Zuu (album)

Zuu (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by Denzel Curry, released through PH Recordings and distributed by Loma Vista Recordings on May 31, 2019.
== Synopsis ==
"A real-ass n*gga from the 305/I was raised off of Trina, Trick, Rick, and Plies," Denzel Curry says on "CAROLMART." Since his days as a member of Raider Klan, the Miami MC has made it a point to forge a path distinct from the influences he shouts out here. But with ZUU, Curry's fourth studio album, he returns to the well from which he sprang. The album is conspicuously street-life-oriented; Curry paints a picture of a Miami he certainly grew up in, but also one rap fans may not have associated him with previously. Within ZUU, there are references to the city's storied history as a drug haven ("BIRDZ"), odes to Curry's family ("RICKY"), and retellings of his personal come-up ("AUTOMATIC"), along with a unique exhibition of Miami slang on "YOO." Across it all, Curry is the verbose, motormouthed MC he made his name as, a profile that is especially recognizable on the album closer "P.A.T.," where he dips in and out of a bevy of flows over the kind of scuzzy, lo-fi production that set the table for another generation of South Florida rap stars."ZUU by Denzel Curry". Apple Music. May 31, 2019.
== Background ==
Curry told The Fader that the record came from being "homesick". He recorded and wrote the album in Los Angeles, California. Initially he was going to title it Axis, though switched to "Zuu," which references to his hometown, Miami, Florida. He added, "You can tell from the intro all the way down: it goes from the sounds of where I grew up, to what I was raised around, to the people I was raised around, to the sounds that pretty much shaped the person I am. And then eventually, when you get to the last track, it's the sounds that we do now."Thompson, Paul (May 31, 2019). "Denzel Curry channeled homesickness to make a Miami masterpiece". The Fader. According to HNHH, he freestyled the entirety of Zuu, and it was an easier process to create compared to his previous project, Ta13oo. He explained, "I just wanted to keep it simple and plain... Just get down to business. Forget the dilly-dallying."
== Track listing ==
== References ==
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