Summary from 4 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated RAY BLK’s catalog across 3 albums from 4 opinions, with an overall average of 8.3/10. The top-rated RAY BLK album is Access Denied (2021) with a 8.3/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Empress. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2018 to 2021.
Access Denied
“a move from conscious R&B to sultry commercial pop”
Access Denied
“On the back of her Dickens-inspired Havisham EP, south London R&B singer Ray BLK won the BBC’s Sound of 2017 poll, beating Jorja Smith and Rag’n’Bone Man. A clutch of moving songs followed – such as Run, Run and My Hood, the latter featuring a then rising Stormzy. But it’s taken four long years for her debut full-length album to drop – time in which Rita Ekwere has pupated into a different sort of”
Empress
“Ray BLK knows the power of her voice, and isn’t shy about showing it off. Throughout ‘Empress’, an eight-track record billed somewhat mysteriously as a “project”, she states her worth over warm, ‘90s-influenced R&B sounds. Previously released tracks, such as ‘5050’ and the Stormzy-featuring ‘My Hood’, showed the south Londoner – real name Rita Ekwere – to be a powerful woman as she led by example”