Bleep

Big Dada deliver Yaya Bey’s second album of smooth and captivating R&B cuts for the label with Ten Fold. Moving through grief and change with graceful honesty, Bey ups both her pen game and her performances on this one, diving into her resonant lower register, gliding silky and smoky vocals over upbeat funk and breezy reggae cuts, and even making room for some deep house rhythms. ‘Crying through my teeth’ folds in romantic yet dramatic church organs with jazzy inflections of pulled bass, while Bey’s “weighs heavy on me” refrain sets the scene.