Brother Ali & Unjust – Love & Service (CD) (2024) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Love & Service is the newest chapter in Brother Ali’s litany of statement pieces. This one is special. The gritty yet lavish soundscape provided by unJUST is a collage of educational children’s films from the 70’s and 80’s chopped and flipped in the classic ASR-10 sampler. The warm, unquantized sound is a perfect bed for Ali’s dense and poignant musings on God, death, empire, and beauty.

Roc Marciano, Aesop Rock, Quelle Chris, and Casual all provide incredible feature performances.

Love & Service packs a lot into 40 minutes. It’s a spectacle without any gloss. It’s beautiful but asks uncomfortable questions. It incorporates a multitude of styles, but feels cohesive and organic. And while it explores the myriad ways that humans are failing one another, it lands with the affirmation that we’re all worthy of love.

Tracklist:

01. Chapter 1 (feat. Rakaya Esime Fetuga)
02. Ottomans
03. Awaken
04. The Collapse
05. Manik (feat. Casual & Aesop Rock)
06. Nom De Plume
07. Cadillac
08. Gauntlet (feat. Roc Marciano)
09. Howlin’ Wolf
10. Ghosts (feat. Quelle Chris)
11. Love & Service
12. Worthy
13. Inside

Download:

FLAC – Wayshare

320 kbps – Wayshare