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  • Summary: The second full-length release for experimental artist Moor Mother features guest appearances from Alya Al Sultani, Black Quantum Futurism, Melanie Charles, Fatboi Sharif, Honeychile, Irreversible Entanglements, Justmadnice, Kyle Kidd, Mary Lattimore, Loijj, Nicole Mitchell, ElaineThe second full-length release for experimental artist Moor Mother features guest appearances from Alya Al Sultani, Black Quantum Futurism, Melanie Charles, Fatboi Sharif, Honeychile, Irreversible Entanglements, Justmadnice, Kyle Kidd, Mary Lattimore, Loijj, Nicole Mitchell, Elaine Mitchener, Jason Moran, Aquiles Navarro, Keir Neuringer, Orion Sun, Akai Solo, Thomas Stanley, Wolf Weston, and Yung Morpheus. Expand
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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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  1. Jul 13, 2022
    80
    Her 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.
  2. Uncut
    Jul 22, 2022
    80
    Ayewa always makes ambitious albums, but Jazz Codes feels like her richest yet, her Lemonade, her To Pimp A Butterfly. [Sep 2022, p.28]
  3. Jul 13, 2022
    80
    Jazz Codes is one of Ayewa's most ambitious works yet.
  4. The Wire
    Jul 13, 2022
    80
    It’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]
  5. Jul 13, 2022
    77
    You 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.