It doesn&#8217;t feel like Kelela has been away for five and a half years. Maybe that&#8217;s just because the rest of the world hasn&#8217;t quite caught up with her yet. On her 2013 mixtape Cut 4 Me, Kelela Mizanekristos established a sound, a mood, and an idea. She sang with soft, yearning power over sharp,…

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