Baker is a queer Southerner in the Trump era — an identity in need of visibility today more than ever.
For an artist with a sound that seemed so on-trend just a couple years ago, Nosaj Thing has been making music for quite a long time.
Even before the end of the first track, it is obvious that “No Shape” — Perfume Genius' first full-length album since 2014’s star-turning “Too Bright”— is a special record.
Smino and Monte Booker’s debut LP “blkswn” is a full-length hip hop record straight from one of the primary sources of a new wave of soulful, modern production with singsong, R&B-inflected raps.
After a while, Thundercat’s lyrics feel pretty immature, which contrasts rather starkly with the supreme sophistication of his music.
