Ari Lennox

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Shea Butter Baby Remix EP

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2020

Ari Lennox's Shea Butter Baby made light of the trying times of an adolescent Black woman coming into her own, balancing on the tightrope b...

From #MeToo to "Me First": Women in Hip-Hop and R&B Change Their Tune

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2019

Whether acting up or having a hot girl summer, women in hip-hop and R&B gave zero fucks in 2019. While women artists have always been fixtu...

Exclaim!'s 10 Best Soul, Funk and World Albums of 2019

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2019

Soul, funk and world music, by its very definition, covers a lot of ground — and 2019 is no exception. Artists like Lizzo and Anderson .Paa...

Ari Lennox

Shea Butter Baby

PUBLISHED May 23, 2019

On the intro to her debut, Ari Lennox issues a theatrical warning: "Are you ready? 'Cause it's about to get disgusting. It's about to get s...