McKinley Dixon Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
“Dixon’s fourth album tightens its lens: skipping by in 30 minutes, its songs possess a renewed urgency and velocity. But his writing is more literary and exploratory still. Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? (named after three of Toni Morrison’s most celebrated works) provides an embarrassment of imagistic riches: a king “ripping gold flickering flesh / Off his finger pads”; a sign in a bodega reads “‘What does your life entail?’ / Damn.” Dixon pays tribute to his hero Morrison – who he describes as “the greatest rapper of all time” – with this linguistic curiosity, uttered in his warm, often reedy, voice.” – The Guardian
Tracklist
1. Hanif Reads Toni (Feat. Hanif)
2. Sun, I Rise (feat. Angélica Garcia)
3. Mezzanine Tippin’ (Feat. Teller Bank$, Alfred.)
4. Run, Run, Run
5. Live! From The Kitchen Table (Feat. Ghais Guevara)
6. Tyler, Forever
7. Dedicated to Tar Feather (Feat. Anjimile)
8. The Story So Far (Interlude)
9. The Story So Far (Feat. Seline Haze)
