Cashmere (Swet Shop Boys album)

Cashmere
Studio album by Swet Shop Boys
Released October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
Genre Hip hop
Length 34:55
Label Customs
Producer Redinho
Swet Shop Boys chronology
Swet Shop
(2014)		 Cashmere
(2016)		 Sufi La
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash7/10[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
DIY[5]
Exclaim!9/10[6]
NPRfavorable[7]
Pitchfork7.4/10[8]
PopMatters[9]
ViceA−[10]

Cashmere is the first studio album by Swet Shop Boys.[11] It was released via Customs on October 14, 2016.[12] It peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[13] Redinho handled the production,[14] while rappers Heems and Riz MC shared vocal duties.[15] Music videos were created for "T5",[16] "Zayn Malik",[17] and "Aaja".[18]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cashmere received an average score of 80% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Chris Dart of Exclaim! gave the album a 9 out of 10, writing, "it's full of three-minute gems that get your head nodding and your brain working hard to parse multi-layered metaphors, and that stop when you're still wanting more."[6] Tanner Smith of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, describing it as "an undeniably complicated but fun album that reckons with South Asian representation in the global pop culture of 2016."[9]

It ranked at number 36 on NME's "Albums of the Year 2016" list[19] and number 24 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list.[20]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."T5"2:27
2."Shottin"3:23
3."Aaja"3:19
4."Zayn Malik"2:54
5."Tiger Hologram"2:56
6."No Fly List"2:51
7."Phone Tap"3:02
8."Half Moghul Half Mowgli"3:25
9."Swish Swish"3:52
10."Shoes Off"3:11
11."Din-e-iLahi"3:35

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 45

References

  1. 1 2 "Cashmere by Swet Shop Boys". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Martin, Liam. "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Matt (October 18, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Clash. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Levy, Pat (October 10, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Srivastava, Shefali (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". DIY. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Dart, Chris (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Aku, Timmhotep (October 6, 2016). "Review: Swet Shop Boys, 'Cashmere'". NPR. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ Jayasuriya, Mehan (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Smith, Tanner (October 25, 2015). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". PopMatters. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (September 2, 2017). "Robert Christgau on Swet Shop Boys, Grime Luminaries, and a Reggae Newcomer". Vice. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  11. ↑ Breihan, Tom (October 6, 2016). "Stream Swet Shop Boys Cashmere". Stereogum. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  12. ↑ Rosenberg, Josh (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Get Racially Profiled by the TSA in New Video for "T5"". Spin. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Swet Shop Boys – Chart history – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  14. ↑ Madden, Sidney (August 17, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Are Looking For a "Tiger Hologram"". XXL. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (August 2, 2016). "Heems and 'The Night Of' Star Riz MC Ready New LP as Swet Shop Boys". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  16. ↑ Lozano, Kevin (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys (Heems + Riz MC) Share Political New Video for "T5": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  17. ↑ Song, Sandra (January 25, 2017). "Watch The All Too Timely Video For Swet Shop Boys's "Zayn Malik"". Paper. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ Kaye, Ben (March 2, 2017). "Swet Shop Boys perform a classic Indian concert in "Aaja" video — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  19. ↑ "NME's Albums Of The Year 2016". NME. November 27, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  20. ↑ "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 – 24. Swet Shop Boys, 'Cashmere'". Rolling Stone. December 22, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
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