Jamila Woods Legacy Legacy

Jamila Woods announces new album 'LEGACY! LEGACY!,' shares "ZORA"

Jamila Woods followed her great 2016 debut HEAVN with the even better single/short film “Giovanni” last fall, and now she has finally announced a new album, LEGACY! LEGACY!, due May 10 via Jagjaguwar (pre-order). It includes “Giovanni” and the just-released single “ZORA,” which is keeping our hopes very high for this album. With a very lively backing band, “ZORA” sees Jamila delivering an instantly-appealing blend of soul, jazz, and rock, and the song comes with a live performance video that does it a lot of justice. “In our society, a black body unapologetically taking up space is revolutionary in itself,” director Vincent Martell says. “Jamila goes even further by rocking out to a song named after Zora Neale Hurston in a library filled with hundred of thousands of pieces of black literature. The production is a celebration of black people living in their essence and that undeniable energy transmits on camera.” Watch/listen below.

The album features Nitty Scott, Saba, theMIND, Nico Segal, Boogie, and Jasminfire, along with production from Oddcouple, Peter Cottontale, and Slot-A. Check out the full tracklist below. That’s the artwork above.

Tracklist
BETTY
ZORA
GIOVANNI
SONIA (ft. Nitty Scott)
FRIDA
EARTHA
MILES
MUDDY
BASQUIAT (ft. Saba)
SUN RA (ft. theMIND and Jasminfire
OCTAVIA
BALDWIN (ft. Nico Segal)
BETTY (for Boogie)