Music / hip hop

Somethin 'bout Kreay


Reviews (3)


The libraries' assessment

d. 4. Oct. 2012

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Thomas Tiedje

d. 4. Oct. 2012

Fra Lady Sovereign til Nicki Minaj, fra Uffie til Azealia Banks, har kvindelige rappere det sidste tiår markeret sig stadig stærkere i en mandsdomineret genre. Udgangspunktet har ofte været en moderne kønskamp, hvor pigerne med en kæk attitude ikke har været blege for at stange svinere ud til deres mandlige kolleger. Den 22-årige Oakland-rapper Natassia Zolot aka Kreayshawn er det seneste, hypede skud på stammen siden hun med singlen "Gucci Gucci" og feministiske punchlines som "I got the swag and it's pumping out my ovaries", bragede ind på scenen. Nu ligger debuten her, og modsat singlen, taler "Something 'bout Kreay" mest til Kreayshawns eget køn i form af fortællinger om veninder og venindeforhold. Det er ikke svært at mene, at Kreayshawn er en strid harpe, og albummet igennem bitcher hun konstant over veninder, andre piger i nabolaget eller ansatte i den lokale mall, mens hun fremhæver sin egen swag-faktor. En god bund af old school-beats, electro og bass-musik får indholdet til at rykke, men lyrisk er der i denne signaturs ører mere at komme efter hos en Azealia Banks.


Pitchfork

d. 21. Sep. 2012

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Carrie Battan

d. 21. Sep. 2012

"Somethin' Bout Kreay would elicit the embarrassment of, say, walking in on a younger sibling dancing awkwardly in front of her bedroom mirror, were its shrill clatter not so forcefully distracting. These are dance songs so strident that no one could ever hope to move to them, pop songs so thin that no one could choose lines worth singing along to, rap verses so fumbly that practically anyone could rewrite them and make them better".


AllMusic

2012

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David Jeffries

2012

"That much-needed "it's all in good fun" feeling is hard to maintain when "Summertime" offers a flair-free anthem for girls who look great in bikinis, and as "Luv Haus" plods through some Auto-Tuned electro-disco, the album mistakenly enters P!nk's territory with Kreayshawn going limp and deadpan. She's best when playing it kinetic and in complete violation of good taste, so whittle this one down by half for the ultimate in bird-flipping, rave-rapping, and repercussion-free living".