A Seat at the Table (2016)

Solange produced this with Raphael Saadiq among her collaborators, and the record keeps everything low and close: multi-tracked harmonies stacked just behind the lead, warm electric bass, sparse drums. Cranes in the Sky is the track that explains it, a list of failed distractions sung almost under the breath. The spoken interludes from her parents make it feel like a private conversation overheard late at night.