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Jamila Woods’s cultural lineage - from her love of Lucille Clifton’s poetry to letters from her grandmother and the late 80s post-punk of The Cure - helped structure the progressive, delicate and minimalist soul of ‘HEAVN’, her debut solo album.

“It’s like a collage process,” she says. “It’s very enjoyable to me to take something I love and mold it into something new.” A frequent guest vocalist in the hip hop, jazz and soul world, Jamila has emerged as a once-in-a-generation voice on her soul-stirring debut.

Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Woods grew up in a family of music lovers. She is an artist of substance creating music crafted with a sturdy foundation of her passions and influences.

You’ll find the bits and pieces of her past and present that make Jamila: family, the city of Chicago, self care, and the black women she calls friends. True and pure in its construction and execution, her music is the best representation of Jamila herself: strong in her roots, confident in her ideas and attuned to the people, places and things shaping her world.

‘HEAVN’ features guest performances from Chance The Rapper, Nico Segal, Noname, Saba and Lornie Chia.

TRACK LISTING

Bubbles
VRY BLK (ft Noname)
Popsicle (Interlude)
Lonely Lonely (ft Lornie Chia)
HEAVN
Eve (Interlude)
In My Name
Assata’s Daughters (Interlude)
BLK Girl Soldier
LSD (ft Chance The Rapper)
Still (Interlude)
Emerald Street (ft Saba)
Lately
Always Loving (Interlude)
Breadcrumbs (ft Nico Segal)
Stellar
Good Morning (Interlude)
Holy
Way Up
Holy (Reprise)