{"id":29843,"date":"2023-03-08T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29843"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:08:10","slug":"kali-uchis-red-moon-in-venus-is-a-sexy-sultry-missive-with-a-powerful-kick-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29843","title":{"rendered":"Kali Uchis\u2019 \u2018Red Moon in Venus\u2019 Is a Sexy, Sultry Missive With a Powerful Kick: Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
Not that anyone should define themselves by awards, but it\u2019s telling that Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis has been nominated in three unusually far-reaching Grammy categories: R&B performance, dance recording and musica urbana abum, the latter for her sultry 2020 Spanish-language second full-length, \u201cSin Miedo (Del Amor Y Otros Demonios).\u201d And in the 11 years since \u201cDrunken Babble,\u201d her awesomely titled first mixtape, Uchis has collaborated with Tyler, the Creator, SZA, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Steve Lacy, Rico Nasty, Kaytranada (their collaboration on \u201c10%\u201d scored her the Grammy dance win), and lots of others \u2014 but her biggest hit is her own \u201cTelepat\u00eda,\u201d which was the first song by a female solo artist to top Billboard\u2019s Latin songs chart in almost a decade.<\/p>\n

But equally unusually, elements of all of the above are present in her sound \u2014 basically a combination of R&B, Latin, hip-hop and alt-pop, although the dance element is less prominent on her latest, \u201cRed Moon in Venus.\u201d It\u2019s a lush, lavish, luscious hot tub of an album, conjuring visions of plush feather beds, fluffy pillows and bubble baths, although the lyrics will occasionally jolt the listener out of their chill: Witness \u201cHasta Cuando\u201d \u2014 \u201cYour girl talks shit about me just to feel better\/ About the fact that you\u2019re still obsessed with me years later\/ At the end of the day, she\u2019d eat my pussy if I let her\u201d; and \u201cMoral Conscious\u201d: \u201cOne thing about karma, that bitch will find you.\u201d Her voice might sound sweet, but Kali Uchis does not play. <\/p>\n

Where \u201cSin Miedo\u201d was primarily sung in Spanish with occasional verses in English and a big contribution from superstar Latin producer Tainy, this one flips that lyrical formula and brings in a battery of collaborators: Omar Apollo, Summer Walker and Don Toliver each guest on a song apiece, and there\u2019s a dozen-odd different producers: Josh Crocker returns for three, the team of Manuel Lara and Albert Hype helm two, Rodney \u201cDarkchild\u201d Jerkins, Benny Blanco and Kendick Lamar vet Sounwave work on one each. But despite that polyglot team, the vibe and sound are diverse but unified: clearly Uchis herself is setting the tone and calling the shots.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of references here \u2014 \u201cBlue\u201d is the best Sade song since the last Sade album (complete with a \u201cSmooth Operator\u201d sax in the distance), and \u201cLove Between\u201d has a \u201870s Philly soul vibe that recalls Silk Sonic\u2019s retro fetish \u2014 but those are passing glances. Clich\u00e9 as it sounds, despite the kick in the lyrics, \u201cRed Moon in Venus\u201d is a record for dimming the lights, lighting the candles and leaving on \u201crepeat.\u201d<\/p>\n

, and her own hit \u201cTelepat\u00eda\u201d was the first song by a female solo artist to top Billboard\u2019s Latin songs chart in almost a decade.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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