Cashmere (Swet Shop Boys album)

Cashmere is the debut studio album by Swet Shop Boys.[1] It was released via Customs on October 14, 2016.[2] It peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3] Redinho handled the production,[4] while rappers Heems and Riz MC shared vocal duties.[5] Music videos were created for "T5",[6] "Zayn Malik",[7] and "Aaja".[8]

Cashmere
Studio album by
Swet Shop Boys
ReleasedOctober 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
GenreHip hop
Length34:55
LabelCustoms
ProducerRedinho
Swet Shop Boys chronology
Swet Shop
(2014)		 Cashmere
(2016)		 Sufi La
(2017)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Clash7/10[11]
Consequence of SoundB[12]
DIY[13]
Exclaim!9/10[14]
Pitchfork7.4/10[15]
PopMatters[16]
ViceA−[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Chris Dart of Exclaim! wrote, "it's full of three-minute gems that get your head nodding and your brain working hard to parse multi-layered metaphors, and that stop when you're still wanting more."[14] Tanner Smith of PopMatters described it as "an undeniably complicated but fun album that reckons with South Asian representation in the global pop culture of 2016."[16]

It was placed at number 36 on NME's "Albums of the Year 2016" list,[18] number 24 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list,[19] and number 27 on Vice's "100 Best Albums of 2016" list.[20]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."T5"2:27
2."Shottin"3:23
3."Aaja"3:19
4."Zayn Malik"2:54
5."Tiger Hologram"2:56
6."No Fly List"2:51
7."Phone Tap"3:02
8."Half Moghul Half Mowgli"3:25
9."Swish Swish"3:52
10."Shoes Off"3:11
11."Din-e-iLahi"3:35

Charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 45

References
  1. Breihan, Tom (October 6, 2016). "Stream Swet Shop Boys Cashmere". Stereogum. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. Rosenberg, Josh (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Get Racially Profiled by the TSA in New Video for "T5"". Spin. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. "Swet Shop Boys – Chart history – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  4. Madden, Sidney (August 17, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys Are Looking For a "Tiger Hologram"". XXL. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  5. Slingerland, Calum (August 2, 2016). "Heems and 'The Night Of' Star Riz MC Ready New LP as Swet Shop Boys". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  6. Lozano, Kevin (September 29, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys (Heems + Riz MC) Share Political New Video for "T5": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  7. Song, Sandra (January 25, 2017). "Watch The All Too Timely Video For Swet Shop Boys's "Zayn Malik"". Paper. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  8. Kaye, Ben (March 2, 2017). "Swet Shop Boys perform a classic Indian concert in "Aaja" video — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  9. "Cashmere by Swet Shop Boys". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  10. Martin, Liam. "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  11. Oliver, Matt (October 18, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Clash. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  12. Levy, Pat (October 10, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  13. Srivastava, Shefali (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". DIY. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  14. Dart, Chris (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  15. Jayasuriya, Mehan (October 13, 2016). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  16. Smith, Tanner (October 25, 2015). "Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere". PopMatters. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  17. Christgau, Robert (September 2, 2017). "Robert Christgau on Swet Shop Boys, Grime Luminaries, and a Reggae Newcomer". Vice. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  18. "NME's Albums Of The Year 2016". NME. November 27, 2016. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  19. "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 – 24. Swet Shop Boys, 'Cashmere'". Rolling Stone. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  20. "The 100 Best Albums of 2016". Vice. December 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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