on, combined with the subject matter, the arrangement of the album with its throughline, and how it just flows with you its definitely a classic body of work. Throughout his discography, the Florida-born son of Ecuadorian immigrants has looked to make sense of the Latinx experience in America. You could have been blocked by mistake. Here are answers from Phoenix, Beach House, the War on Drugs, and more. Complex - Nas' 25 Favorite Albums (2012) 2 posts Page 1 of 1. It taught me how to whistle and about the power of rhythm guitar (Jolie is a train). Only a suffering, broken species would facilitate the destruction of their only home. Its a heady album, but one that feels almost child-like at times. Titanic Rising doesnt feel blissfully adrift. It gleamed in so many of the ways we wanted to present AC: mysterious characters from another world who would infect the current trends with our own personalities and something a bit different. Better Oblivion Community Center is an unsurprisingly tender, affecting excursion. Feist is perhaps the most magical of all artists to me. The album stopped me in my tracks. Truly stunning. Its one groove after another, spurting oil like champagne and getting all the chromed-out hips gyrating a full 360 degrees. That idea of simplicity is also present in Brian Wilsons songwriting; they sound more complex but are usually simple chords with uncommon bass notes. In 1997, when fsck was released, Farmers Manual were just kids. On his newest, the Komische-heavy Omnibus, Schrock docked his steely boat for the shores of Deutschland. This album has been a constant throughout my life. Recording an excellent debut album is mostly a blessing, of course. This came out almost exactly 25 years ago. Its subtle, tasteful, and its writing shines through and leaves space for Leslies enchanting vocals to take the lead. The songs that hit me hard, the albums that hit me hard, and the album covers that hit me hard. My older brother was in art school in Cleveland at the time, and I would drive up there from Youngstown and go to some of his classes; from that, I was also getting exposed to Philip Glass and John Cage. Melody and harmony are born from this process in exciting and unexpected ways. I am a forever fan. The hotly tipped New York City combo broke through nationally in 2017 on the strength of its debut album Guppy, a perfectyeah, I said it10-track blast of sweetly serrated pop-rock supercharged with punky energy and plentiful hooks. I love the sound, the production, the rapping on it; its just the most honest album I have heard and still stands relevant to this day. Hawksmoor, aka James McKeown, made an outstanding bit of heady synth soundscapes with Methods of Dreaming. After hearing it, I have a hard time imagining the day in the near future when a new Solange release wont be regarded as objectively brilliant. Are you sure you want to delete your score and checked items on this list? It also feels timeless. As a species, we are not well. I wasnt a serious singer yet on my own, only in choir, and Beth Gibbons encapsulated the image in my mind of something I began to want to be. From make-out sessions to long drives alone to referencing as a source for my own sonic palette, Portishead has been a beacon since my teenage years, and I thank them. The attention to production is really dialed, and all the more impressive when you learn he used Sound Forge to make it. It took several years, but Curtis and Garza found themselves back at Secret Machines, which led to Awake In The Brain Chamber. I'll stop there. Operation Re-Information was an experimental electronic group from Pittsburgh. What if it meant letting go of self-hate, bad energy and your host of inner demons? Omnibus tips its hat to cats like Rudiger Lorenz, Bernard Szajner, Cluster, and Kraftwerk, giving us a fantastic trip into the heart of 70s German electronic music. Singles: "Get At Me Dog," "Stop Being Greedy," "How's It Goin' Down (Remix)," "Ruff Ryders Anthem" 5. The blend of pop writing, Laetitias strong lyrics, and the production are still unmatched. The Detroit post-punk four-piece continue to floor me with their aggressive-but-poetic music. Step 2 (optional): Enter any other comments/feedback here, Step 3: Enter your email address. This is background music for me, way ahead of my time. In the version of the program I loved, one is forced to blind-mix, which makes you concentrate less on the waveforms and listen more closely. The charts are starved for something real and down-to-earth, and her songs, while heavily produced in comparison to some of her folksier beginnings, have an earnestness to them that cant be fabricated. But its also rooted, deeply, in a sense of calm. Photo by Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images. Simultaneously building bridges to the future and burning them down. Just dont forget to chill the brews. Layer upon layer of hidden sample meaning unfolds the deeper you dive in and the longer you spend with this record. When you listen to To Zion, when you listen to Nothing Even Matters, you feel the emotion put into it. Number Fifteen : Proto Droids Cybernetic World. Little themes from different songs pop up all over the place, and you get an overall cohesive vision without it being concept album-y. Thats not easy to do. On U.F.O.F., Big Thief embrace their more subtle and mystical sides while capturing a wider array of landscapesthe cosmic (U.F.O.F.), bucolic (Cattails), domestic (From) and urban (Betsy). Black music to me is rooted in spiritual connectivity. It is music by a powerful and prodigiously talented artist that is beyond category. Sharon Van Etten was already one of the great lyricists of the 10s, but with this breathtaking project, shes proved an artistic pliancy her contemporaries may not possess. Remind Me Tomorrow was the first great rock album of the year, and it would behoove any and all of Van Ettens fans, even those who staunchly prefer her folk-leaning material, and rock n roll aficionados of all stripes to open their ears (and their hearts) to this beautifully executed pivot. Im still in awe of how skillfully she set out to make an album of songs that flow together so effortlessly as if they always belonged together. Music. Then, they will come back on, only for Kendrick's face to be zoomed in on every screen in the stadium. The throbbing electro keyboards of Exception to the Rule, the fuzzy rock surge at the end of Big Black Heart and the psychedelic guitar swells on My City all represent a venture into new frontiers. Its not what you think. There is unquestionably a centerpiece song on Young Enough, and thats the title track, which clocks in at 5 minutes and 20 seconds longan epic by this bands standards. And each of the several times I was fortunate enough to see it performed live was a completely enjoyable and rewarding experiencethree absolutely wonderful and interesting musicians producing truly compelling sounds and making something only they could. Oh My God also has a certain unabashed exuberance thats uncommon in circa-2019 indie rock. Here are the 25 best-selling albums of all time: 25. I first saw U.S. Photo by Kelly Kline/WireImage/Getty Images. Their album Talker had recently come out. Dark, vulnerable, but tough. Rest in Peace, Joey Jordison. Big concept, bigger anthems. On Jonas Munks latest album he seems to boil down his songs to their very essence, giving us ethereal clouds of sound that almost feel like mere thoughts of sound. Isolation blues? Amazon. The On the Line singles are all illustrious earworms, but the album opener, Heads Gonna Roll, is especially grandiose. After hearing the 2004 version of SMiLE, I found some bootlegs of the original sessions, as well as digging into Smiley Smile. The music feels like youre being brought towards it. Here we've got 25 through 11. Cuz I Love You looks like that. Harding has said she often pursues musical ideas without having any deeper significance in mind, which works out fine: By leaving interpretation to her listeners, her songs can mean whatever anyone wants them to. Our automated blocking policies are imperfect and sometimes too strict, and some IP addresses are blocked by accident. Of course, the best musicals are anything but simple productions, and like the band's stage inspiration, David Comes to Life is lush and ebullient. What I liked, what Id like to change, and how do I go about making next year better. She calls herself a "motherf G" in a spoken-word track called "Womanifesto" toward the end of her fourth studio album and destroys all doubt that she's anything less. And of course the artists that hit me hard. The slowthai-aided WHATS GOOD largely follows suit, proving that he can make hard-hitting hip-hop better than almost anyone else. Harry Todd, New York indie-folk outfit Big Thief have been touring constantly for four years in conjunction with their first two full-lengths2016s Masterpiece and 2017s Capacityand their third album U.F.O.F. They brought a whole new sonic to the game and changed the game with Hey Ya! and The Way You Move. It was just groundbreaking at that time. It taught me how to honor a friend. 93. It was transportive and alien but also grounded and familiar in the traditions of jazz, rap, and psychedelic music that it adhered to. Tyler warned us to not go into this expecting a rap album, but some of the best tracks on IGOR are when he does give into these tendencies. I love all his music; please listen to this record. After such a raw performance, I was delighted to discover that the album was not overproduced in any way. Panda Bear - Tomboy. Drawing on both her Americana roots and the bendy R&B of artists like Aaliyah (one of her cited inspirations), Webster creates a dramaticized retelling of romantic shortcomings that sounds like the sun crying. The songs that hit me hard, the albums that hit me hard, and the album covers that hit me hard. For me it works as a straight up follow-up to his debut Galactic Melt. To my ears, SASAMIs grasp of exciting songwriting is unparalleled, utilizing her degree in classical composition in equal parts with her time as a member of Cherry Glazerr. I dont know, Protomartyr is a band Ill love and continue to support till they say stop. This shit was hard. Casey and company capture the vibe of Gang of Four and Pere Ubu while rolling their sound in plenty of the Motor Citys grime and attitude. Published on 10/01/2020. I look to Indigenous artists and female visionaries. But more importantly to me, the songs held together as individual songs rather than devolving into the noise that I tended to find pretty boring. The stars aligned just in time for Bridgers and Oberst to write, record and surprise-drop a haunting album together for a brand new project: Better Oblivion Community Centerwhich really is their band name and not actually the name of a utopian old folks home. As Pharrell more or less said upon hearing that first cut of Alaska (which now boasts more than 85 million Spotify streams and club remixes for days), Maggie Rogers is singular. Lizzie Manno, Theres a tension between introspective minimalism and cathartic bombast present in every song on SASAMIs self-titled debut, creating some of the best moments in music released so far this year. Kendrick will then say into the microphone, "New. From the plucky and frenzied guitars on lead single You Had Your Soul With You to the pulsating percussion of fan-favorite Rylan to the dazzling orchestral strings on album closer Light Years (another track that could be argued as one of The Nationals best to date), I Am Easy to Find doesnt radically change the formula they developed over the past couple of releases, but it nearly perfects it, resulting in a record as elegant as the suits Berninger routinely wears onstage. Political shitshows? Songs interspersed between distorted, wobbly radio spots, as if youre listening to some alien radio on a late night drive through the city. You can hear it in the robust string sections of album opener A Lots Gonna Change and the sturdy backbone-beat of Andromeda and the sentiments of Wild Time, a patient ambler with a 70s soft-rock vibe (including a hint of Landslide) and a plainspoken bridge: Everyones broken now, Mering sings, And no one knows just how we could have all gotten so far from truth. Ben Salmon. With this comeback, Koenig proves theyre not going anywhere. While very dense and layered at times, it was still very melodic and easy to listen to. Check out Logic's 25 Favorite Albums , listed in chronological order. On The Line, her best solo work to date, finds her trading chaos for peace and pain for parties. Its not every year the mix is that diverse in terms of both genre and target audience. OutKasts album Speaker Boxxx/The Love Below was always one of my favorite albums. I want to try to be honest and understand what is happening in our world. Didnt know a thing about Con, also dont think he had played in the U.S.A. at that point. We cannot do much about this right now; you must turn off your VPN to continue using the site. But Rogers is no Mason Ramsey: Her story begins not with a Walmart yodel, but with an unbelievably perfect demo, played for Pharrell Williams during a songwriting masterclass at New York University in 2016. Even on that lo-fi bundle of echo and noise, you could hear Merings gift for haunting melody and the folk form hovering slightly below the surface. At their live shows, they felt more like a rock band as they played computer keyboards on guitar straps, triggering samples in real time. You can feel the birds on the line, the people on the street, the time of day, the phone rings, a cough, a dog bark. Number Twenty : Dream Divisions Beyond The Mirrors Image. My ten favorite albums of the year of our Lord, 2020. The man can pretty much do anything at this point. At the event, Q discussed a Percocet addiction as well. And West Coast rock combined with piano glam and Lewis lyrics makes for a most celebratory listen, indeed. His 2018 album Tropical Depression felt like island music on another planet. Its weird and sleepy and full of droll one-liners like I should get out more, the chorus from Room Temperature. Ellen Johnson, Singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten experienced a lot of change after the release of her last album, 2014s Are We There, and theyre the kind of life-altering shiftsnewfound romantic partnership, motherhood, career advancementsthat are all but destined to reveal themselves in ones art. Ben Salmon, Already a prolific force as Helado Negro, Roberto Carlos Lange wrote the best record of his career in This Is How You Smile. This site uses third party cookies for analytics and advertising. The new version is sometimes corny (Brians voice is Auto-Tuned, the production is really slick like Broadway or kids music slick), but its also the sound of a bunch of musicians supporting Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks vision which had gotten squashed for almost 40 years. There is studio trickery ranging from subtle to overt around each and every corner and it still feels exciting almost 25 years later. Here are the 25 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far): 25. Aki often flies under the radar because shes not cranking out tons of albums, but she always makes singular and personal music, regardless of trends and styles. Every five years or so, a record comes along and becomes a constant companion, a weekend guest who never leaves and simply becomes part of the family. Learn how your comment data is processed. (Lars Gotrich), You may have heard, perhaps even from this website, that Gretchen Parlato is a "different," or "new" type of jazz singer. They were amazing and a huge influence. Its one of my favorite albums from a Wu-Tang member. - J.V. To read about Qs discussion regarding this addiction, click here. We were teenagers, of course, and it sent us (more so Cam, Tay, and I) on a metal quest (lol) that actually led them (Cam and Tay) to play in the band Wicked Wisdom with Jada Pinkett Smith (lol). This album sounds like nothing else, and its a masterpiece. Not an album, a 12-inch single. Most of the tracks have that classic CT sonic boom low end, like sci fi krunk with the right amount of melody. Kendrick Lamar's 25 Favorite Albums | Complex Kendrick Lamar's 25 Favorite Albums By David Drake Freelance writer living in Chicago. Read on to find out which albums defined Kendrick Lamar's coming of age in hip-hop, and which artist was on such heavy rotation in his childhood home that he can't remember which songs were from which album. Its Lizzos energy solidifiedeverything you love about her, wrapped up in one twerkable package bursting with bold statements, bad bitches and, perhaps most notably, bops. Finally not writing in the relative isolation indoors as he has in the past, Philippakis allowed himself to address the weighty issues of the day rather than write from an insular place, all influenced by the setting he wrote in where he was simultaneously surrounded by a sea of Londoners while hiding in plain sight. Having grownup in the city of Compton, he has an understandablepreference for West Coast rap, but his taste in hip-hop transcends geographical boundaries. Still, The Magic Place is a euphoric record intended for searching, for self-reflection, and ultimately for getting lost in its subtle charms. 2015 became her moment, and Emotion the pop album to save them all. I also made an Intro to the Royal Trux playlist here, featuring a lot of Accelerator tracks. Part two of this epic journey through the albums that mattered most(to me) in 2020. Ghostface killed it, Q said of Supreme Clientele. In attempting to illuminate these songs, Meshell actually illuminates herself. Sign UpYes, I would like to receive Paste's newsletter, 2023 Paste Media Group. Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. But thats just 2019, a year that often makes no sense at all. Youve got to know what to do with those tools in order to make something engaging and long-lasting, and Jake Schrock is what Id call an electronic music journeyman. It was lo-fi, it was mysterious, it was part sound collage, part hook-ridden hip-hop, and part mushroom trip. East Coast Hip Hop. But before the sexual torment of Emotion, the sweet rush of Gimmie Love and all those Run Away With Me saxophone memes, Carly Rae Jepsen was, to most, Call Me Maybe and nothing more. It's catchy, tuneful stuff that vibrates with the pulse of modern music by which I mostly mean the strains of R&B into which hip-hop has dug deep roots while retaining the real-time interaction and harmolodic richness of jazz, circa 2011. It was the sound that I was searching for. "I truly believe that without those albums this one wouldnt exist," said Logic about how his favorite albums influenced his own debut. You'll need to disable 'The Human Web' functionality entirely. What he does with Smile, the sixth Helado Negro LP, is open up the range of his songwriting to show how universal the truths he extols truly are. Reggaeton. Its sonic touchstones include jangly '80s Britpop and punk, essentially rewriting the pop songbook with Damian Abraham's gruff bark musing on love and questioning God. Its a subtle electronic album that feels like essential listening. There is nothing else that sounds like this musicits perfection. Its a stunning and intellectual work that goes to prove the significance of Rival Consoles plays in electronic music history. After that itll be my top ten favorite records of 2020. If any actual believers were within earshotwell, thats fine too. Though many male-female vocal duos lean heavily on duets, this pair elected to skirt that norm by singing mostly in unison and in harmony rather than engaging in the sometimes cheesy call and response. That it sounds completely electronic and studio-concocted but in actuality is performed on acoustic instruments (traditional jazz trio of drums, piano, and upright bass) is the icing on the cake. He expands more on the rock band aspect of this crew, even more so than he did with 2010s Initiate. And read our Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel's note about our 25th anniversary projecthere. (Michele Myers, KEXP), Cover for The Light of the Sun Or it can leave you feeling high on independence. This is the tightest and most concise Zombi album yet with some amazing tracks built around the bass/synth/drum blast of Steve Moore and AE Paterra. These last six months have delivered the rare haul of critically-adored albums that straddle pop blockbuster territory and the music nerd nation. In an exhilarating anthem honoring the chopped n screwed mixing style that originated in her hometown of Houston, the younger Knowles sister embraces black-owned things. With Almeda, perhaps more than any other song on the album, Solange gracefully re-entered music and cultural conversations in the assured, commanding way only she can. 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