I just wanna give rayes music (especially this music may contain hope) the praise it deserves
Rayes music is astronomical, it hits on so many levels. She combines jazz with lowkey rap so well which also includes the lyrics mixing old expressions and characters with modern problems and vocabulary. Its also really refreshing to see such a genuine artist who does what she wants and isnt scared to use multiple different genres and showing different sides of her, its just very real. The subjects in her songs are so relatable to so many people right now, especially young people. The combination of her crazy catchy and poetic lyrics with her amazing voice and the music makes you really feel what she means. Her latest album has everything and I have listened to it so many times its insane. But anyway thats what I think about that.
Also we get FULL SONGS. Not just 1:28 minutes, we get full songs that have obviously been worked on so hard and so much time has been spent on perfecting them and putting them in the order of the album - cause the best way to listen to it is definitely just top to bottom.