Consumer Guide Album

Kari Faux: Lowkey Superstar Deluxe [Don Giovanni, 2021]
Especially given 2019's stalwart but dispirited Cry 4 Help EP, it's a stroke for this self-made Little Rock/Los Angeles pop-rapper to come across not just more playful at 30 than most teens manage to begin with but also something like younger as well. Although the music has a freshness from the "While God Was Sleeping" opener, only midway through will the "Freakin' 'n Ballin' (An Ode to Big Corey)"-"Look @ That (Remix)"-"Chattin' Shit" tripleheader convince you that while she loves Basquiat as much as the next proud black woman, she can have all the fun she needs without owning one. B+