A Seat isn't just a good political album, a good activism album, a good R&B album, a good indie album, or a good black album. It's all of those things, so it's a great album. Each of those elements make it feel like a humongous moment, but it never

gets too hefty. Despite everything it encompasses lyrically, aurally, culturally, and politically, the album is well-paced and agile. Solange deserves her seat at the table with her generation's other awesome, unapologetically black albums like To Pimp A Butterfly, Black Messiah, and Lemonade. Someone pull her up a chair already.