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Everyone Is Freaking Out About Solange’s New Album “A Seat At The Table”

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Solange’s first offering since 2012’s EP True dropped today, and critics haven’t been stingy with superlatives when describing the rush of listening to the album.

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The Guardian calls A Seat at the Table “a stately, sprawling celebration of black identity” that displays an “artful, keening single-mindedness.” Mashable gushed that “her ethereal voice demands attention and space that we must grant her in order to collectively move forward, even just a bit.” NPR hailed the work as “a floating melange of R&B, bold in its quiet and understated sounds, bolder in its message.”

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Solange herself describes the work as “a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief, and healing.”

Fans have been taking to Twitter all morning to praise the surprise release:

Have you given the album a spin yet? What are your first impressions? Weigh in in the comments below.

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