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Post by koolthing on May 25, 2017 8:01:44 GMT -5
So we're just not gonna talk about what's sure to be the record of the summer? The Queen of TDE, SZA is releasing her sophomore effort CTRL, June 9. Album cover: ![](http://hiphopdx-production.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/05/SZA-CTRL-album-cover.jpg) Preceded by two incredible singles, "Love Galore" with Travis Scott and "Drew Barrymore".
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Post by Normi on May 25, 2017 11:08:37 GMT -5
Drew Barrymore is truly amazing while Love Galore just didn't click with me
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Post by koolthing on Jun 2, 2017 13:51:08 GMT -5
New song "Broken Clocks":
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 5, 2017 19:50:51 GMT -5
1. Supermodel 2. Love Galore feat. Travis Scott 3. Doves in the Wind feat. Kendrick Lamar 4. Drew Barrymore 5. Prom 6. The Weekend 7. Go Gina 8. Garden (Say It Like Dat) 9. Broken Clocks 10. Anything 11. Wavy (Interlude) feat. James Fauntleroy 12. Normal Girl 13. Pretty Little Birds feat. Isaiah Rashad 14. 20 Something
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 5, 2017 21:36:14 GMT -5
She was SO bad when I saw her at Panorama last year that I left halfway though, even though I had nothing else to see at that time.
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Post by Normi on Jun 9, 2017 7:42:53 GMT -5
Out now lol
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 9, 2017 8:57:47 GMT -5
I forgot that Love Galore is a low-key jam.
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Post by Live Your Life on Jun 9, 2017 21:20:15 GMT -5
This album is fire. She has such an interesting voice and way of composing music. "Love Galore" is actually my least favorite song on the album, although it has grown on me a bit.
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Post by Enigma. on Jun 10, 2017 0:44:11 GMT -5
Love this, Drew Barrymore still sounds amazing too
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 10, 2017 13:21:14 GMT -5
Projected to debut with 35-45k SPS (17-20k sales).
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Post by koolthing on Jun 10, 2017 15:00:58 GMT -5
Album's incredible, of course. Her songwriting is really interesting – so blunt lyrically and so tangled melodically.
She suggested on Twitter that there's more coming, too...
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 10, 2017 17:43:00 GMT -5
#1 on iTunes.
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Post by koolthing on Jun 10, 2017 18:14:31 GMT -5
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Post by ljayii on Jun 11, 2017 16:07:52 GMT -5
I really dig this album. I was on and off with "Z" but this one I thoroughly enjoyed. "The Weekend" is a jam.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jun 11, 2017 20:12:52 GMT -5
This album is fantastic. One of my favorites this year so far.
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Post by koolthing on Jun 18, 2017 9:47:56 GMT -5
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Post by Live Your Life on Jun 20, 2017 17:45:03 GMT -5
She'll be performing on the BET Awards.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 20, 2017 17:56:00 GMT -5
BOMB!
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jun 20, 2017 20:34:54 GMT -5
Best New Artist Grammy please.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 20, 2017 20:37:54 GMT -5
Not sure if her live vocals have improved since I saw her but damn, this CD is so well-crafted. TDE is killing it this year! I hope this gets a Grammy nod or two. It probably will. Production is good but the way she weaves these stream-of-consciousness journal entries around the beats is downright masterful. Vocally, on this album, she reminds me so much of Anti-era Rihanna that I am starting to wonder if Rihanna swagger jacked her completely. Though, it was a really generous gesture to basically cede the first song on Anti to SZA.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jun 20, 2017 21:55:43 GMT -5
SZA has a writing credit on Nicki/Beyonce's "Feeling Myself". Was it Beyonce's "Changed the game.." part?
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jun 21, 2017 7:16:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm definitely feeling this album. There's so much to unpack lyrically and melodically, it's so dense. There are moments on this album where I'm like, damn, does this chick even breathe? No wonder she's terrible live, it's impossible to sing like this without keeling over.
And I agree with the Anti comparison, Rihanna would sound so good on some of these. And that's no slight to SZA, she owns this album with her own unique delivery. But I can't help but think she was one of Riri's major influences for that era after listening to this. The fact that she's on the opening track of Anti and their voices blend almost to the point of them sounding the same speaks volumes. That five song streak of "Doves In The Wind," "Drew Barrymore," "Prom," "The Weekend," and "Go Gina" is so good. "Supermodel," "Normal Girl" and "20 Something" are my other favs.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 21, 2017 11:46:53 GMT -5
#1 on R&B Albums and #3 Top 200 with 60k SPS (24.6k sales); Love Galore also debuted at #70 on Hot 100.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 21, 2017 12:02:35 GMT -5
"Drew Barrymore," "Broken Clocks," "Go Gina," "The Weekend," and "Garden (Say It Like Dat)" are my Top 5 at the moment, but that could change with each listen that I take with this brilliant album.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jun 21, 2017 12:33:05 GMT -5
No wonder she's terrible live, it's impossible to sing like this without keeling over. My issues with her live were tied to the fact that she sounded tone deaf, pitchy, and shrill. It was my first exposure to her, outside of Consideration, so it really left a bad stain until friends of mine kept pushing this on FaceBook. The fact that she's on the opening track of Anti and their voices blend almost to the point of them sounding the same speaks volumes. I remember being so confused when I first heard Consideration and saw the feature because, not knowing who SZA was or what she sounded like, I was like...Where is she?! I thought maybe Rihanna was just giving the songwriter credit in the song until I realized that yeah, they sound identical.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Jun 21, 2017 12:37:46 GMT -5
Rihanna just seems to be a chameleon in imitating the songwriters of her songs which really seems evident now with her really channeling the vocal stylings of Partynextdoor who wrote "Wild Thoughts."
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Post by koolthing on Jun 22, 2017 17:17:04 GMT -5
Best New Artist Grammy please. Wow a hard yes to this
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Post by tamed09 on Jun 23, 2017 1:15:30 GMT -5
I'm in love with this album
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jun 23, 2017 4:50:26 GMT -5
It has been nothing but SZA and Melodrama in a constant mix all week. This is gonna be a downbeat summer!
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Post by koolthing on Jun 23, 2017 10:50:47 GMT -5
Haven't gotten to see her live and I'm sure the complaints in here are valid but maybe she's stepping up?
She sounded great on Kimmel:
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