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{{Infobox song
| name = Almeda
| cover =
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| type =
| artist = [[Solange Knowles|Solange]]
| album = [[When I Get Home (album)|When I Get Home]]
| released =
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| venuegenre =
* [[Trap music|Trap]]
| genre = [[Chopped and screwed]]▼
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length ={{Duration|m=3|s=56}}▼
* [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
▲| genre =* [[Choppedchopped and screwed]]
▲| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=56}}
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer = {{hlist|Solange Knowles|[[The-Dream|Terius Nash]]|[[Playboi Carti|Jordan Carter]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|Solange Knowles|[[Pharrell]]|John Carroll Kirby}}
| misc = {{External music video|type=song|{{YouTube|6giKIu5jUvA|"Almeda"}}}}▼
| prev_title = [[Cranes in the Sky]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title =
| next_year =
▲| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6giKIu5jUvA|"Almeda"}}}}
}}
"'''Almeda'''" is a song by American singer [[Solange Knowles|Solange]]. It is the ninth track from her fourth [[studio album]], ''[[When I Get Home (album)|When I Get Home]]''. It features ana [[guest appearance]] by American rapper and singer [[Playboi Carti]]. The song's title is a reference to [[Almeda, Houston|Almeda]], an area of Knowles' home-town of [[Houston, Texas]]. The song was written by Solange Knowles, [[The-Dream]] and [[Playboi Carti]] and produced by Knowles, [[Pharrell Williams]], and John Carroll Kirby. The song also serves as the vocal debut for record producer [[Metro Boomin]], who provides additional vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/105015489|title=When I Get Home / Solange|publisher=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}</ref>▼
 
▲"'''Almeda'''" is a song by American singer [[Solange Knowles|Solange]]. It is the ninth track from her fourth [[studio album]], ''[[When I Get Home (album)|When I Get Home]]''. It features an appearance by rapper [[Playboi Carti]]. The song's title is a reference to [[Almeda, Houston|Almeda]], an area of Knowles' home-town of [[Houston, Texas]]. The song was written by Solange Knowles, [[The-Dream]] and [[Playboi Carti]] and produced by Knowles, [[Pharrell Williams]] and John Carroll Kirby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/105015489|title=When I Get Home / Solange|publisher=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]|accessdate=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Composition and lyrics==
The song's composition utilizes [[chopped and screwed]], a technique of [[remix]]ing [[hip hop music]] which developed in the [[Houston]] hip hop scene in the early 1990s.<ref name="Pitchfork"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/chopped_screwed/index2.jhtml|title=Chopped And Screwed: A History|last=Patel|first=Joseph|website=[[MTV News|MTVNews.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311071048/http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/chopped_screwed/index2.jhtml|archivedate=March 11, 2007|accessdate=March 2, 2019}}</ref>
 
The song's lyrics reference [[Culture of Houston|Houston culture]] and take pride in the "unwavering" nature of [[African-American culture]]. The song's opening lyrics "Pour more drank, drank/Sip, sip, sip, sip, sip" reference the recreational drug [[purple drank]], a mixture that became popular in the [[hip hop]] community in the [[southernSouthern United States]] in the 1990s, originating in Houston.<ref name=Palmer>{{cite book|title=Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip-hop|author=Tamara Palmer|publisher=Outline Press Limited|year=2005|page=188}}</ref><ref name="GeniusPitchfork"/>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/solange-s-playboi-carti-collaboration-almeda-is-a-celebration-of-blackness-houstonThe song also references [[African-American culture|title=Solange'sBlack Playboi Carti Collaborationculture]] "Almeda"Black Isskin, Ablack Celebrationbraids, Ofblack Blacknesswaves, &black Houston Culture|last=Fu|first=Eddie|date=March 1days, 2019|website=[[Geniusblack (website)|Genius]]|accessdate=March 2baes, 2019}}</ref><refblack name=things."Pitchfork"/> The song also references the unisex cologne water [[Florida Water]] as a metaphor for the strength of black faith: "Black faith still can't be washed away/Not even in that Florida water." While primarily used as a body scent, Florida Water has also been used as a cleansing holy water in [[West African Vodun]] practices, [[Wicca]]n ceremonies, and [[Santería]] rituals.<ref name="Genius"/> Knowles previously mentioned using Florida Water to wash her hands in a piece she wrote for ''[[Dazed]]'' in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/39689/1/solange-jackie-nickerson-jamaica|title=Solange: Runaway Bay|last1=Knowles|first1=Solange|last2=Shillingford|first2=Katie|last3=Nickerson|first3=Jackie|date=April 19, 2018|website=[[Dazed]]|accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref> She also carried a bottle of the cologne water with her on the red carpet of the [[Met Gala]] in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/05/198538/florida-water-solange-met-gala-2018|title=What You Need To Know About The Spiritual Tool Solange Brought To The Met Gala|last=Coughlin|first=Sara|date=May 8, 2018|website=[[Refinery29]]|accessdate=March 3, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Critical reception==
''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' praised "Almeda" as the album's "stand-out track" and awarded it Best New Track upon its release.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/solange-almeda/|title="Almeda" by Solange Review|last=Julious|first=Britt|date=March 1, 2019|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|accessdate=March 2, 2019}}</ref> Hunter Harris of ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' gave the song a glowing review, saying "I want to get married so I can play "'Almeda"' at my wedding. When I die, play "'Almeda"' at my funeral. I'm turning this in late to my editor because I'm playing "Almeda" too loud in my room. ''When I Get Home'' has other true gems — "'Sound of Rain'," "'Down Withwith the Clique"' — but "'Almeda"' plays with a special alchemy of everything that feels banal, but special."<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/solange-almeda-song-review.html|title=An Ode to Solange's Best New Song 'Almeda'|last=Harris|first=Hunter|date=March 1, 2019|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|accessdate=March 2, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' gave the song a positive review and named it their Song of the Week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsoundconsequence.net/2019/03/song-of-the-week-solange-almeda/|title=Song of the Week: Solange Sits at the Head of the Table on "Almeda"|last=Dountz|first=Brad|date=March 8, 2019|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|accessdate=March 9, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Music video==
The "Almeda" segment of the film accompanying ''When I Get Home'' was released separately to [[YouTube]] on March 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/03/07/watch-solanges-video-for-almeda|title=Watch Solange's video for "Almeda"|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|date=March 7, 2019|work=[[The Fader]]|accessdate=March 10, 2019}}</ref> It features the [[Fort Worth Water Gardens]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article227340794.html|title=Iconic Fort Worth landmark featured in Solange Knowles' new music video|last=Johnson|first=Kaley|date=March 8, 2019|work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|accessdate=March 10, 2019}}</ref>
 
At the [[2019 MTV Video Music Awards|36th MTV Video Music Awards]] the video received three nominations: [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
==Personnel==
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==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-w09-2/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=Lithuanian|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=March 8, 2019|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>
| 94
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/hotsingles?chart=4606|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=March 11, 2019|accessdate=March 8, 2019}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|18|artist=Solange|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 12, 2019}}
|}
 
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