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Jamila Woods surrounds herself with the things she loves, things like Lucille Cliftons poetry or letters from her grandmother or the late 80s post-punk of The Cure. Its just powerful to me to know the lineage and influences going into the making of the song, Jamila says. That lineagefragments of her life and loveshelped structure the progressive, delicate and minimalist soul of HEAVN, her debut solo album released in the summer of 2016. Its like a collage process, she says. Its very enjoyable to me to take something I love and mold it into something new.
A frequent guest vocalist in the hip-hop, jazz and soul world, Jamila has emerged as a once-in-a-generation voice on her soul-stirring debut. Hailed by Pitchfork as, a singular mix of clear-eyed optimism and Black girl magic, HEAVN is the culmination of more than two decades worth of musical performances, creative remixing, haunted memories and her unique collage writing process. I think of songs as physical spaces, Jamila says. Writing a song feels like decorating my space with things that make me happy or reflect who I am.
The message of HEAVN, the album, and Jamila, the musician and poet, are clear: all parts strengthen the whole. Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Woods grew up in a family of musiclovers. She was a member of her grandmothers church choir as well as the Chicago Childrens Choir and often sat next to her parents speakers, singing along to their sizeable music collection while surrounding herself with things she admired.
<a href=”http://jamilawoodsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/heavn”>HEAVN by Jamila Woods</a>
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