Yaya Bey's fifth album, 'Ten Fold,' proves that creativity is a life-affirming superpower.
Personal success and fulfillment are only reprieves from life’s heaviness. That moment where everything seems to be going right can be the most vulnerable; survival, mortality, and grief feel like the debt collectors that come knocking to remind us life has its own sense of balance. This painful reality is the crux of—and, crucially, the death of her father, musician Ayub Bey, who rapped under the name Grand Daddy I.U. as part of the ‘80s collective Juice Crew.
The following track, “Chrysanthemums,” further highlights adversity as a catalyst for growth. “Rain clouds are here,” she sings, her voice soft yet ebullient. But this isn’t a gloomy metaphor but a reminder that “water is the source of life for everything, like you and I.” Her voice takes to its psychedelic funk background; her coos grow and stretch like fresh buds breaking through soil. “Can you feel it in your heart, babe? The promise of you.
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