Album Info

Universal Beings E&F Sides

Jazz - 2020

Jazz, hip-hop, “organic beat music,” as the man himself calls it: Whatever Makaya McCraven is up to, the fact that... more

Tracklist

1

Everybody Cool

4:36 min
2

Half Steppin'

3:40 min
3

Mak Attack

2:09 min
4

The Hunt

2:29 min
5

Beat Science

3:55 min
6

Dadada

2:06 min
7

Isms

3:15 min
8

Traveling Space

1:27 min
9

Kings and Queens

4:40 min
10

The Loneliness

3:22 min
11

Her Name

3:13 min
12

Universal Beings, Pt. 2

2:07 min
13

Butterss Fly

3:19 min
14

The Way Home

2:59 min

About Universal Beings E&F Sides

Jazz, hip-hop, “organic beat music,” as the man himself calls it: Whatever Makaya McCraven is up to, the fact that it doesn’t fit extant taxonomy remains a good sign that it’s moving the needle. Recorded during the same globe-hopping improvisatory sessions that made up 2018’s Universal Beings, E&F Sides spins a simple idea—build a collaborative groove on the spot; sample, loop, and collage the track later—out to elegant ends. You can tune in to it (the fusion of “Dadada,” the free gospel of “The Way Home”), you can tune out (“The Hunt,” “Isms”). Or, as McCraven seems to intend, you can let it all play moon to the mind’s tides, focusing and releasing attention as the music winds on. Easy to listen to but challenging under the surface—this does it.