CHIKA – Industry Games [EP]
Bama-bred, LA-based artist CHIKA hits us with her debut project, “Industry Games”.
“I want to change the way that people process emotions,” Chika said in an interview with TIME last year. “I want to bring back what’s real and let people be more in touch with themselves. Not all rap, of course, but some of it is so fabricated and narcissistic because we build this wall up around ourselves so that no one can hurt us as rappers and musicians. I want to strip that away and show that you can still make bangers that have a message and it doesn’t have to be corny and contrived; it can just be positive and it can be real. I just think that’s something that’s missing in the industry right now and I definitely want to do my best to resurrect that. I don’t feel that I chose rap, it chose me and I have to do it justice.”
Stream the 8-track offering below and keep scrolling for her ‘Tiny Desk Concert’.
Setlist:
- “Industry Games”
- “Songs About You”
- “Balencies”
- “Crown”
- “Intro”
