Cashmere (Swet Shop Boys album)

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Cashmere
Studio album by
Swet Shop Boys
ReleasedOctober 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
GenreHip hop
Length34:55
LabelCustoms
ProducerRedinho
Swet Shop Boys chronology
Swet Shop
(2014) 		Cashmere
(2016) 		Sufi La
(2017)

Cashmere is the debut studio album by Swet Shop Boys.[1] It was released via Customs on October 14, 2016.[2] It peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3] Redinho handled the production,[4] while rappers Heems and Riz MC shared vocal duties.[5] Music videos were created for "T5",[6] "Zayn Malik",[7] and "Aaja".[8]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[10]
Clash7/10[11]
Consequence of SoundB[12]
DIY4/5 stars[13]
Exclaim!9/10[14]
Pitchfork7.4/10[15]
PopMatters7/10 stars[16]
ViceA−[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Chris Dart of Exclaim! wrote, "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."[14] Tanner Smith of PopMatters described it as "an undeniably complicated but fun album that reckons with South Asian representation in the global pop culture of 2016."[16]

It was placed at number 36 on NME's "Albums of the Year 2016" list,[18] number 24 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list,[19] and number 27 on Vice's "100 Best 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)[3] 45

References[]

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (October 6, 2016). "Stream Swet Shop Boys Cashmere". Stereogum. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, Josh (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Get Racially Profiled by the TSA in New Video for "T5"". Spin. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Swet Shop Boys – Chart history – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Madden, Sidney (August 17, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Are Looking For a "Tiger Hologram"". XXL. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Lozano, Kevin (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys (Heems + Riz MC) Share Political New Video for "T5": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Song, Sandra (January 25, 2017). "Watch The All Too Timely Video For Swet Shop Boys's "Zayn Malik"". Paper. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  8. ^ Kaye, Ben (March 2, 2017). "Swet Shop Boys perform a classic Indian concert in "Aaja" video — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Cashmere by Swet Shop Boys". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  10. ^ Martin, Liam. "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  11. ^ Oliver, Matt (October 18, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Clash. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  12. ^ Levy, Pat (October 10, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  13. ^ Srivastava, Shefali (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". DIY. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Dart, Chris (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  15. ^ Jayasuriya, Mehan (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Tanner (October 25, 2015). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". PopMatters. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  17. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 2, 2017). "Robert Christgau on Swet Shop Boys, Grime Luminaries, and a Reggae Newcomer". Vice. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  18. ^ "NME's Albums Of The Year 2016". NME. November 27, 2016. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  19. ^ "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 – 24. Swet Shop Boys, 'Cashmere'". Rolling Stone. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  20. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of 2016". Vice. December 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

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