- contemporary r&b
- 44 min
- 12 tracks
Shea Butter Baby is the debut studio album by American singer Ari Lennox. It was released on May 7, 2019, by Dreamville and Interscope Records. The album was executive produced by Dreamville producer Elite. In addition, the majority of the album was produced by Dreamville's in-house producers: J. Cole, Elite, Omen, Ron Gilmore, and Christo, among others.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 81/100
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- Exclaim!7/10
- HipHopDX4.1/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.6/10
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Tracks
- 1Chicago Boy4:49
- 2BMO2:27
- 3Broke4:02
- 4Up Late4:27
- 5Shea Butter Baby3:32
- 6Speak to Me3:45
- 7New Apartment3:57
- 8Facetime2:32
- 9Pop2:18
- 10I Been3:41
- 11Whipped Cream4:49
- 12Static4:12
12 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ari Lennox
- Released
- May 6, 2019
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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