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Ella Mai Ella Mai

The perfectly fine debut from the London R&B singer Ella Mai, offers a grip of 90s R&B, snappy jams without sounding like a pastiche. Features H.E.R., Chris Brown and John Legend

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10 Summers Records, Interscope Records ‎– B0029190-01

Vinyl, LP, Album

US

2018

Neo Soul, Contemporary R&B

New, Sealed

The British singer-songwriter Ella Mai has found huge success in the States. Handpicked by behemoth hip-hop producer DJ Mustard via Instagram, her schmaltzy, throwback-style R&B track "Boo’d Up" this year made her the first UK artist to top the US R&B charts since 1992 (the last was Lisa Stansfield’s All Woman).

As a result, Mai’s debut album does feel distinctly American, foregoing the UK’s current love of afrobashment and garage for a sparkling sound that nostalgically nods to 90s favourites. That is, bar the distinctly English-accented, spoken-word interjections, where she announces each letter of her name with a different definition (“E” is for “emotion”, etc), until on Close she spells out, a little cloyingly, “I am Ella Mai”.

At its best the music coos with lyrical assuredness and Janet Jackson-style sexiness (Shot Clock boasts intoxicating production

and delicate intonations), but while it’s a cohesive set, a lot of the tracks fail to stick in the memory. The Chris Brown-featuring Whatchamacallit, which lauds how fun cheating can be, is difficult to justify. A decent debut, then, but with Mai’s rich voice you can’t help feeling that it could have been stratospheric. Instead, it fails to innovate, and all feels a little beige.

A1Emotion0:12
A2Good Bad3:49
A3Dangerous4:39
A4Sauce3:04
A5Whatchamacallit3:00
A6Cheapshot4:01
A7Shot Clock3:21
A8Boo’d Up3:59
B1Everything3:01
B2Own It4:11
B3Run My Mouth2:35
B4Gut Feeling3:56
B5Trip3:34
B6Close4:12
B7Easy4:32

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Ella Mai

Ella Mai

The perfectly fine debut from the London R&B singer Ella Mai, offers a grip of 90s R&B, snappy jams without sounding like a pastiche. Features H.E.R., Chris Brown and John Legend

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