I Feel It In My Bones

Lex Amor “Odogwu”

Lex Amor exists in the nebulous but familiar zone; the center of a Venn diagram in which dancehall, rap, and trip-hop overlap in the most organic and intuitive way. “Odogwu,” a freestyle performed over a drowsy but subtly dynamic track by Josette Joseph, has an aesthetic kinship with ‘90s-era Massive Attack and Tricky but it doesn’t feel like some retro thing – it’s a different sort of stoned feeling and tinged with a different sort of melancholy that feel very rooted in the moment. I wouldn’t call those classic trip-hop records optimistic or sunny, but there’s a feeling in them like they’re boldly facing the future and whatever is coming. “Odogwu” feels more hesitant and wounded, like Amor is hoping to find a shortcut around whatever the next doom may be.

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