Jhene Aiko – Chilombo

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Jhene Aiko releases album titled “Chilombo”

She is a living legend, Jhené Aiko. Aiko has always been a melancholy and subdued presence; rather than making herself unavoidable, she prefers to lay back in the cut and let you come to her. She has never released a number one album or a top ten song, and no army of ardent fans has organised to suppress online criticism in her honour. However, Aiko, 32, has been quietly accumulating a stellar discography with a subtly significant impact over the previous ten years. She is maybe the most underappreciated musician of our time and one of the key figures in R&B for her generation.

Aiko’s third album is Chilombo,. It’s sort of a self-titled project, called after her last name (Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo is her complete name). Aiko came in second place behind Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake, despite the album debuting with a very remarkable 152,000 equivalent album units and 38,000 in sales, good enough for #1 in many weeks.

Actually, “None Of Your Concern,” which She and Big Sean recorded and released last year while they were still dating, is one among Chilombo’s numerous highlights. One of the album’s many raw moments, it’s a startlingly honest and occasionally graphic autopsy on their affair. Following her split with Sean, Aiko recorded a song in Hawaii using the healing sound of crystal alchemy singing bowls adjusted to particular chakra frequencies.

Jhene Aiko’s Chilombo’s Tracklist