This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers. We鈥檙e releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women artists, from veterans who鈥檝e paved the way for what we hear today in Black music, to those who are carving out their own paths.
The Tiny Desk has humbled many artists, but strutted into NPR HQ and behind the Desk with the unwavering confidence of an OG. While her appearance gave soft and feminine, clothed in blush pink with baby鈥檚 breath scattered throughout her hair, Milli鈥檚 lyrical prowess sliced like a sword. Her bars were bratty and braggadocious alongside Atlanta鈥檚 own Band of Brothers and her background singers she dubbed 鈥淭he Floettes.鈥�
Flo Milli has carved out her own lane in hip-hop. At just 24 years old, she鈥檚 dropped a trilogy of albums 鈥� 2020鈥檚 Ho, Why Is You Here?, 2022's You Still Here, Ho? and 2024鈥檚 Fine Ho, Stay 鈥� and scored her first Billboard Hot 100 charting single with the infectious 鈥淣ever Lose Me.鈥� Performing with a live band for the first time, we get a taste of each of these albums in her performance. The opener, a medley of 鈥淐辞苍肠别颈迟别诲鈥� and 鈥淏ed Time,鈥� gets a rock makeover with some heavy keybass and electric guitar. Then, Milli and her band take us back to her debut days with the song that put her on the map, 鈥淏eef FloMix,鈥� which takes on a soulful, guitar-led makeover. Closing her set with a treat, the band exchange their instruments for acoustic guitars to perform a special rendition of 鈥淣ever Lose Me鈥� 鈥� with a new verse, exclusively for the Tiny Desk audience.
SET LIST
- 鈥淐辞苍肠别颈迟别诲鈥�
- 鈥淏ed Time鈥�
- 鈥淚n The Party鈥�
- 鈥淏eef FloMix鈥�
- 鈥淲别补办鈥�
- 鈥淣ever Lose Me鈥�
MUSICIANS
- Flo Milli: vocals
- Slim Wav: keys, musical direction, guitar
- Andr茅 Brown: bass, guitar
- Marlon Allen: guitar
- Jordan Hemby: drums, bass
- Samira "Yah Yah" Gordon: vocals
- Desir茅 Gaston: vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Ashley Pointer
- Director/Editor: Kara Frame
- Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
- Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Alant茅 Serene
- Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
- Photographer: Estefania Mitre
- Animation: Jackie Lay
- Florist: Kelanda Edwards
- Tiny Desk Team: Hazel Cills, Maia Stern
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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