The acclaimed NYC-born and raised artist, performer, dancer and model Infinite Coles has announced that his long-anticipated debut album ‘SweetFace Killah’, produced by Zach Witness (Doechii, Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu) will be released on 5thDecember on Don’t Sleep/PIAS.
Coinciding with the announcement, Infinite Coles also serves up the incredible double single ‘SweetFaceKillah’/ ‘Dad & I’, his deeply personal third offering ahead of his album, with both tracks fearlessly exploring joy, pain, love, anger and resilience, expressing each side of his complicated relationship with his father, the rap icon Ghostface Killah of Wu Tang Clan, who Infinite is estranged from and hasn’t seen or spoken to in over 10 years. Listen HERE.
The incendiary ‘SweetFaceKillah’ sees Infinite own and claim the mean label he was called by online trolls, reframing a homophobic slur for the catchy intro hook, to deliver a bouncy R&B house banger that drips with unapologetic joy and defiance. Infinite delivers a slap-down with slick rap verses and soulful vocals that are fierce, yet vulnerable, taking direct aim at his father. As he rhymes “How you in a Mack truck, but forget you a father..Is it me? Am I not your cup of tea. Are my pants not low, like your self esteem. Do I need to f**k a bitch, Just so you could see?”.
The stylish ‘film noir’ style video for ‘SweetFaceKillah’ also drops today and is directed by Infinite’s best friend and key collaborator, the model and auteur Ugly Worldwide (aka Jazelle), featuring a talking head older man rapping the intro hook but with the voice of a girl rapper from the 90s. Infinite is looking tough, yet seductive, in braids, PVC and red leather, dancing and voguing as he drops his vocals and spits his bars. .
‘Dad & I’ is a homage to the 90s Hip Hop Soul tradition that Mary J Blige pioneered, from the vibes of the production, to Infinite’s rough-hewn, emotionally raw vocals and lyrics that are a sonic letter to his Dad. As he sings “Dad and I don’t see eye to eye. I love you but I think that you be carrying… You tell me to man up yeah, When I put on makeup yeah… Nobody’s perfect no. Can’t you see that I’m worth it. Can you love me now. Do you love me now. Can you Show me to the crowd. Prove that I’m allowed.”
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