| 1. When you this raw they listen with an erection." The Hit-Boy production gives the song a necessary weight—fans have been awaiting this record for far too long—to allow to explain that she's been off the scene but never too far away. Often, she likens her absence to Lauryn Hill—a fed-up talent mischaracterized as lazy or ineffectual. Real fans would never, but the internet hoi polloi certainly might |
| 2. When men support me I see some of you get inside your feelings, fam" are stunning, direct and classic. The album is littered with her experiences inside the music industry as a terrific rapper who was deemed too political and too proud to truly ascend like her peers |
| 3. Please Don't Cry is perfect for today's politicized social media world and much more conversation can still happen based around this terrific record. Certain albums receive flowers for vague and apolitical associations when has never shied from the issues plaguing a Black-led genre. You can place the needle on any song and within 30 seconds hear a perfectly-distilled maxim, like on the laid back yet fully charged "Black Popstar." "If you ain't crying about it, what you doing? We smiling through it," muses before punctuating the track with "let's talk about it." She drops poet names and calls out fans for wondering about her sexual orientation in "Stand Tall," and in "Diary of a Mad Bitch," well, your imagination is likely accurate |
| 4. Through all that, celebrates herself and the blessed world surrounding her. "God's Light" serves that purpose perfectly. Ditto "A Ballad for Homegirls." There's truly nothing she can't do with a boom-bap beat and she's fully aware of her prowess and powers. has returned and she's brought her whole bag with her. No matter the reception, real heads know what it is |
| 5. Tracklist: |
| 6. 1.01 - , Phylicia Rashad - She’s Expecting You |
| 7. 1.02 - - Marlanna |
| 8. 1.03 - , Hit-Boy - Asteroids |
| 9. 1.04 - - Look What You’ve Done |
| 10. 1.05 - , Bee-B - DND |
| 11. 1.06 - , Dixson - Black Popstar |
| 12. 1.07 - - Stand Tall |
| 13. 1.08 - - That One Time |
| 14. 1.09 - , Erykah Badu - 3:AM |
| 15. 1.10 - , Alex Isley - Loose Rocks |
| 16. 1.11 - , Bibi Bourelly - Diary Of A Mad Bitch |
| 17. 1.12 - , Nicole Bus, Keznamdi - Never Enough |
| 18. 1.13 - - He Shot Me |
| 19. 1.14 - - God’s Light |
| 20. 1.15 - - Back In My Bag |
| 21. 1.16 - , Niko Brim - Niko’s Interlude |
| 22. 1.17 - , Lil Wayne - Raw |
| 23. 1.18 - - Lonely Women |
| 24. 1.19 - , Baby Tate - A Ballad For Homegirls |
| 25. 1.20 - , Phylicia Rashad - Please Don’t Cry Interlude |
| 26. 1.21 - - Faith |
| 27. 1.22 - , Phylicia Rashad, Amber Navran - Forget Me Not |
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