Another precious stone chiseled in Chicago, Sundial is the second studio album by the very gifted thirty-year-old American, Noname, after Room 25 released in 2018—not to mention the mixtape Telefone in 2016. Eryn Allen Kane, Jay Electronica, Common, Billy Woods, and Ayoni participate. A dozen beatmakers are dedicated to it, including the brilliant Saba. Subtle and evocative in her previous opuses, the poet and rapper’s words are more scathing, more hyper-realistic, less sweet than bitter. The commitment of this black woman capable of exploring her ambivalences and paradoxes (which explains this 5-year discographic silence), perfectly aware of all the issues of her life as an artist in America, goes well with her poetic inclinations aimed at the micro and macro of human existence in the Windy City. Solid groovy jazzy soul frames support the message, very good musicians and very good sampling gracefully make the flow soar.
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