Kali Uchis - Isolation : CASSETTE

CASSETTE Singer and songwriter Kali Uchis appeared in 2012 as a self-sustaining teenage artist and heightened anticipation for her first album with each successive release and shrewd collaboration. Tyler, The Creator, Gorillaz, Bootsy Collins, and Miguel got the word and sought her out. So did Juanes and Daniel Caesar, whose respective connections with Uchis, "El Ratico" and "Get You," netted Grammy nominations. As Uchis kept operating, she resembled more and more the wholly empowered musical progeny of Kid Creole & the Coconuts, stylistically dynamic across the spectrums of R&B and Latin pop, skillfully mixing flamboyance and sincerity, generous all the while with lingering hooks. Likewise, she displayed a knack for realistic relationship narratives told with wit and finesse. All of these attributes color Isolation, her first LP and debut for major label Virgin EMI. More defined and energized than her previous mixtape and EP, the album enables her to fully exhibit her