Seduction isn’t the only thing on Lyrica Anderson’s mind on this bold EP, but it’s still in the top spot. “I got the water-water, baby, come splash,” she sings in “Smartwater”, one of many songs on Nasha Pearl that blur the boundaries between trap, hip-hop and R&B to beguiling effect. Nor is there any doubting Anderson’s the one in control, whether she’s getting sultry on the electro-soul opener “Mean It” or trying some dancehall flavours with Jamien in “On Fire”.
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