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447:. Much of the record maintains this hazy, noirish hue: the fuzzy, Dilla-esque “No Love” and the John Key Jr.–penned “Uncrown Her” evoke the neo-soul of the late ’90s and early ’00s. But Scott never settles entirely into an easy groove. The complex drumming of “Lawless” keeps it from working as aural wallpaper, its constant twitching always too arresting to function as background music. Same for “Bae” and “New Jack Bounce.” Though both are labeled as interludes, they feel as engaging as the longer suites, offering rhythmic asides that punctuate the airy gauze of Scott’s trumpet, which shifts from clear, bell-like tones into phased, psychedelic washes of sound." 334: 274: 224: 329: 324: 319: 314: 269: 264: 259: 254: 219: 214: 209: 204: 409:, meanwhile, shifts away from some of the first installment’s darker, more hallucinatory tones. The title track alone marks a pretty dramatic transition, its laid-back trip-hop beats ushering in a more accessible, immediate sound that features a little less in the way of stylistic experimentation. Which isn’t to say there isn’t any; in fact, 29: 413:
is largely cut from the same cloth, albeit with results that skew a bit more toward the pop-friendly. “Desire and the Burning Girl,” for instance, is one of the album’s most surreal, with a heavy dose of effects clouding Scott’s horn playing as a rhythmic pulse grooves in the background. Yet there’s
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refers to the entirety of Adjuah's listening public, even though the term has specific meanings in the African-American experience, celebrating the rhythmic feels and traditions that arose from the historic movement of African peoples to the Americas and around the globe. Adjuah explains "We're
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more of a lightness about these tracks overall; “Lawless,” for instance, is by production standards a pretty hectic and dramatic track, though it’s ultimately a highly melodic piece, even loungey in a way that’s not so obvious." Mike Hobart of
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trying to highlight the sameness between seemingly disparate cultures of sound as a means of showing a broader reverence and love for the people who create the sound and the experiences that lead them to those places."
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Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African Drums, SPD-SX (tracks 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11)
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included the album in the "TOP 20 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2017" list.
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Chief Shaka Shaka – dununba, sangban, kenikeni (tracks 1 9)
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Sarah Elizabeth Charles – special guest, vocals (track 11)
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Corey Fonville – drums, SPD-SX (tracks 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11)
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Lawrence Fields – piano, (tracks 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11)
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Zacharias, Isabel; Fleeger, Matt (January 5, 2018).
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Index


Studio album
Christian Scott
Genre
Jazz
Label
Ropeadope Records
Producer
Christian Scott
Ruler Rebel
The Emancipation Procrastination
The Arts Desk
Exclaim!
Financial Times
Pitchfork
Record Collector
Tom Hull
Christian Scott
Ropeadope Records
Ruler Rebel
The Emancipation Procrastination
Jazzwise
Financial Times
Elena Pinderhughes
Braxton Cook
Yukimi Nagano
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Elena Pinderhughes
"CD: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Diaspora"
The Arts Desk

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