NEW MUSIC | INFINITE COLES ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM ‘SWEETFACE KILLAH’

By Rishma • On What is New

The acclaimed NYC-born and raised artist, per­former, dan­cer and mod­el Infin­ite Coles has announced that his long-anti­cip­ated debut album ‘Sweet­Face Kil­lah’, pro­duced by Zach Wit­ness (Doech­ii, Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu) will be released on 5th Decem­ber on Don’t Sleep/PIAS.

Coin­cid­ing with the announce­ment, Infin­ite Coles also serves up the incred­ible double single ‘SweetFaceKillah’/ ‘Dad & I’, his deeply per­son­al third offer­ing ahead of his album, with both tracks fear­lessly explor­ing joy, pain, love, anger and resi­li­ence, express­ing each side of his com­plic­ated rela­tion­ship with his fath­er, the rap icon Ghost­face Kil­lah of Wu Tang Clan, who Infin­ite is estranged from and hasn’t seen or spoken to in over 10 years.

The incen­di­ary ‘Sweet­FaceKil­lah’ sees Infin­ite own and claim the mean label he was called by online trolls, refram­ing a homo­phobic slur for the catchy intro hook, to deliv­er a bouncy R&B house banger that drips with unapo­lo­get­ic queer joy, defi­ance and steeped in vogue-ball­room cul­ture. Infin­ite deliv­ers a slap-down with slick rap verses and soul­ful vocals that are fierce, yet vul­ner­able, tak­ing dir­ect aim at his father.

The styl­ish ‘film noir’ style video for ‘Sweet­FaceKil­lah’ also drops today and is dir­ec­ted by Infinite’s best friend and key col­lab­or­at­or, the mod­el and auteur Ugly World­wide (aka Jazelle), fea­tur­ing a talk­ing head older man rap­ping the intro hook but with the voice of a girl rap­per from the 90s. Infin­ite is look­ing tough, yet seduct­ive, in braids, PVC and red leath­er, dan­cing and voguing as he drops his vocals and spits his bars.

‘Dad & I’ is a homage to the 90s Hip Hop Soul tra­di­tion that Mary J Blige pion­eered, from the vibes of the pro­duc­tion, to Infinite’s rough-hewn, emo­tion­ally raw vocals and lyr­ics that are a son­ic let­ter to his Dad. As he sings “Dad and I don’t see eye to eye. I love you but I think that you be car­ry­ing… You tell me to man up yeah, When I put on makeup yeah… Nobody’s per­fect no. Can’t you see that I’m worth it. Can you love me now. Do you love me now. Can you Show me to the crowd. Prove that I’m allowed.”

Infin­ite Coles has been mak­ing a name for him­self for some years now and is becom­ing one of New York’s most mes­mer­ising mod­ern music expres­sion­ists. The debut album ‘Sweet­Face Kil­lah’ is a col­lec­tion of 12 tracks that show­case Infinite’s innate vocal gifts, fear­less approach to lyr­i­cism and song­writ­ing, team­ing up with the finest pro­du­cer Zach Wit­ness to deliv­er a feast of son­ic exper­i­ment­a­tions. His has been a tur­bu­lent path, tra­vers­ing per­son­al battles and vul­ner­ab­il­it­ies that Infin­ite faced grow­ing up as a queer Afric­an Amer­ic­an and a mem­ber of a rap dyn­asty. The album reflects Infinite’s jour­ney, through numer­ous per­son­al chal­lenges to authen­tic­ally express him­self fear­lessly and joy­ously, free from fear of judge­ment, while chan­nel­ling his deep con­nec­tion to the vibrant Vogue-Ball­room cul­ture and identity.

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.