“At just 18 minutes long, you might expect HADJA BANGOURA to make a forceful statement of intent. It does – but what’s striking about the rapper, singer and model HAWA’s debut full-length is how gentle it is. The album maintains a single soft, dreamy sound palette throughout, mixing R&B with indie, gentle shades of IDM and faded half-memories of New York drill. The consistency could get exhausting”
“On her debut album, the Brooklyn-based producer and singer smartly and subtly remakes her sound, meshing R&B and New York drill in melodically refined and technically daring ways.”
