Amala by Doja Cat
Amala is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat. It was released on March 30, 2018 via Kemosabe and RCA Records. The album's deluxe version was released on March 1, 2019 and featured her breakthrough singles "Juicy", "Tia Tamera", and "Mooo!". Doja Cat herself has expressed strong disdain toward the record, claiming that it doesn't entirely represent her as an artist. She has also stated that she believes it isn't a "finished album", partially due to her constantly partying and being high on marijuana during its recording.
<i>Amala</i> is an expanded edition of the explicit and explosive singer’s 2018 debut, released after her unshakeable hit “Mooo!” went viral (search #MooChallenge and catch up). For those new to Doja Cat, she’s a Los Angeles rapper/singer who does sex talk like a dock worker in heat. “All Nighter” and “Cookie Jar” are freaky fracas. The album’s standout “Go to Town” is the most orally adventurous song since Khia’s “My Neck, My Back” or the Yeastie Girlz’ “You Suck”. Lines like “And she shave it all off, Charlie Brown with it” and “I be textin’ peaches/He text me an eggplant/I text him a peanut” will have carpoolers spitting latté foam. Yet for all the racy imagery, she comes equally rugged when confronting bad relationships (“Game”, “Candy” and “Casual”). Doja Cat also shows she can downshift with oceanside vibes (“Wine Pon You”, “Wild Beach”), even classical. “Fancy” interpolates Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major (a go-to wedding song) while boasting about her luxury lifestyle: “I’m a target, but I never shop at Target, got it?” Got it. Also included are new single “Juicy” and breakout hit “Tia Tamera” featuring Rico Nasty.
