Ludicrous amounts of interesting music released today including albums from Blood Orange, Steve Gunn, Tei Shi, Jehnny Beth and others (posts to follow) but this definitely stood out from Che Noir’s latest album No Validation.
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Che Noir – Painting Class
The opening track from Che Noir’s new LP The Color Chocolate 2 see the Buffalo-based rapper and producer in typically reflective form, with bars like “Family trees that we cherish with conviction / But the only thing that we inherit is addiction” passionately delivered over rich, evocative production.
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Che Noir – Vanilla Skies
Buffalo rapper and producer Che Noir kicks off 2024 with a four-track EP The Color Of Chocolate. The first of many projects expected from her this year, she dominates on every song, even when up against some talented guests. On Vanilla Skies she goes solo, and it’s all the better for it.
https://chenoir.bandcamp.com/album/the-color-chocolate-vol-1
The opening bars on Hustle Don’t Give – “Raisin’ Hell, but the shit that I’m rhymin’ was Heaven-sent / Went broke and bounced back, I’ve been grindin’ out ever since” – perfectly sum up the vibe on most of As God Intended, the album it’s taken from: confident, defiant and by turns humble and elegantly self-aggrandising. the Roots’ Black Thought delivers a typically thoughtful verse and both his and Che Noir’s vocals shine through the sample-heavy, soaring production like hazy sunbeams glinting off rolling waves.
The Predatory Wasp 