Smino: Noir Zip

Favorite track transition: Fenty Sex ➡️ BAM 2x. If you know, you know. 🥂 Highlights: The Sound: High-dexterity vocals meeting 'Dungeon Family-esque' beats.

No track better exemplifies the Smino Noir Zip thesis. The beat (produced by Phoelix and Monte Booker) is a slow, slinking bassline reminiscent of 1970s blaxploitation scores—textbook noir. Smino’s vocal enters not at the downbeat but on the “and” of two, creating a disoriented, staggered feel. smino noir zip

Lighthearted but deep. 'It was gruesome, what we grew from / But we grew some in the end.'. Standouts: "KLINK," "Z4L," and the ethereal "MF GROOVE" with Ravyn Lenae Favorite track transition: Fenty Sex ➡️ BAM 2x