since SZA is going on tour w Kendrick
here's your SZA syllabus
Real quick, I’ve pulled a few things together about Solána “SZA” Imani Rowe. SZA can sometimes love the shadows, so let’s read all about her. Let’s put pieces together, and get to know our girl even better. Spoiler alert: this is a WILDLY incomplete collection. So please link out to your SZA story or project in the comments. Please link out to SZA playlists. Because I know there’s better than this intro to her music. Regarding Black women who make art: her influence is unquestioned, but her greatness often is. That’s how Janell Hobson gets into it (right here). And Hobson is correct.
So. How about we begin with Essence’s SZA archives, as well as a bunch of stuff from Pitchfork including reviews of SOS by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and CTRL by Claire Lobenfeld (we all worked at VIBE together)
There’s this ⬆️ July 2017 story from The Guardian, by Rebecca Nicholson. And here’s a short review of what was still being stylized as “Control” from Tara Joshi.
Languid and soulful, the debut alb…
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