Together they’re an unstoppable team, natural partners and effortless consciousness-raisers, and a legitimate force for enlightenment. The styles of the two rappers are perfectly complementary: Miss Storm is relentless and emotional, Madam X darts and slashes and toys with listeners’ expectations. On “Quicksand,” a Black Dreams highlight, Miss Storm is joined by a collaborator who is every bit as talented and incendiary as she is - the dazzling Madam X, who burns down the back half of the song with a verse that pulsates with urgency. If you’re frustrated with the slow pace of progress in a troubled nation, you’ve found your album.

This is Miss Storm in the raw, telling her story and the story of countless others like her, making her pain and her rage manifest, inspiring listeners, pushing for social change, and finding solidarity with others in the struggle. But she’s never been quite as incisive, relentless, or essential as she is on the upcoming Black Dreams, an uncompromising concept set about the African American experience. She leads with her intelligence and quick wit and never hesitates to tackle difficult subjects. There’s always been a powerful political dimension to Miss Storm’s writing. She does it to remind us what we’ve lost and how far we still have to go. Miss Storm names the names of those who have become world-famous for tragic reasons: George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor. She’s speaking for millions who are distraught about the epidemic of state violence against African Americans. The exasperation in her voice is evident - but so is her determination. “How much more suffering are we going to take?,” asks rapper and singer Miss Storm in the fiery first verse of “Quicksand,” her latest single and call to action.

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