Cashmere (Swet Shop Boys album)
| Cashmere | ||||
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| Studio album by Swet Shop Boys | ||||
| Released | October 14, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 34:55 | |||
| Label | Customs | |||
| Producer | Redinho | |||
| Swet Shop Boys chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Clash | 7/10 |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| DIY | |
| Exclaim! | 9/10 |
| NPR | favorable |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 |
| PopMatters |   |
Cashmere is the first studio album by Swet Shop Boys. It was released via Customs on October 14, 2016. It peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.Redinho handled the production, while rappers Heems and Riz MC shared vocal duties. Music videos were created for "T5", "Zayn Malik", and "Aaja".
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cashmere received an average score of 80% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Chris Dart of Exclaim! gave Cashmere a 9 out of 10, writing, "it's full of three-minute gems that get your head nodding and your brain working hard to parse multi-layered metaphors, and that stop when you're still wanting more." Tanner Smith of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, describing it as "an undeniably complicated but fun album that reckons with South Asian representation in the global pop culture of 2016."
It ranked at number 36 on NME's "Albums of the Year 2016" list and number 24 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list.
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