“SZA’s CTRL turns vulnerability into an art-form, delivering the best debut album this year”
“The official major label album debut for Solána Imani Rowe, professionally known as SZA, is upon us. 2014's Z was technically termed a mixtape for the resident R&B singer on the Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) imprint (home, of course, to roster mates like Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Isaiah Rashad) but nonetheless functioned as a quick, gauzy intro for the New Jersey-based artist. CTRL has been”
“A debut full-length that proves the singer's ballooning popularity is well deserved”
“The long-awaited debut from the Jersey singer is an opulent, raw R&B album that constantly tests the borders of the genre. SZA’s deeply personal lens on modern romance gives these songs endless life.”
“Debut albums will often claim to be fully-formed statements of intent, or the sound of growing pains and self-discovery. SZA’s ‘Ctrl’ is neither of these. That might be because she’s been introduced a couple of times before – on misty-eyed self-released tapes ‘See.SZA.Run’ (2012) and ’S’ (2013), and then again on album-length EP ‘Z’, which announced her as Top Dawg Entertainment’s first female sig”
“SZA delivers a strong full-length debut that explores the emotional complexities of being the other woman.”
“I think this album has very great production, SZA gives a very impressive vocal performance in every song, the features do their job amazingly but i think the albuns falls short in some things, first, every song feels that is talking about the same thing, SZA talking about her love for a boy and she could do more with that but it really isn’t anything another 100 artists had made before, great nonetheless just not amazing”
“A decent album from SZA but I really can’t get into it. Production is great and her voice is amazing and so unique but I feel like there’s something missing from the album overall. Top songs are ‘The Weekend’ ‘Love Galore’ ft Travis Scott ‘Anything’ ‘20 Something’”
“As a teenage boy, it’s sometimes hard to relate to a girl or woman. While this album could be catered to girls, I think it’s a man’s job to not only understand women but to learn about them, and this album, for me, was the perfect opportunity to do so.”
“this is a fabulous record and it will always have a special spot in my heart.”
“Not a single skip. One of the essential albums of this generation”
“Best album I have ever listened to my goat SZA”
“fav song: Drew Barrymore fav ft: Travis Scott”
“Very great. All time. But not as good as SOS”
