Open share drawer On a stopgap EP between album projects, the Brooklyn R&B musician sloughs off emotional baggage from a soured relationship. Featured Tracks: The Root of a Thing â Yaya BeyVia Yaya Beyâs flow is poised and unhurried, a subdued technique she uses to analyze subjects both personal and political. On 2016âs Madison Tapes, the Brooklyn multidisciplinary artist celebrated Black women and pushed for systemic revolution in guitar-laced R&B and neo-soul. Her new EP, The Things I Canât Take With Me, is a soothing interlude meant to fill the gap between albums; it doubles as her first release under the recently revived hip-hop label Big Dada. Brooding and assured in equal measure, Bey sloughs off emotional baggage from a soured relationship.