Album Of The Day: Crescendo by Jackie Hill Perry

Album Art of Jackie Hill Perry's Crescendo album - On a white background which is a bit more grey at the edges, there's a color photo of a black woman with long, braided hair looking into the camera while holding her chin high. From left to right, there is the musical symbol '<', which is a crescendo. It means the music starts quiet and gets progressively louder. The top part of the '<' passes behind the artist, but the bottom part is in front of her. The front part looks more gold and the back part looks a bit more white. In the top left is printed the album title, and in the top right the artist name, as well in the bottom left in small print is the label name, 'humble beast'.

Released 8 years ago today, this is the second album by rapper Jackie Hill Perry. She delivers fast-moving verses and, on this album, there are musical interludes between songs that are classic hymns or Gospel music, slowing down the album and adding moments of contemplation for the listener. Songs like "Hymn" feature a bunch of guest rappers and definitely is all about preaching the Gospel. But other songs use Jackie Hill Perry's personal experiences to talk about where she can improve while also pointing to God as her Lord and Savior. I love the production style here from a slew of Producers including the guys running the Humble Beast label which released this album. The album mixes a variety of styles and brings a lot of musicality to that is not there when it's all Jackie rapping. It's fitting to have an album with such a musical title to have such dynamic swings in musical elements. I haven't liked her production on her new Reach Records releases as much, but I hope she continues to create hip-hop because the raps are excellent.

Release Year: 2018
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