Legacy! Legacy!

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

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?8.3/10[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]

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]

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)[15] 20
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 26
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References
  1. "Legacy! Legacy! by Jamila Woods reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  2. "LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "LEGACY! LEGACY! – Jamila Woods". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  4. 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. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  16. "Jamila Woods Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  17. "Jamila Woods Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
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