When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees

Her lyrical phrasing, part Badu attitudinal but all candid and quotable, carries an unruffled UK “sort it” swag. The Brownswood Future Bubblers graduate flaunts no cheap or flashy vocal acrobatics here, just grown folk measured pace. There is a Soulquarians producer shorthand in effect that everyone seems to be using here. Vibing and building take preference over rushing.

Yazmin’s bandleader Pete Beardsworth sets the vocalist up in an improvisatory Soul-meets-Jazz arrangement, allowing her to pivot between vocalist and musician while staying just a bit behind the tempo. According to Yazmin 90 Degrees is “when you decide to lock off from the ‘outside’ world and create your own atmosphere, take some time to give thanks for what’s breathing love into your life and smoke off the fuckeries.”