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The latest full-length release from New York R&B artist Yaya Bey features guest appearances by Butcher Brown, Father Philis, RAHRAH GABOR, and Nigel Hall.
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- Record Label: drink sum wtr
- Genre(s): R&B
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Jun 23, 2025Do It Afraid is another impelling triumph from a thriving musical dynamo.
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Jun 23, 2025do it afraid is Bey’s rejection of that containment, her declaration that Black life is also full of joy, sensuality, absurdity, vibrancy, and ease.
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Jun 23, 2025In short, afraid may demand a bit more from the consumer, in terms of mindful listening, but variety and range (and intensity) are indeed present, even if more understatedly.
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Jun 23, 2025By linking up wuth the most expansive list of collaborators she’s tapped to date (BADBADNOTGOOD, Exaktly and Butcher Brown are among the producers), it also finds her weaving through arguably the most layered, fine musical backdrops she’s yet presented.
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MojoJun 23, 2025Do It Afraid doesn't sound quite as home-made and fingerprint-smudged as Bey's lo-fi previous recordings, there's still no-one who sounds like her, no-one chronicling the agony and ecstasy with her unguarded and resonant vision. [Aug 2025, p.81]
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Jun 27, 2025‘do it afraid’ radiates optimism; a timeless, full-bodied work that speaks to embracing the beauty of life amidst dark times.
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Jun 25, 2025While do it afraid doesn’t have the snap and verve of the more structured Ten Fold, there’s a charming coziness to its loose sound. These open-aired songs evoke backyards and block parties, the rhythms gentle as breezes.