Sweet Justice (album)
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| Released | 3 November 2023 | |||
| Length | 43:59 | |||
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Sweet Justice is the second studio album by Australian singer and rapper Tkay Maidza, released on 3 November 2023 by 4AD and Dew Process.[1][6]
Upon announcement on 26 July 2023, Maidza stated: "Sweet Justice was a way for me to channel my emotions from what I've experienced in the last two years. It's a diary of things and thoughts I've kept to myself. Making the record was a healing experience and I'm grateful to have worked with producers who have inspired me throughout my career."[7]
At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, the album won Best Soul/R&B Release while Maidza was nominated for Best Solo Artist.[8] The album was shorted listed for Best LP/EP at the 2025 Rolling Stone Australia Awards.[9]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Beats Per Minute | 55%[11] |
| DIY |   [12] |
| The Guardian | [13] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[14] |
| NME | [15] |
| The Observer | [16] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[17] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Sweet Justice received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.[10]
Kayleigh Watson from NME wrote that "a break-up album to everything that was holding her back and a personal homecoming, it is clear Maidza has found fun and fluidity in writing again." Watson concluded by saying, "Maidza has crafted a collection of perfectly constructed songs that encapsulate her karmic truth: that living well is the best revenge".[15] Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen from The Guardian felt that "Sweet Justice lands with a bang. It's an ambitious, sprawling record that again defies and hops across genres, flirting with different styles and sounds. It's more eclectic and bolder than her first full-length album, Tkay, but maintains that record's pop sensibilities on tracks such as 'Out of Luck', 'Walking on Air' and the synthy pulses of 'Ghost!'"[13]
Noah Barker from The Line of Best Fit called it "her most assured and confident release thus far, one that is unmistakably underpinned by an ebbing sea of brittle anxiety. For as prickly sweet and lovesick as much of the tracklist is, this is pop music at the precipice of something, whether that be the end or a new beginning. Abstract philosophizing aside, Sweet Justice remains as immediately gratifying as the rest of her catalogue; its rapping is smoother, its hooks are catchier, and its instrumentals more fine-tuned and studied."[14] Pitchfork's Dylan Green described Sweet Justice as "a cheeky, colorful album" that "expands on [Maidza's] growing musical confidence, the whiplash between funk, dance, and industrial styles more intense than ever".[17]
The Music called the album "an epic ode to growth and evolution".[18]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love and Other Drugs" | Takudzwa Maidza |
| 3:01 | |
| 2. | "WUACV" |
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| 2:17 |
| 3. | "Out of Luck" (featuring Lolo Zouaï and Amber Mark) |
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| 3:50 |
| 4. | "What Ya Know" | Maidza |
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| 3:22 |
| 5. | "Won One" | Maidza |
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| 2:41 |
| 6. | "Love Again" | Maidza |
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| 3:29 |
| 7. | "WASP" | Maidza |
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| 3:02 |
| 8. | "Ghost!" |
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| 3:54 |
| 9. | "Ring-a-Ling" | Maidza |
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| 2:58 |
| 10. | "Free Throws" |
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| 2:17 |
| 11. | "Silent Assassin" (with Flume) |
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| 2:07 |
| 12. | "Our Way" |
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| 3:57 |
| 13. | "Gone to the West" (featuring Duckwrth) |
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| 3:17 |
| 14. | "Walking on Air" | Maidza |
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| 3:47 |
| Total length: | 43:59 | ||||