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Moonchild Sanelly: Full Moon review – hustle, energy and smut aplenty
(Transgressive)The sex-positive South African trailblazer deserves to break into the mainstream with the fullest expression so far of her wit and sheer verve
Moonchild Sanelly’s teal-blue hairdo is trademarked in her native South Africa, where her sex-positive rhymes and body-positive stances divide the generations. Until now, the rapper and singer, sometimes in her mother tongue, Xhosa, has often appeared as an unignorable guest on tracks by well-known names, including her spot on My Power, a 2019 Beyoncé tune, and a 2020 Gorillaz cut. There’s hustle and smut aplenty here, in the tradition of outre rappers turned pop singers such as Nicki Minaj, but Sanelly’s pointed attitude (“You’re in pain, bitch, cos I’m paid, bitch” – Gwara Gwara) leaves plenty of space for wit and levity.
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