Album
Natural Brown Prom Queen
2022 · Hip Hop
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
Natural Brown Prom Queen is a Soul & Funk album by Sudan Archives, originally released in 2022. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Brittney Parks’ <i>Athena</i> was one of the more interesting albums of 2019. <i>Natural Brown Prom Queen</i> is better. Not only does Parks—aka the LA-based singer, songwriter, and violinist Sudan Archives—sound more idiosyncratic, but she’s able to wield her idiosyncrasies with more power and purpose. It’s catchy but not exactly pop (“Home Maker”), embodied but not exactly R&B (“Ciara”), weird without ever being confrontational (“It’s Already Done”), and it rides the line between live sound and electronic manipulation like it didn’t exist. She wants to practice self-care (“Selfish Soul”), but she also just wants to “have my titties out” (“NBPQ [Topless]”), and over the course of 55 minutes, she makes you wonder if those aren’t at least sometimes the same thing. And the album’s sheer variety isn’t so much an expression of what Parks wants to try as the multitudes she already contains.
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Tracklist
- 1Home Maker5:02
- 2NBPQ (Topless)3:48
- 3Is This Real? (Can You Hear Yourself?)0:42
- 4Ciara3:35
- 5Selfish Soul2:22
- 6Loyal (EDD)2:27
- 7Omg Britt2:52
- 8ChevyS106:10
- 9Copycat (Broken Notions)2:26
- 10It's Already Done1:08
- 11Flue3:09
- 12TDLY (Homegrown Land)2:57
- 13Do Your Thing (Refreshing Springs)0:52
- 14Freakalizer3:50
- 15Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant)4:00
- 16Milk Me2:57
- 17Yellow Brick Road2:37
- 18#5132:44
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Alternative R&B
- warm
- playful
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ahya SimoneHARP
- Andre EliasBASS, DRUMS, DRUM PROGRAMMING, GUITAR, SYNTH
- Ben DickeyBASS, DRUMS, EFFECTS , SYNTH BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, EFFECTS , SYNTH BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS, SYNTH
- Brandon WoodyTRUMPET
- Cary AllisonSYNTH
- Chris JamesBASS BASS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Dexter StoryBASS
- Egyptian LoverDRUM MACHINE
- Hi-TekBASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- Jackson ShepardPERCUSSION, STRINGS, SYNTH
- JD ReidDRUMS, SYNTH
- Jim-E StackBASS, DRUMS, SYNTH
- Joel FordBASS, DRUMS, SYNTH
- KafariKEYBOARDS
- KesswaBACKING VOCALS
- King OliverTRUMPET
- LafemmebearDRUM PROGRAMMING SYNTH , DRUMS
- MonoNeonBASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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