8.3
Avg Score
10
Opinions
#782
All Time
10
Tracks
“A massively beautiful and thoughtful album in a small package.”
“Richmond, Virginia rapper McKinley Dixon broke out in 2021 with For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her, a lush collection of expansive jazz-rap tracks that made great use of his elastic flow. From bar to bar, he could shift gears from laconic and unbothered to tense and tetchy; the album’s improvisation-heavy production let Dixon stretch out and play, ducking and weaving through wandering uprigh”
“Named after the trilogy of novels from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? is McKinley Dixon taking a beat, and a breath, after his intense, complex studio debut For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her. On first listens, Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? can feel like another rich, busy-sounding album, but repeat listens showcase the progressive intent Dixon wanted to demonstrate thi”
