Shea Butter Baby

***Shea Butter Baby*** shine kundi na halarta na farko na mawakiyar Amurka kuma marubuci Ari Lennox . An sake shi a kan Mayu 7, 2019, ta Dreamville da Interscope Records .  Elite mai shirya Dreamville ne ya samar da kundin. Bugu da ƙari, yawancin kundi na Dreamville's in-house producers: J. Cole, Elite, Omen, Ron Gilmore, da Christo, da sauransu.

## Fage
An rattaba hannu kan Ari Lennox zuwa Dreamville Records a cikin 2015 bayan da kiɗanta ke yawo a cikin lakabin. Daga ƙarshe, sun tashi da ita zuwa ɗakin studio don yin aiki akan nassoshi don Rihanna, amma waƙoƙin sun raunata zuwa Lennox saboda ta kasance "ba ainihin mawallafi ga sauran masu fasaha ba," kuma ta rubuta bayanan sirri don kanta. 

## Saki da haɓakawa
A kan Yuli 16, 2018,  Ari Lennox ya fito da jagorar guda ɗaya, "Bugawa Cream", don kundi na farko, tare da rakiyar bidiyon kiɗa akan Satumba 5.   A cikin Nuwamba 2018, Ari ya fito da waƙoƙi guda huɗu na talla : "Shades na Choke 40", "Grampa", "Babu Daya" da "Tsarin Ƙaura".  

 kasancewa ɗaya ce ta biyu " Shea Butter Baby " tare da J. Cole, an sake shi a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 2019, wanda ya fara bayyana akan sautin Creed II akan Nuwamba 16, 2018.   Waƙar tana tare da faifan bidiyo na kiɗa a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 2019 kuma ta zarce ra'ayoyi miliyan uku ta YouTube a cikin makon farko. A ranar 30 ga Afrilu, Ari Lennox ya ba da sanarwar ranar saki da jerin waƙoƙin kundin, kuma ya fitar da guda na talla na biyar " Up Late ", kuma an fitar da bidiyon kiɗan na waƙar a ranar 14 ga Mayu.   A ranar 5 ga Agusta, an fitar da wani wasan kwaikwayon rai na waƙar "Na kasance" a Nunin Launuka. A ranar 6 ga Agusta, ta fitar da bidiyon kiɗan na " BMO ", wanda Child ya jagoranta. 

### Yawon shakatawa
A ranar 27 ga Maris, 2019, ta sanar da rangadin farko na kanun labarai, tare da fara wasan farko a ranar 12 ga Mayu kuma ta ƙare a ranar 14 ga Yuni a garinsu na Washington, DC, tare da ayyukan tallafi Baby Rose, Mikhala Jene, da Ron Gilmore. Kashi na biyu na rangadin yana a Turai wanda zai fara a watan Disamba. 

### Remix EP
A ranar 27 ga Maris, 2020, an saki *Shea Butter Baby (Remix EP)*, wanda ke nuna bako daga Doja Cat, Smino, da Durand Bernarr . Ya ƙunshi remixes don waƙoƙin "BMO", "I Been" da "Facetime".  

## Rubutu da rikodi
Ari Lennox ya yi magana da Complex game da tsarin rubuta kundin yana mai cewa, "kawai duk abin da ke faruwa a rayuwata nan da can. Wani lokaci yana da kyau sosai."  Ta gaya wa *XXL* game da abubuwan da ta bayyana a cikin kundin tana cewa "Ina waƙa game da gidana na farko, game da son karya niggas - idan ranka yana da kyau to wa ya damu? Ina da wannan haɗin gwiwa da ake kira "Static" [inda] na yi magana game da damuwa ta ta hanya mai ma'ana. Kawai yawan jima'i, rai, soyayya da hip-hop." 

Ta fara aiki a kan kundi na farko da sauri bayan an sanya hannu a Dreamville, kuma ta ɗauki shekaru huɗu don kammalawa. Ron Gilmore yayi magana game da tsarin rikodin da kuma yadda kundin ya samo asali zuwa nau'i na ƙarshe a cikin hira da Revolt, yana cewa:


Omen ya samar da " BMO " wanda ke kwatanta "Space" na Galt MacDermot. Manajan Ari, Justin LaMotte ya nemi Omen ya aika fayil ɗin don su yi aiki a kai, amma kwamfutarsa ta lalace kuma fayilolin sun ɓace. Bayan ya sake yin bugun, ya shiga tare da Ron Gilmore kuma ya ƙara wasu kiɗa, tare da Elite yana taimaka musu tweak wasu sauti.  Christo ya kirkiro bugun don "Broke", tare da ƙarin masu samarwa suna ƙara "wasu walƙiya ko shirye-shirye nan da can." JID ya aika a cikin ayarsa don yin waƙar a cikin minti na ƙarshe kafin ya shiga cikin kundin. A ƙarshen "Magana da Ni", Elite da Gilmore sun sa Carlin White ta buga wasu ganguna masu rai a cikin "Latin tsagi" a ƙarshen. 

Elite ya kuma yi magana game da "Static" kasancewar waƙar da ya fi so a cikin kundi yana cewa "lokacin da na fara jin an sake kunnawa, na ji daɗi. Na ji bugu-bugu, kuma yana jawo motsin raina - don haka idan hakan ya faru da waƙar, koyaushe ina jin cewa ta musamman ce, domin na san idan ina jin haka, wani daga wurin zai ji haka.”  Ari ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Sabon Apartment" ita ce waƙa mafi mahimmanci a cikin kundin yana cewa "ya bambanta, yana da ban mamaki kuma ya fito daga raina. Yana da matuƙar mahimmanci ga mutane su ƙaura lokacin da za su iya kuma su fuskanci duniyarsu da nasu sararin samaniya. Yana da mahimmanci a yi bikin hakan." Duk lokacin da aka tambayi waƙar game da rashin yin kundin, Ari zai ƙi yarda da gaske.  Skits a kan kundin da aka samo daga rikodin sauti daga Ari's Instagram Live, wanda shine ra'ayin Cole don adana tarihin hotunan. 

## Mahimman liyafar

A Metacritic, wanda ke ba da ƙimar daidaitacce daga cikin 100 don sake dubawa daga wallafe-wallafen al'ada, kundin ya sami matsakaicin maki 81, yana nuna "yabo na duniya". 

Rubutun don *Pitchfork*, Ann-Derrick Gaillot ya ce, "Kundi na halarta na farko daga mawaƙa mai rairayi-mai raira waƙa yana motsa shi ta hanyar jin daɗin jin daɗi da rai kuma yana da masaniyar warkarwa na rataye a kan kujera tare da babban aboki." Marubucin ya tabbatar da cewa kundi "ya kafa tushen ruhi na ruhi da kuma R & B a cikin gaskiyar gaskiya, yana jujjuya ra'ayin cewa mace mai amincewa da kanta ta zamani dole ne ta kula da facade na allahntaka. Akwai iko, ta ba da shawara, a cikin bikin mara kyau da ɗan ɓarna, maimakon ɓarke na gaskiya mai gogewa mai santsi."  Rubutun don *Exclaim!*, A. Harmony ya ce kundin "labari ne mai ban sha'awa mai zuwa na zamani wanda ke da daɗi a cikin sauƙi mai sauƙi." 

Cherise Johnson ta HipHopDX ta ce faifan album ɗin "haƙiƙa yana gamsar da ƙishirwa don irin salon rawa da shuɗi wanda ke jin daɗin ruhi, kamar abincin da aka dafa a gida bayan ya dawo gida daga kwaleji a karon farko. Aikin zamani ne mai zuwa, cike da kalmomi masu gaskiya waɗanda aka goyi bayansu tare da kayan aiki na gaske kuma suna magana ga tsarar matan Baƙar fata waɗanda kawai suke son zama kansu - kuma a fili, babu wanda, ba Ari ba, yana jiran izini. " Tyrell Nicolas na Clash ya ba da kyakkyawan bita na kundin, yana mai cewa "yana gudanar da haɓaka R&B na zamani tare da wasu sauti kamar rai, funk, da blues, duk yayin gabatar da mu ga Ari Lennox na yau - da kuma abubuwan da ke jagorantar ta kowane motsi. ." Marubucin ya ci gaba da cewa "Wataƙila mafi kyawun al'amari na 'Shea Butter Baby' shine ingantacciyar rashin laifi wanda ke ratsa shi - tsaka-tsakin tsaka-tsakin da ke cikin sarari tsakanin waƙoƙin ya ba da sha'awar Ari Lennox, tsoro, sha'awa, da kuma niyya." Amira Rasool na Paper ya rubuta game da batutuwan kundin yana mai cewa "Ga matsakaita mai sauraro, jigogin soyayya da soyayyar da aka rasa tsakanin masoya biyu na iya ficewa a cikin kundin, amma ga Lennox, karfafawa mata bakar fata da matsayinsu a duniya. shine abinda take fata zai haska." 

### Yabo

## Ayyukan kasuwanci
Tare da kwanaki uku kawai na bin diddigin, kundin ya yi muhawara a lamba 104 akan ginshiƙi na  200 na Amurka, kuma ya ƙaura zuwa lamba 67 a mako mai zuwa. Ya kuma yi kololuwa a lamba 38 akan ginshiƙin Albums na Top Ramp;B/Hip-Hop, da lamba 7 akan taswirar Ramp;B na Amurka .   

## Waƙa da jeri
**Samfuran ƙididdiga**

* Samfuran "Chicago Boy" "Gengis" na Chico Hamilton .
* Samfuran "BMO" "Space" na Galt MacDermot .
* Samfuran "Broke" "Lullaby" by Chargaux feat. Glas mai laushi.
* "Sabon Apartment" samfurori "Ƙasar Sha'awa" ta Hubert Laws .
* Samfurin "Kwaji Bulala" "Biyu daga cikinmu" na Cameo .
* Samfuran "Static" "Duba Cikin Sama" na RAMP .

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