Dej Loaf’s lyrics are unapologetically blunt, skipping past the bullshit and cutting straight to her point. And her point, frankly, is not to fuck with her.
The Detroit artist’s raps fluidly ride melodies from hard-spoken verses into R&B-style singing, all over the beats of masterful producers like DDS, Sonny Digital, and KLVN, to name a few. This blend of singing and rapping comes together naturally, like on “Desire” off her 2015 debut EP, #AndSeeThatsTheThing. One second she’s throwing verses about cracking skulls, and the next she’s softly cooing about “my best friend, my godson.”…