Sevyn Streeter — Call Me Crazy, But… EP
Sevyn Streeter finally got her due in 2013. After more than a decade of false starts in two separate girl bands, followed by a career detour as R&B’s go-to songwriter, the 27-year-old finally landed a well-deserved hit with the
Chris Brown-assisted slow jam
“It Won’t Stop.” That deceptively catchy groove is the perfect calling card for debut EP
Call Me Crazy, But… — a seven-song set brimming with sharp lyrics, smooth vocals and on-point production. Highlights include the sprawling, genre-hopping title track (this needs to be a single) and shimmery, emotion-drenched balled “Shattered.” —
MIKE WASS
Kitty – D.A.I.S.Y. Rage mixtape
You need to know three things about
Kitty‘s latest mixtape. 1)
girl can rap, 2) girl picks some off-the-wall beats and 3) girl’s lyrics are sneaky smart.
D.A.I.S.Y. Rage is where Kitty
proved herself to be more than just a meme, more than
a snarky Jezebel headline, so if you’re dismissing the Internet rapper because she has the voice of a Rainbow Brite fangirl, well, you’re missing the point. I don’t know if rap has ever sounded this unassuming and
girly — as in, the unfiltered work of a young female — and that’s the point. That’s the appeal.
D.A.I.S.Y. Rage demonstrated Kitty’s legit hip-hop chops and, by merely existing, it demonstrates the jarringly fast rate of expansion the genre is currently undergoing. —
CARL WILLIOTT
