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P R E S E N T S .···. ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ Amaarae - The Angel You Don't Know ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ARTiST..[ Amaarae ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ TiTLE...[ The Angel You Don't Know ▓▓▓▓█ ████ GENRE...[ Hip-Hop GRABBER.[ ████ ████ LABEL...[ Golden Child EntertainmeENCODER.[ Lame 3.99.5 ████ ████ YEAR....[ 2020 QUALiTY.[ 320kbps ████ ████ SOURCE..[ WEB MODE....[ Joint Stereo ████ ████ PLAYTIME[ 35:35 REL.DATE[ 12.14.2020 ████ ████ TRACKS..[ 14 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ SiZE....[ 81,80 MB SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. T R A C K L i S T .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ NR. TRACK. TiME. ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ 01 D*A*N*G*E*R*O*U*S 00:22 ████ ████ 02 Fancy 02:23 ████ ████ 03 Fantasy feat. Maesu & CKay 03:42 ████ ████ 04 Leave Me Alone 02:36 ████ ████ 05 Jumping Ship feat. Kojey Radical & Cruel Santino 03:21 ████ ████ 06 Feel A Way feat. Princess Adjua, Moliy 02:35 ████ ████ 07 Trust Fund Baby 01:39 ████ ████ 08 Hellz Angel 02:38 ████ ████ 09 Celine feat. Kyu Steed & 6 03:00 ████ ████ 10 Dazed and Abused in Beverly Hills 01:08 ████ ████ 11 Sad, U Broke My Heart 02:21 ████ ████ 12 3AM 02:42 ████ ████ 13 Sad Girlz Luv Money feat. Moliy 03:16 ████ ████ 14 Party Sad Face-Crazy Wurld feat. Odunsi 03:52 ████ ████ (the Engine) & Kzdidit ████ ████ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ████ ████ TOTAL: 35:35 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. R E L E A S E N O T E S .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ https://uk.7digital.com/artist/amaarae/release/ ████ ████ the-angel-you-dont-know-explicit-13219226 ████ ████ ████ ████ Pitchfork: ████ ████ ████ ████ With a distinctive singing voice and confidence ████ ████ in spades, the breakout Afropop star swoops ████ ████ through a pacesetting fusion of alte, R&B, ████ ████ Southern rap, mall-rock, and Top 40 pop. ████ ████ ████ ████ Amaarae has a voice like a cracked-open ████ ████ chestnut shell; it can be as silky as its ████ ████ interior, as unforgiving as its spines. On ████ ████ ôHellz Angel,ö a highlight from the Ghanaian- ████ ████ American artistÆs omnivorous debut album The ████ ████ Angel You DonÆt Know, she lattices smoke-wisp ████ ████ intonations before sharpening them into rapped ████ ████ barbs. In a spectacular flip into double-time, ████ ████ she raps over busted fairground synths, ôI ████ ████ donÆt make songs/Bitch I make memories.ö She ████ ████ canÆt resist following up with a gag: ôI donÆt ████ ████ like thongs/Cuz they ride up in jeans.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ She is a nonchalant kind of auteur. Yet The ████ ████ Angel You DonÆt Know crackles with innovation, ████ ████ a pacesetter at a time when industry bigwigs ████ ████ are waking up to the long-held truth that ████ ████ Africa is setting the global tempo for pop ████ ████ music. AmaaraeÆs music bears the Afro-fusion ████ ████ influences of NigeriaÆs free-spirited alte ████ ████ scene, as well as Western genres from mall-rock ████ ████ to Southern rap, sultry R&B, and glossy Top 40: ████ ████ disparate musical styles that soundtrack ████ ████ AmaaraeÆs own life. Born Ama Serwah Genfi, she ████ ████ is based in Accra but has lived in the Bronx, ████ ████ Atlanta, and suburban New Jersey, where Britney ████ ████ SpearsÆ eccentric masterpiece Blackout blew her ████ ████ mind as a teen. While Ghanaian friends once ████ ████ advised her to stick to Afrobeats or hiplife to ████ ████ succeed in the country, she was firm that ████ ████ diasporic living enriched her art and, smartly, ████ ████ resisted narrowing its scope. In lesser hands, ████ ████ The Angel You DonÆt KnowÆs wide embrace of ████ ████ genre could feel like a mash-up, or a crafty ████ ████ amalgam of trending styles. Yet with her ████ ████ distinctive arid singing voice and close work ████ ████ with producers like KZ and Rvdical the Kid, ████ ████ AmaaraeÆs freewheeling confidence and singular ████ ████ point of view allows her to swoop through ████ ████ sounds, light as air. ████ ████ ████ ████ She embraces character with enthusiasm, gliding ████ ████ between subjectivities with the same ease that ████ ████ she flips between American English and Ghanian ████ ████ and Nigerian dialect. On ôTrust Fund Babyöù ████ ████ which sounds like MiguelÆs slinky ôHow Many ████ ████ Drinks?ö stripped to its skeletonùAmaarae plays ████ ████ a spoiled brat taunting a pathetic lover who ████ ████ needs the ôprivilegeö of WAP like an addict ████ ████ craves their next hit. The Afropop-leaning ████ ████ ôJumping Shipö is an occasion for some ████ ████ righteous male objectification. ôHottie, youÆre ████ ████ an item I wanna pay for,ö she sings in a ████ ████ murmured falsetto, as picked guitars hit like ████ ████ sun through slotted blinds. You can hear the ████ ████ lusty twinkle in her eye. ████ ████ ████ ████ Amaarae describes The Angel You DonÆt Know as ████ ████ ônon stop affirmations and incantations 4 bad ████ ████ bitches.ö Her tongue-in-cheek side brings ████ ████ dazzle to the recordÆs light-hearted moments, ████ ████ particularly on Afropop anthem ôSad Girlz Luv ████ ████ Moneyö (featuring Moliy), a waist-winding ████ ████ anthem about securing the ômooh-la-laö thatÆs ████ ████ far more joyous than its title suggests. More ████ ████ imaginative still is ôDazed and Abused in ████ ████ Beverly Hills,ö 68 seconds of indie soul that ████ ████ enjoyably parodies (and one-ups) the SZA ████ ████ knockoffs making Shazam-bait for cable-TV ████ ████ syncs. Another track is punctuated by a ████ ████ ringtone and a scream, and the album is ████ ████ bookended by thrilling snippets of hardcore ████ ████ punk, with shredding by L.A. artist Gothic ████ ████ Tropic. ████ ████ ████ ████ Amaarae is private about her sexuality, but she ████ ████ dropped hints to her romantic life on the 2017 ████ ████ single ôFluid,ö from that yearÆs R&B-leaning ████ ████ Passionfruit Summers EP, and featured drag ████ ████ queen pole dancers in another of her videos. ████ ████ These days sheÆs even more upfront, and ████ ████ rightfully heedless of gender norms. ôI like it ████ ████ when you call me zaddy,ö she purrs over 808s on ████ ████ ôFancy,ö sounding like a soft butch poster girl ████ ████ looking for fresh meat. The video is a ████ ████ collagist tribute to seductive hits and her ████ ████ punk favorites, from JLoÆs proto-OnlyFans ████ ████ camming to a Dream Wife body horror to the ████ ████ bright wigs and office furniture of City GirlsÆ ████ ████ ôPussy Talk.ö ItÆs the rare moment in AmaaraeÆs ████ ████ world that doesnÆt feel wholly self-created; ████ ████ even then, her authorial voice is clear. In one ████ ████ set-up referencing Missy ElliotÆs ôSheÆs a ████ ████ Bitch,ö Amaarae wears a black leather bodysuit ████ ████ dotted with cowrie shells, the pre-colonial ████ ████ West African currency that is central to Yoruba ████ ████ rituals, pairing pop imagery with a touch of ████ ████ the divine. ████ ████ ████ ████ But even bad bitches get the blues. On the ████ ████ purple-hued album closer ôParty Sad Face,ö ████ ████ sheÆs stuck at a predictable party and fed up. ████ ████ ôWhole lotta gang shit/Peng tings looking out ████ ████ of sight,ö she whisper-sings, sounding helpless ████ ████ and sad. She fucks to fill the void, with alte ████ ████ star Odunsi (The Engine) breaking his usual ████ ████ charmer routine for an unsettling turn as an ████ ████ abusive hook-up. ôIÆm down,ö she sings numbly, ████ ████ ambiguously. ôDown for the night.ö Amaarae said ████ ████ that she left the darkest songs off this album, ████ ████ butùunless she went full Diamanda Galas ████ ████ elsewhereùitÆs hard to imagine a more vivid ████ ████ descent into emotional oblivion. ████ ████ ████ ████ Beyond her chameleonic roleplay, AmaaraeÆs ████ ████ humble roots are obviousùshe dreams of the day ████ ████ she can buy her mom a Bentley. On the ████ ████ dancehall-leaning ôLeave Me Alone,ö she affirms ████ ████ her own worth with the calm of a zen master, ████ ████ singing, among bright and balmy guitars, ôAll ████ ████ the diamonds in the world donÆt outshine me.ö ████ ████ Her polyphonic approach to experimental pop ████ ████ brings to mind author and DJ Jace ClaytonÆs ████ ████ description of pan-global music in the digital ████ ████ age as a ômemory palace with room for everybody ████ ████ inside.ö Amaarae puts metabolized sounds ████ ████ through a distinctive prism, hitting on an ████ ████ insight: ThereÆs room in the palace for her. ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. G R O U P .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ MAiL: [email protected] ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ █▀ ▀██▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██▀ ▀█ ██▄██▀ ▀██▄██ ████▀ The only thing that really matters is music!!! ▀████ ▀██▓ ▓██▀ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓██▀ .▀ │ ▀▀██▄▓▄ .···. 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