Snoh Aalegra’s Quiet-Storm Collaborators
Snoh Aalegra's "I Love You" uses 80s gear and Nile Rodgers to connect Sade and Afrobeat. Babyface and No I.D. give "Timeless" a contemporary frame.
Tracklist
- I Love You — Snoh Aalegra
- Timeless — Snoh Aalegra
Transcript
I Love You — Snoh Aalegra
Nile Rodgers plays guitar and Raphael Saadiq plays bass on Snoh Aalegra’s “I Love You,” from her R&B album Legendary Love. Critic Danillo Lima hears their groove moving between Sade and Afrobeat. He also says the album’s synths, drum machines and guitars were recorded on gear from the 1980s. The equipment looks back to that decade, while Lima hears this song reaching across more than one musical style. Hear I Love You by Snoh Aalegra.
Timeless — Snoh Aalegra
After Nile Rodgers’ guitar and Raphael Saadiq’s bass on “I Love You,” “Timeless” brings in different collaborators: Babyface co-wrote it, and No I.D. supplies the rhythm track. Critic Danillo Lima hears lightness in Aalegra’s phrasing and says No I.D.’s track gives the song a contemporary frame. How does that frame sit with the album’s turn toward the ’80s? Hear Timeless by Snoh Aalegra.