Ari Lennox released “age/sex/location” the follow-up to her debut album Shae Butter Baby.
Ari Lennox achieves it again, expanding on almost everything fantastic about her previous full-length opus. Her voice is extraordinarily deep, she never fails to express sensuousness and elegance with her singing, and I believe this record is the finest depiction of it in her career thus far.
Ari Lennox gets age/sex/location after a trying year. A month after venting her dissatisfaction with Dreamville and Interscope, she split with her management firms. These issues then came to a head when she agreed to a cringe-worthy interview on MacG’s Podcast and Chill, when the presenter inquired as to whether somebody had been “sexually satisfying” the singer.
Ari Lennox has received the highest praise from J. Cole, who attributed the new album age/sex/location by his Dreamville entrant to an early Alicia Keys track.
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From the opening, the record establishes its rhythm. Anyone who is blessed to have Ari Lennox climb into their hoodies should be prepared. In between soothing music, Ari’s sensuous voice, and her words about being on the same wavelength as her love interest, you’ll be yearning for quality time as the song concludes. Her smooth flow sweeps over the infectious groove in Waste My Time, which has some R&B flavor from the 2000s.
Beyond its alluring lyrics, “Pressure” has a beautiful feeling that I appreciate (Just a bit more). Thanks to Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, and Johnta Austin for their contributions to the creation of this song, which has an exuberant, bright, early 2000s atmosphere that makes me want to have a drink and chill for a while. Ari Lennox’s talent to impose her will with sheer beauty, passion, and charisma is the song’s cherry on top.
You can tell how awesome Stop By is going to be as soon as the rhythm starts. Her writing leaves nothing to be desired, and this particular song’s vibe is exquisite. Ari’s songs are always extremely good, but this record in particular was exceptionally well made, with just one of the eleven tracks failing to really remain in the listener’s mind.
You’ll drown in the ocean of this music. “Stop By” does have a hypnotic quality to it that you will be unable to stop listening to. Ari’s silken voice, the music, Ari’s unpretentious and candid sex talk… It’s all about the vibe! “Stop By” is my favorite.
Particularly Chlöe’s verse on Leak It, which is really one of the album’s peaks, the features on this record were absolutely priceless. After hearing “Leak It,” you may find it tough to move from your couch. In the song, Ari Lennox and Chlöe openly and sexually declare that they are willing to be tossed & turned all night long. They also said they had gone mad about their bodily fluids. Apart from the audio erotica, I believe this song does have some amazing vocal performances.
“Queen Space” is one of that soft music you’re meant to listen to undressed, with candlelight with all your worries on another side. Ari Lennox and Summer Walker sing intensely of their God complexes and hard rigid hands in the song. While you’ll like the captivating rhythms they provide, I will admit that their jerky delivery takes some time to click, and I honestly believe that’s the greatest part of the song.
Ari Lennox, doubles, triples, and quadruple downs on sexified, hypnotic, and classic slow jams in age/sex/location. She escapes not just the exhausted difficulties that saturate today’s modern sound, but she also resists even slightly lowering her vocals over the kind of synths that your beloved R&B diva’s favorite R&B diva likes. Isn’t it pleasant to hear somebody respect their personal style and body preferences?
She’s a tremendous talent, and I’m so happy to see her succeed. I was extremely pleased by this endeavor, and it’s incredibly rewarding to watch her progress from one album to the next, similar to how J. Cole praised Ari Lennox to the utmost degree and compared his Dreamville signee’s new album age/sex/location to an iconic Alicia Keys song.
