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<\/p>\nIt begins, as so many relationships do these days, on Tinder. Queen & Slim, screenwriter Lena Waithe\u2019s first feature-length film, follows the tumultuous path of a newly acquainted young couple struck by life-altering tragedy and then forced to deal with the fallout as partners. The film\u2019s soundtrack, then, is a wealth of moods and vantage points pertaining to black love in the modern age\u2014or in the case of Queen & Slim, the thoughts and feelings that emerge on the way to it.<\/p>\n
Opening with NOLA bounce-inspired party-starter \u201cRide or Die\u201d by Megan Thee Stallion and VickeeLo, the soundtrack quickly moves into sultrier territory. There\u2019s a remix of Bilal\u2019s 2001 ode to the majesty of the black woman \u201cSoul Sista\u201d\u2014now featuring Raphael Saadiq\u2014as well as explorations of the uncertainty of young relationships including \u201cYo Love\u201d (Vince Staples, 6LACK, and Mereba) and \u201cCollide\u201d (Tiana Major9 and EARTHGANG). There\u2019s an expansive palette of genres, with contributions form Afrobeats star Burna Boy (\u201cMy Money, My Baby\u201d) along with a softer (albeit still slightly turnt-up) side of Atlanta drip music all-star Lil Baby (\u201cCatch the Sun\u201d). Maybe most exciting, though, are the increasingly rare yet always gratifying pearls of wisdom we get from the incomparable Ms. Lauryn Hill on \u201cGuarding the Gates.\u201d<\/p>\n
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