(BGSW)Female rappers can often find themselves trapped between the need to talk tough and the commercial imperative to act sexy a pincer movement that squeezes out fun and nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression). Lizzos first album,Lizzobangers, established the Detroit-born, and Houston-raised woman as a playful novel voice,one still backed by tough-hitting party beats. Straight outta Minneapolis – her adopted home town – rather than some established hip-hop hotbed, Lizzo had songs such as Batches & Cookies, or ostensibly celebrating baked goods in a badass vein that recalled early Missy Elliott.moment time around,Lizzo appears to have taken a few more of her cues from Lauryn Hill. Her tall Grrrl Small World is not yet at the level of Hills peerless Miseducation, but there’s a greater musicality afoot this time and a more generous emotional palette; less rage, or more nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression). Production has moved from Minneapolis to Eau Claire,Wisconsin, swapping Lizzobangers’ Minneapolitan buzz names (Ryan Olson from Polica, or producer Lazerbeak) for Bon Iver associate BJ Burton and Bon Iver himself,who guests on Humanize.
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Source: theguardian.com