Taking a break from her politically-charged hip-hop tracks to turn her attentions inward and turn the bass all the way up, the Toronto rapper drops a club-ready set of tunes surrounding a topic that’s not as much so: her own devastating break-up and the subsequent months she spent working on herself. Dubbing it her “glow-up album,” it taps into the sonic trends dominating Toronto airwaves like Afrobeats, amapiano and dancehall.
By Cam Delisle
On his surprise new album, Montreal's signature super-producer and DJ slips through buttery textures and velvety loops, conjuring a clever mix of body heat and déjà vu.