Black Water (Tinashe album)

Black Water
Mixtape by Tinashe
Released	November 26, 2013
Recorded	2012–13
Genre	Alternative R&B[1]
Length	33:04
Label	MBE[2]
Producer	Tinashe (exec.) B. Hendrixx Wes Tarte K-BeatZ Yung Shaq J. Mixx Myles Morgan Boi-1da Frank Dukes Vinylz !llmind Gabriel Lambrith Ryan Hemsworth Misfitz Sounds Karon Graham J. Oliver Dev Hynes Best Kept Secret Inc
Tinashe chronology
Reverie (2012) Black Water (2013) Aquarius (2014)
Singles from Black Water
"Vulnerable" Released: December 5, 2013

Black Water is the third mixtape by American recording artist Tinashe, released on November 26, 2013 by distributor INgrooves. A follow-up to her second mixtape Reverie, she signed with RCA Records shortly before the release of Black Water; however, it was not issued through the label.

As executive producer, Tinashe enlisted a variety of producers to work with her on the mixtape, including Boi-1da, Best Kept Secret, Dev Hynes, Frank Dukes, Gabriel Lambrith, !llmind, Ryan Hemsworth, Vinylz. For guest performers, she solely enlisted American rapper Travis Scott.^[3] Musically, Black Water follows similar PBR&B and alternative hip hop tropes heard in her first and second mixtapes; however, it experiments with several other genres such as electronica and neo soul. Its first and only single, "Vulnerable," was released on the same day of the mixtape.

Black Water received positive reviews from music critics, who stated she "has the most promising voices of the new generation of alt-R&B starlets,"^[1] with some critics calling it "highly anticipated" and "must listen" and praised Tinashe's vocal growth. Other critics compared the mixtape to that of Janet Jackson, TLC and Aaliyah.