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From the Good News Department: A new Jose James album is on the way! Love In a Time of Madness drops on February 24. His site notes the following about the project, which was originally conceived of as a double album.
One side would be about love, and the other about societal madness—a response to the systemic and often physical violence perpetrated on U.S. citizens of color. But as he worked on the music, he recalls, “The madness part was getting way more out of control. The murders kept happening and it became overwhelming and depressing.” So instead of rehashing the pain, James doubled down on the part of the album that could provide healing. That’s not to say James’ take on love is all so rosy. This is an album where romance isn’t always romantic. James wanted to tell love’s whole story.
“There’s a resurgence of something I haven’t seen since the ’90s or ’00s, when hip-hop, R&B, and pop were converging in really thrilling ways through folks like Tribe, Erykah Badu, or D’Angelo,” says James. “There’s a whole new generation now that’s unafraid to blend it all together. The world is ready for this kind of thing again.”
While you wait for the album, you can enjoy his contribution to the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” and the first song from the new album above.
