KINNIE STARR - SUN AGAIN

I only get about 300 words to express why you should buy this record, but 300 words isn’t nearly enough to nail each and every possible comparison. Just expect the funk: Kinnie Starr breathes the funk. She is R&B (which is funky), hip-hop (also funky), trip-hop (again: funky), and a whole slew of additional dips and drops into just plain funky territory.
It’s a kind of funk not seen since Luscious Jackson left for more obscure pastures, with a spaced-out rawness comparable to Altered Vibes\' own Def Harmonic.
\"Come\" opens the record, spreading out a laid-back blanket akin to a smoother-throated Martina Topley-Bird. Two songs later, soul-claps open \"Discovered\", and Kinnie stands strong, matter-of-factly, with some uptempoed R&B. \"E-Merged\" pairs Kinnie with Moka Only (and someone else that a serious lack of liner notes prevents me from crediting) for a Soulquarian-esque verbal exchange. And \"Amazed\" is like the poppier, funkier cousin of an organ-heavy Aimee Mann track.
More than anything, Sun Again seems optimistic, even in the occasional face of tales of defeat. And though this is Kinnie’s third album, it’s enough of an introduction to send me searching for her previous work.