Pitchfork: Solange vinner över storasyster Beyoncé
Pitchfork listar årets 50 bästa album och placerar Solanges ”A seat at the table” på första plats. Trea är Beyoncés ”Lemonade”, vilket innebär att Solange klår sin superstjärna-storasyster med två placeringar.
”På sitt tredje album har Solange återerövrat varje del av sin berättelse och skapat något odiskutabelt inspirerande. År 2016, när det fortfarande verkar vara radikalt att släppa en skiva som katalogiserar nyanserna av svart kvinnlighet, har hon gjort just detta med förbluffande uppriktighet”, skriver Pitchfork.
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A Seat at the Table
Wikipedia (en)
A Seat at the Table is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Solange. It was released on September 30, 2016, by Saint Records and Columbia Records. While recording the album, Knowles released an EP, titled True (2012) and launched her own record label named Saint Records. Writing for the album began as early as 2008, while the recording sessions took place from 2013 to June 2016. Solange enlisted the variety of collaborators with American rappers Lil Wayne and Q-Tip, and fellow American singer-songwriters The-Dream, BJ the Chicago Kid, Kelly Rowland and Tweet, and musicians Sampha, Kelela and David Longstreth, among others.
The album was widely acclaimed by music critics and became Solange's first number-one album on the Billboard 200 in the United States, debuting with 46,000 copies sold (72,000 with additional album-equivalent units). The album's lead single, "Cranes in the Sky" was released on October 5, 2016, and is currently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance.
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