By shelz.
A few days ago Jazmine Sullivan retired from music to go find herself. She said the business wasn’t fun anymore and she didn’t know who she was without a mic and she was going to go figure out some stuff. While I do agree with self- exploration and tweaking the path you want to walk, I always wonder why these tweets usually come on the tail end of a bad sales week.
Now she has released a song that could possibly be the last one we get from her, “I’m Not a Robot.” She tackles a common theme here. I’m in a daze. My life is process and procedure. I’m not living. I’m just on an empty holding pattern with no color. Everything is grey. Please save me.
The track sounds like something Mary J Blige could work; mid-tempo digital ambiance with a smattering of drums and some low thump. Sullivan has a huge helping of digital enhancement and her delivery at points is close to monotone. I guess that’s to drive home the whole robot theme. I’m not really happy with this song, but maybe that’s because the construction is so closed, Sullivan doesn’t really get a chance to sing and the track isn’t dope enough to be the focal point.
So there you go. She’s not a robot and she wants Jane to turn off this crazy thing off before she overheats. Is it a real disenchantment with the business or is she just unhappy with her first week sales? I don’t know. However, she has since deleted the retirement tweets so maybe the business all of the sudden became fun again. Or maybe she lacks impulse control. She’s not a robot and I guess after this shes not a singer either. Enjoy.
Jasmine Sullivan – “I’m Not A Robot”
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