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British soul rarely sounds this turned up. UK chart-topper Katy B’s third album is an ambitious collaborative effort featuring some of the biggest and buzziest producers around.
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Effortlessly moving between genres, she makes sure to put an R&B stamp on each song, keeping all the opposing styles and approaches from veering into chaos. On the album-opening title track, she unleashes a neo-soul vocal over Kaytranada’s sparkling beat. The song blends effortlessly into the more anthemic « Who AM I, » a Major Lazer-helmed reggae fusion in which B is accompanied by passionate vocals from Craig David.
Later, R&B meets grime on the hypnotic earworm « Lose Your Head, » produced by the HeavyTrackerz, and B turns herself into a Nineties house vocalist on her solo version of British DJ-producer KDA’s « Turn the Music Louder (Rumble), » which was released as a single featuring B and Tinie Tempah last year.
Lyrically, she works some of the same emotional territory as her reflective 2014 single « 5 AM, » musing on the somber side of life in the club.
On « Calm Down » featuring experimentally-minded electronic producers Four Tet and Floating Points, she muses « When are we ever gonna calm down/Know I should do but I love the sound, » over a rubber band beat. Katy B has a way to go in separating herself from the influx of R&B singers who dabble in dub, but she’s beginning to pave a path worth following.
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