NNAMDÏ

Bootie Noir

Nnamdi Ogbonnaya is a Chicago-based rapper and multi-instrumentalist and a few years ago, Ogbonnaya dropped a masterpiece of weird, experimental rap to almost no acclaim (which might be because it's a sooper dooper secret). Ogbonnaya often sounds like R. Stevie Moore as he illustrates the mind of a lonely, internet era kid (MUMBLE literally sounds like a hip hop song written by R. Stevie Moore). And while he's certainly willing to explore depression and loneliness, he is most certainly not ... read more

Over time, I’ve started to value the merits of sheer creativity in music, regardless of the catchiness or even listenability of the end result. ‘Bootie Noir’ is a stellar example of such an album, pulling from hip-hop, bubblegum pop, R&B, dance, funk, and everything in between. The topics for each track are completely random with no attempts at a through-line in between, from comparing sex to salads, to dumpster diving for bagels behind a Dunkin’ Donuts, and even ... read more