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Legacy! Legacy!
Studio album by
Jamila Woods
ReleasedMay 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
Studio
Genre
Length49:02
LabelJagjaguwar
Producer
  • Slot-A
  • Oddcouple
  • Peter Cottontale
  • Ralph Gene
  • Justin Canavan
  • Aminata Burton
  • Jamila Woods
  • Stephon "Mooch" Brown
  • Jasmin Charles
  • Nico Segal
Jamila Woods chronology
Heavn
(2016) 		Legacy! Legacy!
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.4/10[1]
Metacritic89/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
And It Don't StopB+[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
Financial Times[7]
The Guardian[8]
NME[9]
Pitchfork8.5/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut9/10[12]

Legacy! Legacy! is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and poet Jamila Woods, released on May 10, 2019, by Jagjaguwar.[13]

Critical reception

The album was met with widespread critical acclaim.[2] Reviewing for AllMusic, Andy Kellman hailed it as a "galvanizing declaration of pride, support, and discontent", as well as a "modern R&B album" with mostly "electro-soul" and "chunky hip hop" productions.[3] Ann-Derrick Gaillot from The Nation credited Woods's neo soul style for "captur[ing] the power of black pride" and achieving a noval musical accomplishment, "in which she melds disparate influences and pushes her vocal-layering techniques to build her dynamic neo-soul sound".[14] In his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau highlighted musical qualities on the songs "Miles", "Muddy", "Zora", and "Basquiat" while saying of the album as a whole: "This poetry-with-sophistofunk tribute to a sharp selection of 20th-century African-American art heroes plus Frida Kahlo will always be a tad too atmospheric and impressionistic to suit me. But it does both flow and signify."[4]

In a year-end essay for Slate, Ann Powers cited Legacy! Legacy! as one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Woods, who created a tribute to her ancestors "that spoke volumes about black life today".[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jamila Woods, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Betty" Oddcouple3:11
2."Zora" Slot-A3:06
3."Giovanni" 
  • Slot-A
  • Ralph Gene[a]
  • Justin Canavan[a]
  • Aminata Burton[a]
4:48
4."Sonia" (featuring Nitty Scott)
Slot-A4:21
5."Frida" Slot-A2:58
6."Eartha" Peter Cottontale2:49
7."Miles" Slot-A3:08
8."Muddy" Slot-A3:11
9."Basquiat" (featuring Saba)
6:45
10."Sun Ra" (featuring theMIND and Jasminfire)
  • Woods
  • Zarif Omer
  • Slot-A
  • Canavan[a]
  • Jasmin Charles[a]
3:26
11."Octavia" Slot-A3:11
12."Baldwin" (featuring Nico Segal) 
3:53
13."Betty (For Boogie)" Slot-A4:15
Total length:49:02
Track notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[16] 20
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[17] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] 26

References

  1. ^ "Legacy! Legacy! by Jamila Woods reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "LEGACY! LEGACY! – Jamila Woods". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (November 13, 2019). "Consumer Guide: November, 2019". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (May 10, 2019). "Jamila Woods channels the greats to build her legacy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Patrick, Ryan B. (May 7, 2019). "Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY!". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  7. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (May 10, 2019). "Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! — an exploration of black American identity". Financial Times. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  8. ^ Cliff, Aimee (May 10, 2019). "Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! review – joyful, loving testimony to black artists". The Guardian. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Balram, Dhruva (May 10, 2019). "Jamila Woods – 'LEGACY! LEGACY!' review". NME. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  10. ^ Effinger, Shannon J. (May 15, 2019). "Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY!". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  11. ^ Hermes, Will (May 9, 2019). "Review: The Soul-Rap Revelation of Jamila Woods' 'Legacy! Legacy!'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  12. ^ Anderson, Jason (June 2019). "Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY!". Uncut (265): 37.
  13. ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (February 5, 2019). "Jamila Woods Announces New Album LEGACY! LEGACY!, Shares New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  14. ^ Gaillot, Ann-Derrick (May 9, 2019). "Jamila Woods's Neo-Soul Captures the Power of Black Pride". The Nation. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  15. ^ Powers, Ann (December 17, 2019). "The album is evolving". Slate. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  16. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  17. ^ "Jamila Woods Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  18. ^ "Jamila Woods Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
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