Ctrl

Ctrl

by SZA
Ctrl

Ctrl

by SZA

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Colored Vinyl)

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Overview

Solana Rowe's proper debut album, due to its title, invites comparisons to Janet Jackson's 1986 personal and commercial breakout. It's an individual statement, however, one distinct from even the contemporary likes of Kehlani's SweetSexySavage. Placed beside only Z, its three-year-old prelude, Ctrl is the work of a considerably less-inhibited songwriter. Rowe likewise truly fronts these frank songs that wield power as they lament lonesomeness, insecurity, and inertia. She neither projects slight wisps nor obscures herself inside swirling synthesizers, yet she oversells not a single thought. On screen, a slight shrug from her would probably devastate an expectant admirer. In the slow-motion hip-hop soul of "Doves in the Wind," featuring a hectoring verse from fellow TDE artist Kendrick Lamar, Rowe schools inapt and inept male behavior, offering intimate counsel and acerbic derision in a uniquely offhanded style. As assured as she is in this mode, she's not too proud to test a partner ("Call me on my bullshit, lie to me and say my booty gettin' bigger even if it ain't"), express personal dissatisfaction ("All alone still, not a thing in my name"), or plainly grieve ("Do you even know I'm alive?"). The production crew here is almost completely different from the one involved on Z, with TDE regular Tyran Donaldson (aka Antydote and Scum) the lone holdover, present on seven tracks. For every overdone trap trick, there's a couple of sly wrinkles, like the thick, chiming groove in "Go Gina," where Rowe brilliantly illustrates a specific kind of fatigue ("Picking up a penny with a press-on is easier than holding you down") and the woozy, decayed synthesizer line in the Travis Scott-assisted single "Love Galore," ideal for a song about rekindling a dead-end affair. This is a marked improvement, a distinctive statement, and an indication of more great work to come. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 11/17/2017
Label: Rca / Top Dawg Entertainment
UPC: 0889854491918
Rank: 1021

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Supermodel
  2. Love Galore
  3. Doves in the Wind
  4. Drew Barrymore
  5. Prom
  6. The Weekend
  7. Go Gina
  8. Garden (Say It Like Dat)

Disc 2

  1. Broken Clocks
  2. Anything
  3. Wavy (Interlude)
  4. Normal Girl
  5. Pretty Little Birds
  6. 20 Something

Album Credits

Performance Credits

SZA   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Pharrell Williams   Vocals
Frank Dukes   Co-Producer
James Fauntleroy   Vocals,Featured Artist
Josef Leimberg   Co-Producer
Kendrick Lamar   Vocals,Featured Artist
Craig Balmoris   Co-Producer
Travis Scott   Vocals,Featured Artist
Carter Lang   Co-Producer
Peter CottonTale   Bass
Isaiah Rashad   Vocals,Featured Artist
Macie Stewart   Strings
Stix   Drums
The Donuts   Co-Producer
Prophit   Co-Producer

Technical Credits

Jason Chandler   Photography
Pharrell Williams   Composer
Pete Bellotte   Composer
Justin Timberlake   Composer,Performer
Reggie Noble   Composer
Redman   Performer
Peter Bellotte   Composer
Nate Hills   Composer
Joshua Patrick   A&R
Frank Dukes   Additional Production
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Giorgio Moroder   Composer
Donna Summer   Composer,Performer
Dana Stinson   Composer
James Hunt   Engineer
James Fauntleroy   Composer,Engineer,Performer
Sage Adams   Photography,Visual Direction
Roberto Reyes   Packaging,Graphic Design
Josef Leimberg   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Mike Bozzi   Mastering
Anthony "TOPDAWG" Tiffith   Executive Producer
Blake Harden   Engineer
Nick Breton   Vocal Engineer
Peter Wilkins   Composer
Andres Aguirre   Engineer
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali   Mixing
James Yancey   Composer
Kendrick Lamar   Performer
Dave Free   Associate Producer
Kendrick Duckworth   Composer
Terrence Henderson   A&R,Composer,Creative Director,Associate Producer
Brandon Wood   Assistant Engineer
Daniel Tannenbaum   Composer,Engineer
Craig Balmoris   Composer,Additional Production
John Bowman   Composer
Angela Simmons   Composer
Carter Lang   Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Greg Landfair, Jr.   Composer
Adam Feeney   Composer
Vlad Sepetov   Packaging,Graphic Design
Sergiu Gherman   Composer
Tristan Bott   Engineer
Jacques Webster   Composer
SZA   A&R,Performer,Visual Direction,Creative Director
Trevor Smith   Composer
Thomas Paxton-Beesley   Composer
Isaiah Rashad   Performer
Matt Schaeffer   Engineer
Macie Stewart   Composer
Cameron Osteen   Composer
Solana Rowe   Composer
Lukasz Plas   Composer,Engineer
Chris "Classick" Inumerable   Engineer
River Tiber   Performer
Tyran Donaldson   Composer
Cam O'bi   Producer
Christopher Parsons   Photography
Tyler Reese   Composer
Bekon   Engineer,Producer
Tyler Page   Engineer
Cyrus Taghipour   Engineer
Ray Charles Brown   Engineer
Cody Fayne   Composer
Ivan Corpening   Engineer
Jared Gagarin   Engineer
Juan Corales   Engineer
Isaiah McClain   Composer
Scum   Engineer,Producer
ThankGod4Cody   Producer
The Donuts   Producer,Additional Production
Prophit   Engineer,Producer
Ashton Simmons   Composer
Hector Castro   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
JT   Engineer
Juan Carlos   Engineer
Floyd Hills   Composer
Carrington Harris   Composer
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