Right now, the young Oakland rap queen Kamaiyah is working on her new album Don't Ever Get It Twisted, the follow-up to last year's glorious mixtape A Good Night In The Ghetto. After a release-date pushback, we don't yet know when the new album will come out. But Kamaiyah's just shared a new single, a mostly-sung-not-rapped friendship anthem called "Build You Up." With its uplifting message and its new jack swing beat, the song feels like a true throwback. And the video, from director Damien Sandoval, is just as much of a '90s retro party, with its boomboxes and biker shorts and dancers and bright-yellow warmup suits. It's also an impressive spectacle; Kamaiyah now has the sort of video budget where she can shut down streets in downtown Oakland. Check it out below.
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Don't Ever Get It Twisted is hopefully coming soon. "Build You Up" is out now at iTunes.
