SZA

Five years since the release of her debut album 'Ctrl,' SZA is back with her sophomore LP 'SOS.'

Smokin' On My Ex Pack,” the tenth song on SZA's new album 'SOS' features SZA rapping for the first time.

But “Smoking on My Ex Pack” is a shot across the bow, a game changer that arrives in less than 90 seconds. In the context of her career, it’s also a flex; her best is not her limit — it’s the floor. With it comes the line “Them hoe accusations weak/Them bitch accusations true.” Scripture!

SZA's new album “SOS” arrived on December 9 with songs titled “Kill Bill,” and “Gone Girl,” lyrics referencing Aaliyah and Beyoncé, as well as samples of Ol ...

She pulls a Taylor Swift in “Special,” a pop track about a loser who made her feel like a loser. She also samples Icelandic singer Björk, borrowing from the ambient electronic song “Hidden Place.” “I don’t care ’bout consequences, I want my lick back,” SZA raps over the trippy beat and old-school hip-hop sample. “All these bitches is minions, despicable like, ooh (Oh).” The sixth movie reference. “Screaming at you in the Ludlow / I was yours for free / I don’t get existential,” Phoebe adds. “Those who have forsaken their humanity / They like to patch their life with morality,” he says. Now, it’s “hate,” not resignation, that provides the “fuel.” “And ain’t nobody talkin’ ’bout the damage, pretendin’ like it’s all okay / I tried to erase, I live to escape.” What’s the password?” SZA asks. “I might kill my ex, not the best idea,” the chorus begins. “Inward I go when there’s no one around me / And memories drown me, the further I go,” she sings on the bridge, referencing Pike’s character in the film, who ran away from home after she discovered her husband (Affleck) cheated. “Remind you of Della Reese,” a lyric goes, shouting out the jazz and gospel singer, actor, talk-show host, and minister with a half-century-long career. SZA came on the album’s intro mad as hell (see lyrics like “Nah, li’l bitch, can’t let you finish” or “Yeah, that’s right, I need commissions on mine / All that sauce you got from me”).

SZA is thinking about a past love in her song “Nobody Gets Me.” On Friday, as she celebrated the release of her album SOS, the R&B superstar dropped a new ...

“The songs are looser and more confident,” read the review. [Ol’ Dirty Bastard] was freestyling in the back of the footage, so I took the audio.” The black-and-white visual, directed by Bradley J.

SZA shared her thoughts about Drake in a new interview on Friday (Dec. 9) after the rapper's womanizing ways were lampooned on 'Saturday Night Live.'

SZA shared her thoughts about Drake in a new interview on Friday (Dec. [confirmed](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sza-confirms-past-drake-relationship-9460217/) she and Drake had briefly been an item in the late 2000s after he dropped her name in “Mr. The skit, which aired last Saturday (Dec. “It’s never been weird. 9) after the rapper’s womanizing ways were lampooned on Saturday Night Live. It’s entertaining, but you sometimes are taking losses in the midst of that entertainment.

In a SZA song, the catharsis is in the word count. Her music stands proudly in the conjoined traditions of rap and R&B, allowing her to fill every verse and ...

[Ctrl](https://amzn.to/3W9yrVD),” and her emotive new follow-up album, “ [SOS](https://amzn.to/3PcOnnJ),” feels both broader and fuller by design. Yet for all her dazzling wordiness, there is a sluggish midtempo feel that permeates this album’s 23-song track list. Her music stands proudly in the conjoined traditions of rap and R&B, allowing her to fill every verse and hook with a surplus of melodized syllables — which might be necessary considering how much she has weighing on her heart. “Handing out poinsettias to my dead homies’ mothers, praying they feel better.” Would this degree of oversharing even be possible if she weren’t standing at the intersection of singing and rapping? On one especially prolix ballad, “ [Blind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFflrGOsv8),” she lets her lyrics fly fast and furious, only half-apologizing for being “raunchy like Bob Saget” before outlining how toxic romances erode self-worth.

On the highlight from SOS, SZA is messy and divine, indulging her desires and reeling from their consequences. Some of the best SZA songs sound like buzzed ...

The reputational damage lingers like a hangover: “My past can’t escape me/My pussy precedes me,” she sings on “Blind,” a dazzling statement piece from her new album [SOS](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sza-sos/). Wish I was comfortable just myself,” she lamented on [CTRL](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sza-ctrl/) opener “ [Supermodel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiixq9rT_J0),” torching a relationship but still unable to move on. On “ [Drew Barrymore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp45V_M4Akw)”: “I get so lonely I forget what I’m worth.” Half a decade later, SZA’s still hooking up with exes she has no business entertaining and cringing at the aftermath, craving the self-sufficiency that would save her grief.

SZA Releases Music Video for "Nobody Gets Me": The reflective visual shows the R&B singer crooning on an NYC rooftop.

[SZA](https://hypebeast.com/tags/sza) reflecting on a past lover. The visual is simple and essentially shows her crooning on the top of a building somewhere in New York City as she rocks baggy jeans, a graphic tee, a trucker hat that bears an upside-down smiley face and a [New York Jets](https://hypebeast.com/tags/new-york-jets) leather jacket. And to excite the fans even further, the R&B artist has released a brand new music video for “Nobody Gets Me.”

Her sophomore album, SOS, is finally out today (December 9). With new collaborations from Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and Ol' Dirty Bastard, the ...

Watch the black-and-white music video for SZA's new song Nobody Gets Me, taken from her album SOS.

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