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New Jersey's neo-soul singer SZA (Solana Rowe) debuted with
three EPs, namely See.SZA.Run (2012), S (2013) and
Z (2014), followed by the much hyped album Ctrl (2017).
The best audio choreography, The Weekend, is also an adequate display
of her highly expressive voice (although the official video focused more on her legs).
She was certainly a talented singer, but a mediocre songwriter and obviously not a composer.
Nonetheless, her defiant feminist lyrics happened just at the right time to
generate media coverage.
Despite the long time that it took to compose and record it,
the 23-song SOS (2022) is a rather bland copy of the debut.
What stands out is the meticulous production.
The songs span
pop, soul, rock and rap, with the relatively
rocking F2F, the orchestral
Blind,
Kill Bill and
Good Days the ones to save.
Phoebe Bridgers shows up in Ghost in the Machine.
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