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Ndegeocello is known for her skill and creativity on the bass, as well as her unmistakable groove and ever-evolving songwriting. On this album she includes three bassists: Jake Sherman, Bruce, and Travis II. “I want to be a good composer,” Ndegeocello told Okayplayer. “I want to write the music that when people play it, they enjoy playing it. They find something in it that can allow them to continue on in a journey of self-expression. That’s the goal. And I feel blessed as a woman of color, a human of color, to be in that experience. Because when I play music… it’s the only time I feel genderless and raceless. I’m free from all the perceptions, all the stuff other people have put on me. I feel a complete togetherness.”
The music on these 18 tracks was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, which offered Ndegeocello plenty of time to reflect on her life experiences. She was spending long days composing scores for film (The Devil You Know) and TV shows (Black Mafia Family, Queen Sugar, and Our Kind of People) in front of computer screens, and so working on the album gave her an opportunity to step away from looking at music, to slow back down, and listen to her own thoughts and ideas. “I must admit it was a beautiful time for me,” she said. “I got to really sit and reacquaint myself with music.”