Yaya Bey - Do It Afraid (CD)

"Suffering is promised to us all, but so is joy. You have to find peace in that duality," says Yaya Bey, who commits to life's delight - humor, love, the power of human movement and connection - even if she has to do it afraid. With her new album, which follows a run of critically acclaimed releases and marks her debut on art-forward indie label drink sum wtr, the Queens, New York singer-songwriter thrives across uplifting, effervescent material. A rejection of past narratives projected onto her, 'do it afraid' finds Bey reclaiming her story with resolutely fun, full-hearted, and nuanced songs that pull from R&B, hip-hop, jazz, soul, and dance music, including the soca stylings of her family's Bajan roots. Do it afraid celebrates all sides of Yaya as part of a collective lifeforce that doesn't subscribe to fear but to the moments that move us.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. wake up btch
2. end of the world
3. real yearners unite
4. cindy rella
5. raisins
6. spin cycle
7. dream girl
8. merlot and grigio
9. breakthrough
10. a surrender
11. in a circle
12. aye noche
13. no for real, wtf?
14. blicky
15. ask the questions
16. bella noches pt. 1
17. a tiny thing that’s mine
18. choice