Dodge Cat – Scarlet | Indie for bunnies

Doja Cat he’s the loose cannon of the stars-and-stripes hip-hop scene, and his new album “Scarlet” aims to demonstrate that the definition of “genius and recklessness” is often more than just a cliché. The Los Angeles rapper’s new album, in fact, accurately reflects all the contradictory images that have accompanied the American artist over the past few months and, above all, during the creation of the album in question. “Scarlet” is an album full of nuances, syncopated beats and alternatives, frank and sharp rhymes, sounds that are not as easy and spontaneous as one might first imagine, sitting on the pedestal of simple prejudice. “Attention,” for example, in addition to being the very first sample of the album, perfectly represents what the singer’s new direction wants to be: no longer music (only) for the masses, but an individual product for those with the singer’s new aspirations.

Translated into plain English, “Attention” is a trip-hop song swimming in the seas of old school R&B. Going further with “Paint The Town Red” Doya he even takes it upon himself to sample the band’s “Walk On Boy” Dionne Warwick. Of course, the aforementioned song has already received worldwide recognition, both from the charts and among the rapper’s (numerous) fans. The same ones with whom, a few months ago, the American artist argued furiously on social networks, asking them to stop listening to his music. (genius and folly, genius and folly).

“Scarlet” is a work that can only be fully appreciated if you are able to go beyond listening as an end in itself. Yes, because there are a lot of details between one song and another. As do those featured on the album’s (real) highlight, “Agora Hills,” which clocks in at four minutes and twenty-five seconds and demonstrates how a good piece of hip-hop/R&B can be made without being monotonous or monotonous. Although there is a little in the ethereal delicacy of “Often” Beyoncé from “I… Sasha Fierce.” After all, this is one of the main features of music. Doja Catthat is, the ability to maneuver between the present and the past, avoiding either one or the other.

“Scarlet” is ultimately the return of an artist who may not have found a precise identity yet, but who continues to move forward on his path, unconcerned with what the ground rules of the musical mainstream will be. Despite the not entirely elastic nature and choice, sometimes very incomprehensible and unpopular. Not only. Scarlet also represents his most sincere work. Doja Cat

, the one where genius and recklessness (yes, always they) found the right compromise. And when such a record comes out, one can only sincerely (and surprisingly) admire it.