Cashmere (Swet Shop Boys album)

Cashmere is the debut studio album by Swet Shop Boys.^[1] It was released via Customs on October 14, 2016.^[2] It peaked at number 45 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[3] Redinho handled the production,^[4] while rappers Heems and Riz MC shared vocal duties.^[5] Music videos were created for "T5",^[6] "Zayn Malik",^[7] and "Aaja".^[8]

Cashmere
Studio album by Swet Shop Boys
Released	October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	34:55
Label	Customs
Producer	Redinho
Swet Shop Boys chronology
Swet Shop (2014) Cashmere (2016) Sufi La (2017)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Clash	7/10[11]
Consequence of Sound	B[12]
DIY	[13]
Exclaim!	9/10[14]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[15]
PopMatters	[16]
Vice	A−[17]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[9]

Chris Dart of Exclaim! wrote, "it's full of three-minute gems that get your head nodding and your brain working hard to parse multi-layered metaphors, and that stop when you're still wanting more."^[14] Tanner Smith of PopMatters described it as "an undeniably complicated but fun album that reckons with South Asian representation in the global pop culture of 2016."^[16]

It was placed at number 36 on NME's "Albums of the Year 2016" list,^[18] number 24 on Rolling Stone's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2016" list,^[19] and number 27 on Vice's "100 Best Albums of 2016" list.^[20]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"T5"	2:27
2.	"Shottin"	3:23
3.	"Aaja"	3:19
4.	"Zayn Malik"	2:54
5.	"Tiger Hologram"	2:56
6.	"No Fly List"	2:51
7.	"Phone Tap"	3:02
8.	"Half Moghul Half Mowgli"	3:25
9.	"Swish Swish"	3:52
10.	"Shoes Off"	3:11
11.	"Din-e-iLahi"	3:35

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	45