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Following the release of ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ last year, Genesis Owusu went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this weekend to perform record cut ‘Gold Chains’.
‘Smiling With No Teeth’ came in at #13 of our Best Albums of 2021. We said, “Ghana-born, Canberra-based Genesis Owusu knows a thing or two about feeling like an outlier, and on his full-length debut – an ambitious, broad-stretching release that traverses rap, punk, neo-soul and more – he embraces every element of the idea: the good, the bad and the ugly. Populated with metaphors of black dogs (a dual nod to depression and the racial slurs that had been aimed at him throughout his life), ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ is a trojan horse of a record, luring the listener in with skittish, ping-ponging verses (‘The Other Black Dog’) and seemingly laid-back swagger (‘Don’t Need You’) whilst deploying tales of pain and rage. ‘Do you assimilate and try and fit in or do you go full-frontal with the outcast label? I chose the latter,’ he told DIY earlier this year. On his debut, he showcased that attitude with gusto.”
Check out his performance of ‘Gold Chains’ below.
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