Originally published June 5, 2019.
The mood on her album Third Daughter is serious and introspective, but onstage she’s extroverted and wants to entertain. HELEN MOGA
Before you read another word, I highly recommend that you download or stream DoNormaal’s second album, Third Daughter, and listen to this masterpiece of indie, gritty post-hip-hop at least three times.
If you are already familiar with the album, and if, like me, you can’t get enough of it, then let’s get right to it.
The first thing that needs to be said about DoNormaal, a Seattle-based MC whose born-name is Christianne Karefa-Johnson, is that she has a style of rapping that’s at once mesmerizing and original. Often the two attributes do not meet in one rapper. The usual case is that a talented MC will have either the gift of impeccable swing or the gift of lyrical innovation.
