Emily Wells - Dirty

Emily Wells
Dirty

Emily Wells’ Dirty is the most pleasant pastiche of classical symphonics and gangsta rap you’re likely to hear all year… or ever. Her six song EP blends her love of silky strings and phat beats in a manner both seamless and sincere. Her brand of singer/songwriter can be both enthrallingly danceable and deeply haunting, often times all at once (“Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & the Requiem Mix”). At other times she’s playing the part of the playful folk chanteuse (“Whiskey & Rags”). It is, however, her cover of the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy” that is the most enchanting (and shockingly far from laughable) track on her latest release. There’s just something about hearing a white girl from Texas spout “I never thought it could happen, this rappin’ stuff. I was too used to packin’ gats and stuff.” Izzy Cihak