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Gemini Rights
Studio albumby
Steve Lacy
ReleasedJuly 15, 2022(2022-07-15)
StudioThe Village
Genre
Length34:57
LabelRCA
Producer
Steve Lacychronology
The Lo-Fis
(2020) 		Gemini Rights
(2022)
SinglesfromGemini Rights
  1. "Mercury"
    Released: June 16, 2022
  2. "Bad Habit"
    Released: June 29, 2022
  3. "Static"
    Released: July 8, 2022[4]
  4. "Sunshine"
    Released: July 13, 2022
  5. "Helmet"
    Released: February 13, 2023[5]

Gemini Rightsis the second and major-label debut studio album by American musicianSteve Lacy.It was released on July 15, 2022, byRCA Records.It follows Lacy's debut albumApollo XXI(2019), and was preceded by the singles "Mercury",[6]"Bad Habit"[7]and "Sunshine".[8]"Bad Habit" became Lacy's debut entry on theBillboardHot 100and later became his first number one single.

The album includes guest appearances fromFousheé,and Lacy'sInternetbandmate, keyboardistMatt Martians.Incorporating a variety of genres, the album has been described as an amalgamation ofindie rockandalternative R&B,with elements offunk,jazz,andpsychedelia.

Gemini Rightsreceived positive reception from music critics upon its release. The album reached thetop tenof theBillboard200chart, and topped theTop Rock Albumschart. The album wonBest Progressive R&B Albumat the65th Annual Grammy Awards.[9]

Background

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Lacy produced "about 90% of the record" and came up with the title while "tipsy" at a bar, also tellingZane Lowethat he wantedGemini Rightsto be concise so listeners could "make a decision to want to keep playing it again".[10]Lacy shared that the album is a collective story of him "coming into [himself] after a breakup." He hoped the album is left to be interpreted by people "[however] they want to."Gemini Rightsis an album that amplifies the artist's "majestic mystique" discography, leading Lacy to hit #1 onBillboard Hot 100for three weeks straight, months following the summer release date in 2022.[11]Gemini Rightsis an album that Lacy hopes "will make people feel more unconditional love for one another."[12]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
Clash7/10[15]
The Guardian[2]
Hot Press8/10[16]
Loud and Quiet6/10[17]
The Music[18]
NME[19]
Pitchfork7.1/10[1]
Rolling Stone[3]

Gemini Rightsreceived a score of 80 out of 100, based on eight critics' reviews, at review aggregatorMetacritic,indicating "generally positive reviews".[13]Mankaprr Conteh ofRolling Stonewrote that the album "feels like the product of a grand jam session" and a "tight collection of rock and R&B, funk and jazz, psych and hip-hop that's as warm and airy as the cusp of summer, when Geminis are born".[3]Reviewing the album forNME,Thomas Smith found Lacy's "musical palette is more refined and vibrant than ever", describing the album as a "fearlessly funky" and "seriously steamy" follow-up with "bold leaps forward and artistic flourishes" that is a "more polished and assured work than his debut".[19]

Shahzaib Hussain stated that Lacy "taps into the legacy ofThe Love Below-eraAndré 3000"as he" channels the musical touchstones of yesteryear into something reachable for a generation exploring more than ever before concepts of personal autonomy and identity ", although" the heady high of hedonism "offered by the album" is only ever fleeting and it never really fills the void ".[15]Luke Cartledge ofLoud and Quietacknowledged that the album is "not without flaws: occasionally, the lozenge-smooth nature of the production allows some tracks to drift into coffee-table politeness" and "easygoing groove or pseudo-improv [...] But such shortcomings are easily forgiven; the self-assurance of Steve Lacy is far from unearned".[17]

Track listing

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Gemini Rightstrack listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Static"
2:36
2."Helmet"
3:21
3."Mercury"
4:55
4."Buttons"
  • Lacy
  • Natche
  • Rise
3:04
5."Bad Habit"
  • Lacy
  • Fousheé
  • Gordon
  • Kirby
  • Matthew Castellanos
3:52
6."2Gether (Enterlude)" (withMatt Martians)
0:50
7."Cody Freestyle"
  • Lacy
  • Fousheé
4:00
8."Amber"Lacy2:53
9."Sunshine" (featuringFousheé)
4:53
10."Give You the World"
  • Lacy
  • Natche
  • Rise
4:33
Total length:34:57

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Steve Lacy– vocals (all tracks), bass (3, 5), guitar (3)
  • Ely Rise – keyboards (1), piano (2), synthesizer (3, 4)
  • Asia Lacy – background vocals (2, 8, 10)
  • Vage Webb – background vocals (2, 8, 10)
  • Valerie Lacy – background vocals (2, 8, 10)
  • Valyn Spottsville – background vocals (2, 8, 10)
  • Crystal Torres– horn (3)
  • John Carroll Kirby– organ (3), synthesizer (5–10)
  • Karriem Riggins– drums (9)
  • Denise Stoudmire – background vocals (10)

Technical

Charts

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References

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