Ari Lennox – ‘Vacancy’ review: old-school soulfulness with modern flourishes

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Compared to her contemporaries, Ari Lennox has long proven herself a traditionalist at heart. In contrast to SZA’s pop-driven angst and Summer Walker’s tentative trap–soul, Lennox consistently nods back to R&B in its purest form, positioning herself as a descendant of ’90s and early-2000s luminaries like Jill Scott and Erykah Badu. On ‘Vacancy’, however, she […]

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