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An artist that creates sounds that can not be confined by any genre or boxed into any category of music, Kelela has proven continuously that she's thriving in her career and graciously producing consistent classics by doing what she does best. Being her most authentic self.  Proceeding the release of her latest album Raven, I was highly inclined to write this as Kelela is definitely up there as one of my favourite artists and obviously I wanted to explain why. A late bloomer in the music industry, Kelela only began taking her music career seriously after her late 20s. An established academic about to graduate in an American University Kelela was headed towards the traditional path of a student but fortunately decided to disregard her education and focus on music, Kelela decided to listen to her heart. In 2013 dropping her highly acclaimed debut mixtape, “Cut 4 Me”  it was clear from the beginning that she was a force of nature and an artist to watch. Her first album was extrem...

An article on the highly anticipated sophomore studio album from fan favourite SZA. Succeeding the extensive fanbase collected after the release of the masterpiece studio album CTRL, it was clear that pressure was high for artist SZA during the wait between her next release. It wont come as a shock that this album does exactly what needed to be done with another cult classic on her hands. SOS is the mature older sister to CTRL, another personal diary that allows us into SZA’s inner monologue. This album doesn't shy away from shamelessness or oversharing; an album that not only shows SZA’ growth mentally but also artistically. With 23 songs and a range of different genres SZA showcases her artistic elasticity as she rides the waves of internal healing, flowing through all the peaks of her emotions effortlessly.  Starting off with a new genre that's not yet been explored in her discography, the album is introduced with the blunt self-titled intro ‘SOS’. An impressive introduction...