SZA

SZA dissects her ego as she grapples with losing love, what she finds is something greater, her own freedom.

The substance is biting on the track as she raps: “I’m fuckin’ on heartthrobs/I got your favorite rapper blocked/I heard the dick was whack/Your favorite athlete screamin’.” Whether allusions to her past fling with Drake or anonymous professional sport stars, the delivery of the lyrics is impressive, showing that SZA can be just as clever in her songwriting as a rapper as she is a singer. Although there are parts of that on SOS, what makes this new album different is in its sharp lyricism, the artist realizing she must dissect her own ego while delving into the gloom and sadness that comes with heartbreak, too. “Snooze,” produced by the legendary Babyface, captures this perfectly in its chorus: “I can’t lose when I’m with you/How can I snooze and miss the moment?/You just too important/Nobody do body like you do.” You can hear how she yearns for the closeness her ex once provided, eagerly recalling how their closeness stemmed from his ability to please her sexually. But then she’s hit with bittersweet reality again, with songs like “Gone Girl” (which samples the Hall & Oates classic “She’s Gone”) reminding her of how she felt scrutinized and misunderstood by this partner, leading her to eventually walk away from this person she once loved. In referencing the Quentin Tarantino classic she lets out her pent-up anger, unloading how she has often depended on unhealthy relationships when she utters, “Rather be in jail than alone.” The damage that stems from her ex comes up again in “Seek & Destroy,” a song about how she’s navigating coping with the end of this phase of her life, standing firmly in the demise but reckoning with the freedom she currently feels. This can be heard right from the album’s beginning on the Jay Versace-produced opener “SOS,” where she boldly asserts she can’t be replaced: “Punk ass tried to replace me, but the stakes is too high/They can’t survive off mini-me/I’m talkin’ pedigree.” The singer’s confidence is particularly profound on “Conceited,” too.

Across the album's 23 tracks, SZA featured guest appearances from Travis Scott, Don Toliver, and the ghost of Ol' Dirty Bastard. But it's her duet with Phoebe ...

A great hang.” She also called SZA her “favorite rapper.” she just sent me a DM and it all happened so fast. Personally, I sit on stuff for so long, it takes me years to make albums, so I like being involved and seeing someone else’s world from [a different] angle.”

20 seconds into SOS – the new album by TDE signee SZA – the singer/songwriter finally emerges from the abyss. “All the petty shit aside/All the funny shit ...

This mingled with the stream of conscious flow many of her songs emote shapes much of SOS into a deeply personal – sometimes too much so – testament of work. The peaks on SOS, (“Used,” “Smoking on my Ex Pack,” and “Forgiveless”) find SZA sounding refreshingly comfortable rapping over gritty, hazy, and grimy productions. SZA is at her best when the focus is existential fears or reflecting on loss rather than relationship woes, so it’s a bit disappointing when the album only provides sprinkles of the former. She amplifies the girl next door persona on “F2F,” “Special,” and “Nobody Get Me.” All three songs are like tributes to the early 2000s era of pop punk music. The idea of duality co-existing and satisfying even the tiniest parts of conflicting impulses connects the songs on SOS. [SZA](https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2261/title.sza-z) – the singer/songwriter finally emerges from the abyss.

Arriving nearly halfway through the journey of SOS, the song parts a gulf the album attempts to navigate. Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for ...

"Gone Girl" marks SZA's loss of one version of herself to the next, or, more acutely, that uncomfortable moment pinpointing the change internally before it's apparent to the outside world. "Trying to find a deeper meaning in the nonsense / Trying to grow without hating the process," she professes with the help of earnest piano and a subtle supporting choir. Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for anyone thinking they're about to get the 2017 version of Solana, "Gone Girl" fully faces the realization that SZA isn't that person anymore.

Despite the five-year wait between albums, SZA was working on 'SOS' until the end.

She just sent me a DM. She just hit me up. Sitting next to Danny Elfman, Bridgers declared, “That record is insane,” then explained how the collaboration came about:

R&B singer SZA appears to confirm plastic surgery in several lyrics from her 2022 album, "SOS," and she has "no guilt" about getting her "body done."

[tweeted](https://twitter.com/sza/status/1230272172007968770?s=20&t=3Qjbmd90hfB8iQ-nXT_2SA) at the time, later [explaining](https://twitter.com/sza/status/1230289096934772736?s=20&t=7p8_U67IJPJQd9F4JnCfiA), “My anxiety has .03% to do w outside opinion. “When I was listening I heard I just got my body done and I was like wait ?????? Yesssssss,” one social media user commented on the post, as another wrote, “Ownership and honesty is some queen s–t.”

Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for anyone thinking they're about to get the 2017 version of Solana, "Gone Girl" fully faces the realization ...

"Gone Girl" marks SZA's loss of one version of herself to the next, or, more acutely, that uncomfortable moment pinpointing the change internally before it's apparent to the outside world. "Trying to find a deeper meaning in the nonsense / Trying to grow without hating the process," she professes with the help of earnest piano and a subtle supporting choir. Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for anyone thinking they're about to get the 2017 version of Solana, "Gone Girl" fully faces the realization that SZA isn't that person anymore.

Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for anyone thinking they're about to get the 2017 version of Solana, "Gone Girl" fully faces the realization ...

"Gone Girl" marks SZA's loss of one version of herself to the next, or, more acutely, that uncomfortable moment pinpointing the change internally before it's apparent to the outside world. "Trying to find a deeper meaning in the nonsense / Trying to grow without hating the process," she professes with the help of earnest piano and a subtle supporting choir. Serving as both an inner monologue and a PSA for anyone thinking they're about to get the 2017 version of Solana, "Gone Girl" fully faces the realization that SZA isn't that person anymore.

Bridgers teamed up with SZA on "Ghost in the Machine," off the latter's freshly released album, S.O.S..

The latest Tweet by Pop Crave states, ''SOS' by SZA is projected to debut at #1 in the US with 315K units sold and the largest streaming week ever for an ...

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Fans are losing their minds over the prominent artists who almost made the album.

The whiteboard also has a section labeled Benchmarks where it lists RNB and Grunge (specifically, The Cardigans). And on it are the names of some major artists that could have been on the album. And what a wild album that would’ve been…