Mariah The Scientist Stands Strong on 'HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY'

Summary

• Mariah The Scientist has shared her newest studio album, HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY
• The album hears Scientist, once again, continue to chart her own path in the modern R&B space
• Clocking in at 10 tracks, the album includes “Burning Blue,” “Is It A Crime” with Kali Uchis, and other titles, “More,” “Rainy Days,” and “No More Entertainers”

Ever since her debut album, MASTER, in 2019, Mariah The Scientist has championed her own sound in the contemporary R&B space, unafraid to break the mold. Equipped with her indefensible weapon, her versatile vocals, the songstress never shies away from experimenting on unexplored terrain, and HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY – her anticipated fourth studio album – is no exception to the rule.

When Mariah dropped To Be Eaten Alive, her last album and her first long-form release since Young Thug’s lock-up, the project presented her lover girl era. She reflected on her undying love for Thugger and the struggles they’ve faced in not only the past year but throughout their public spectacle of a relationship; particular high points included “Bout Mine,” and “From A Woman,” the latter of which was released in tandem with Thug’s “From A Man” counterpart cut.

HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY hears Mariah at a new high, standing strong through whatever she may face on the battlefield, the album telling the story of what she calls “the war on love.” Right from the jump with “Burning Blue,” she introduced the military motifs of the album by way of her outfit choices; the theme is not only extended then in the cover art and album trailer, but through the entire sonic composition of the 10-track project.

1. Sacrifice (Main)
2. United Nations + 1000 Ways To Die
3. Eternal Flame
4. Is It A Crime (feat. Kali Uchis)
5. Burning Blue
6. All I Want + In Pursuit
7. More
8. Rainy Days
9. Like You Never
10. No More Entertainers

“Sacrifice” starts it off strong, a more confident Mariah ushering in her confident new era. Her strength bleeds through the entire album. She knows what she wants to say, and she’s saying it.

Track two is another particular high point; “United Nations + 1000 Ways to Die” is the first two-part track, the first half equipped with a staggering drum march towards the transition into the more subdued second half.

“Is It A Crime” marks the only feature on the album – and another shoe-in for a favorite track, the pair’s vocals an ethereal match in R&B heaven. Rooted in Mariah’s resilience, this album spotlights the songstress’s storytelling, as she soldiers on through a boundless sonic battlefield.

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