Liim Lasalle Loves You

Harlem raised and Brooklyn based, Liim boasts the exact sort of genre-porous sound that could conceivably land an artist a Tyler, The Creator co-sign. In this case, it actually did, a fact that adds to the veritable buzz surrounding the 21-year-old’s full-length debut *Liim Lasalle Loves You*. Swerving and gliding between sounds that include—but aren’t at all limited to—hip-hop, R&B, and indie pop, he seems an altogether logical fit for the current moment. His youthful concerns transition to more grown-up ones throughout the album, as he humbles himself for the throbbing “For the Both of Us” and gets reflective at the bottom of a shot glass on “Mezcal.” His growing pains eminently relatable, he grapples with the minutia of a romantic split on “Break” and demands to be valued on “Important to Ya.” By the time the closing title track floats along, it’s hard not to feel what he feels.