Junglepussy


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Satisfaction Guaranteed (2014), 6.5/10
Pregnant with Success (2015), 5.5/10
JP3 (2018), 5/10
JP4 (2020), 6/10
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New York's rapper Shayna "Junglepussy" McHayle, a fashion graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology, rose to prominence with the single Cream Team (2012) and the mixtape Satisfaction Guaranteed (2014), on which she exuded feminine self-confidence and even arrogance. The dilated, almost stoned, atmospheres of Want Some Mo, Fuck Texting and Kick It cheeky attitude Nah contrast with surreal rigmaroles such as Bling Bling and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Her rap being little more than a plain spoken-word style, she owed her cult following to her lyrics and to her beats. That was especially the case for the album Pregnant with Success (2015), mostly produced by Texas-born New York City-based producer Alex "Shy Guy" Govenar with a variety of creative beats. The fierce musical posture of Country Boy and Dear Diary doesn't prevent melodic moments like 'Bout You and Only Way, while unconventional beats embellish the frenzied Get To Steppin' and the madcap Nothing For Me. The result is certainly inferior to the debut mixtape.

She hired a variety of producers to craft the lethargic (and much more conventional) rap-soul ballads of JP3 (2018) and JP4 (2020), like Showers on the former and Out My Window on the latter. The latter also includes the sinister dub-infected beat of Spiders, produced by Nick Hook. The EP JP5000 (2020) further abstracted her recitation, with Mystical wrapped in an oneiric jazzy atmosphere.

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