"Suggested" songs when shuffling individual artists.

[uptaco]

Hi. I have a free account and can't seem to be able to shuffle individual artists without 5 or more "suggested" artists/songs before I hear anything from the playlist of the artist I'm trying to shuffle. Up until a week or so ago this hasn't been an issue. I've turned off waze and auto-play as suggested by another user in the community without any change.

Is this is unreconcilable and just part of the service for free users now?