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DJ Haram and Sha Ray make Critical Thot sound like femme authority with teeth
By Editorial Team - June 20, 2026
Summary
20 June catch-up: DJ Haram and Sha Ray’s Critical Thot pushes experimental club, rap pressure and femme authority into one sharp weekend release.
Key Facts
- Category: News
- Published: June 20, 2026
- Tags: dj haram, sha ray, critical thot, experimental club, rap, electronic, 20 june catch-up, 20 June Catch-Up / Experimental Club Rap
DJ Haram and Sha Ray’s Critical Thot was another Pitchfork 20 June release-guide entry worth breaking out individually. The title alone is doing several jobs at once: funny, confrontational, self-aware and absolutely uninterested in respectability politics. DJ Haram’s work has long moved through hard drums, global club pressure, noise, rap and diasporic electronic intensity, while Sha Ray’s presence suggests a voice ready to turn that pressure into personality. Critical Thot sounds like the kind of release that treats club music as argument, not just function. It is about movement, yes, but also attitude, survival, sexuality, authority and refusing to let the room decide who gets to be loud. In a weekend full of big releases, this one feels like a sharpened heel on concrete.
Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/9-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-tierra-whack-evilgiane-sophie/