If the title is a reference to my rating system, Tinashe’s got it right. Almost every song here is a 3. This might be her most musically cohesive album since Nightride; her best; but the quality of that one leaves this one in the dust.

Not that 333 won’t have the girls Bouncin to its bassy summer beats. X, featuring Jeremih, is fun, but the album’s best song is Last Call; a breakup ballad on which the tipsy songstress manages to stumble upon some lovely melodies.

my rating : 3 of 5

2021