The roots of KAYTRAMINÉ date back to a fateful DM exchange that followed an Aminé edit of Kaytranada’s ‘At All’ way back in 2014. Pharrell adds a sprinkle of his ageless pop perfection to lead single “4EVA,” contributing both the hook and co-production, and Amaarae manages to match Aminé’s smooth-singing dick-swinging in her own high register on “Sossaup. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. Complex Music team staff members unpack their initial thoughts on the 11-track project on the day of its release.

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The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Prior to that was Limbo in 2020, a 14-song offering with special appearances from names like Summer Walker, Injury Reserve, slowthai, Vince Staples, Charlie Wilson, and Young Thug.Kaytraminé is a soundtrack for the young, dumb, and full of cum, a record produced by the kind of goofball who gets a kick out of being princess-carried by a woman bodybuilder and rapped by a guy whose debut LP pictured him on the toilet with his pants around his ankles.

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If you’d like to hear a cerebral wordsmith rhyming over Kaytra beats, you’re better off seeking out his collaborations with Wiki or Mach-Hommy. KAYTRANADA spent the majority of 2022 out on the road on select dates of The Weeknd’s “After Hours Til Dawn Tour” alongside Snoh Aalegra and Mike Dean. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites.

The album has been a labour of love spanning nearly a decade with the origins of KAYTRAMINÉ trace back to 2014, when Aminé unveiled 'Not At All,' an unofficial remix of KAYTRANADA's 2013 track 'At All. Aminé’s oral (sex) fixation gets old fast, and a few lines are groan-worthy enough to distract from the fun (“Just popped an X bitch I feel like I’m Malcolm,” he raps on “Who He Iz”). On April 4, 2023, Aminé announced on Twitter that he and KAYTRANADA were officially a duo, confirming that the album was “coming soon” in a tweet.

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The duo’s new self-titled album follows Kaytranada’s BUBBA and Aminé’s TwoPointFive, the former of which was released in 2019 while the latter dropped in 2021. Kaytranada’s first two albums flowed like seamless mixes, his house-adjacent style bending and shifting to suit the personalities of the guest vocalists. I know that sounds too good to be true, but I can really float through this project without feeling the urge to bounce around the tracklist.

Below, Complex Music team staff members unpack their initial thoughts on the 11-track project on the day of its release. But there are tonal shifts that seem designed to showcase Aminé’s range as a singer and a rapper, like the strings swirling around his stop-and-go flow on “Westside” or the sparse arrangement of the latest entry in his series of “ STFU” tracks.

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Although it was officially announced on April 4, this album is, according to Portland’s Aminé, “9 years in the making. Yesterday (May 9), the duo increased the anticipation even more by revealing their official cover art and tracklist. In terms of guest features, Kaytraminé will house assists from Freddie Gibbs, Pharrell Williams, Big Sean, Amaarae, and Snoop Dogg across 11 tracks. Aminé’s effortless ride through the rest of “Who He Iz” will leave many unknowing folks digging into just that.But it’s hard to hear what Uncle Snoop on “Eye” or Big Sean on “Master P” add beyond bankable names; I have to imagine “Big Sean” [ft.