Hip-hop multi-hyphenate Terrace Martin introduced himself to a wider audience at this year's Grammy Awards, when the producer for Kendrick Lamar (and many others) punctuated the rapper's performance with dolorous saxophone. Velvet Portraits, Martin's latest, reintroduces him as a more varied figure still. Early advance tracks "Think of You" and the unfortunately timely "Tribe Called West" carve out space between the worlds of R&B, jazz, and funk, but the newly released full-length is rarely so easy to triangulate.

A standout case in point is "Push," which, yes, draws from R&B, jazz, and funk, but does so in a way that's more reminiscent of vintage Stevie Wonder. It's a rousing anthem that could be one of personal motivation or, in these divisive times, a political rallying cry. Between melismatic lead vocals, a chorus of back-up singing, organs, wah-wah, and punchy horns, a refrain persists: "Just push."