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- Record Label: Anti-
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental, Rap, R&B, Spoken Word, Avant-Garde, Neo-Soul, Underground Rap, Jazz-Rap, Poetry, Political Rap, Left-Field Rap
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Jul 13, 2022Her spoken words, songs and sighs give shape to this tempest of jazz, hip-hop and R&B, whirling together a who’s-who of Black classical.
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UncutJul 22, 2022Ayewa always makes ambitious albums, but Jazz Codes feels like her richest yet, her Lemonade, her To Pimp A Butterfly. [Sep 2022, p.28]
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Jul 13, 2022Jazz Codes is one of Ayewa's most ambitious works yet.
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The WireJul 13, 2022It’s less focused, more instinctive in its approach to collaboration; the boundaries it sets for itself are less rigid. This meandering work is vastly more accessible than most of Moor Mother’s catalogue, but no less cerebral and impressive. [Aug 2022, p.52]
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Jul 13, 2022You have to have the grit to handle some vulgarity to even begin the job of really remembering. In Jazz Codes’ promiscuity, Moor Mother plots an escape from the oppressive confines of institutional memory.