“Not many artists can say that by their 21st birthday they have writing, production and feature credits spanning the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Vampire Weekend, Solange, Dev Hynes, J Cole, Kali Uchis and Mac Miller. Never mind doing it all alongside their own burgeoning career and membership in one of R&B’s most revered groups today, The Internet. But on ‘Apollo XXI’, released today, the day after hi”
“The singer and guitarist’s debut solo album offers an introspective blend of R&B, hip-hop, & lo-fi pop but feels reluctant to claim the spotlight.”
“Future-funk band the Internet are a thinly disguised talent incubator. After frontwoman Syd, their next breakout star is Steve Lacy, not yet 21 – a guitarist-cum-producer from Compton, California, who keeps the funk tight while pursuing a hazy, dreamy bent. He arrived fully formed, joining the Internet for their third album, Ego Death (2015), producing swaths of it even though he was still in high”
““I just want to relate to everyone,” confesses Steve Lacy in a spoken aside, two minutes into his debut solo album. On the one hand, that shouldn’t surprise – after all, The Internet’s guitarist and producer wonderkid has recently made records with acts as diverse (and populist) as Vampire Weekend and Kendrick Lamar, and despite his upbringing in gangsta-rap heartland Compton, he has repeatedly em”
“Steve Lacy still sounds as if he's in demo mode on Apollo XXI.”
