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  • Summary: The full-length release for the Chicago R&B/soul artist features a guest appearance from Sen Morimoto.
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  1. Dec 4, 2019
    86
    In KAINA’s sprawling but concise little world, her truths feel universal.
  2. Uncut
    Dec 4, 2019
    80
    Unfussy yet poetic. [Aug 2019, p.31]
  3. Dec 4, 2019
    76
    Her striking lyrics take aim at present-day bigots who clamor for closed borders—“Look how these brown hands cook all your meals/But mama says you want us all to disappear”—but she’s more concerned with the persistence of this foundational hatred, and with the people she loves, who have thrived “through so many moons” and continue to thrive in spite of racist brutality.
  4. Dec 4, 2019
    67
    The salsa-imbued "Green" celebrates heritage and familial commitment as the LP culminates in a dreamy slow-burn.