Jamila Woods is sharing a new track called “BALDWIN,” taken from her new album LEGACY! LEGACY! dropping this Friday (May 10th). The song sees Jamila teaming up with Nico Segal aka Donnie Trumpet, who has been a frequent collaborator over the years.
“’Baldwin’ is a song inspired by the work of James Baldwin, particularly the “Letter to My Nephew” in his book The Fire Next Time,” Jamila says. “He had an incredible ability to speak about whiteness in a way that was hard-hitting and nuanced, and delivered some of the most elegant reads to white America, providing me a lens to think about how I see whiteness at work in my world today.”
Previously, Jamila and Segal have teamed up on songs like “Breadcrumbs” from HEAVN, “Windows,” “Questions” and “Sunday Candy” from Surf and “Blessings” from Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book.
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