Victoria Monét - Jaguar II (2023) [Official Digital Download]

Jaguar II is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, released on August 25, 2023 via Lovett Music and RCA Records. The second and final installment of Monét's Jaguar series, the album was supported by three singles; "Smoke" with Lucky Daye, "Party Girls" with Buju Banton, and "On My Mama". Around the release of the first Jaguar installment, Monét originally intended the Jaguar series to be a trilogy of EPs, which would have eventually came together to form her debut studio album. However, due to Jaguar II being delayed further than expected, the series was eventually reduced to only two projects.

Jaguar II received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, a website that aggregates reviews of music albums, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on 7 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote that it "nudges contemporary R&B forward as it mixes inspirations spanning continents and generations" and "Monét always comes across as an everywoman at heart, no matter how fantastical or personal she gets, followed closely by her ability to sound authoritative without increasing the volume or toughness of her dulcet voice". Shahzaib Hussain of Clash felt that Jaguar II "preserves an almost anti-algorithmic approach in sound; it draws on musical touchstones but is a poetically a modern enterprise", also calling it "a compressed listen with only 11 tracks but still packs in dimensionality and texture". Pitchfork's Anna Gaca found that its "plush R&B and live-band arrangements strike a tone that's classic, sexy, and understated", describing it as "the rare species of pop-soul that evokes a real sense of spiritual uplift".

Tracklist:
01. Smoke
02. Smoke (Reprise)
03. Party Girls
04. Alright
05. Cadillac (A Pimp's Anthem)
06. How Does It Make You Feel
07. On My Mama
08. I'm The One
09. Stop (Askin' Me 4Shyt)
10. Hollywood
11. Good Bye


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