Album · Genesis Owusu
Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu
Smiling with No Teeth is an album by Genesis Owusu, released in 2021. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Don't Need You”, on 3 lists with a best position of #58.
Smiling with No Teeth, the debut studio album from Canberra's Genesis Owusu, dropped through Ourness on 5 March 2021, and it plays like a young artist refusing to pick a lane. The Ghanaian-Australian rapper and singer, born Kofi Owusu-Ansah, snarls, croons and preaches over a production team of Andrew Klippel, Dave Hammer, Harvey Sutherland and Matt Corby, and the grooves lurch from slinky to jittery without ever losing their sense of menace.
Five singles paved the way, "Don't Need You", "Whip Cracker", "The Other Black Dog", "Gold Chains" and "Drown", the last with Kirin J. Callinan riding shotgun. It entered the ARIA albums chart at number 27, then went on a trophy sweep: Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Release and Best Independent Release at the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the J Award for Australian Album of the Year, and the Australian Music Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Smiling with No Teeth on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Need You | 3 | #58 | – | 2020–2021 | |
| 2 | Gold Chains | 2 | #75 | – | 2021–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.