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Management number 205654768 Release Date 2025/10/22 List Price $106.80 Model Number 205654768
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Title: Zretro
Artist: Zretro
Label: Hope Street Rec
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 754003284751
Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
Release Date: 2022-06-17
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl LP pressing. Zretro are a Naarm based duo made up of vocalist Zima and producer 2nd Thought. Their self-titled debut LP blends 90s R&B vocals with golden era hiphop production and elements of Kwaito and Afrobeats. Zima's voice is honey sweet, 2nd Thought beats sound fresh out of an MPC and their album is tied together by the elastic bass guitar contributions of jazzy house don Horatio Luna. Raw, simple production let's the beats and vocals dominate with only minimal instrumental accompaniment. Unsurprisingly, given Retro is right there in the name, there's a huge 1990s influence throughout Zretro's music. There's slick RnB and West Coast flavour of equal parts SWV, Boyz 2 Men and Death Row in a lot of the vocal delivery, tempos and melodies. There's also a decidedly grimy East Coast boom bap tinge to the boxy MPC drums and that brings to mind Hi-Tek, Alchemist and Pete Rock productions. The other thread, less obvious but woven throughout the album is the influence of early 2000s Southern African music. There's musical and lyrical nods to Afrobeats, Kwaito and SA House and inspiration from pop stars like Brenda Fassie, to underground icons like Mzekezeke.

Tracks:
1.1 Superpower
1.2 Auntie Deloris Feat. Badoo
1.3 Zretro Feat. Thamson P
1.4 Do I Recall
1.5 Silly Games
1.6 Retroload
1.7 Zuzu
1.8 Dear Mama

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