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Brooklyn rapper Navy Blue comes into his own on Ways of Knowing, his first album for Def Jam and one where the foggy production of his earlier work lifts almost completely, elucidating deep perspectives on family and the cycle of life. The tonality of Ways of Knowing is gentle and steady, starting with mellow gospel funk on tracks like "The Medium" and the gorgeous Kelly Moonstone-assisted "Window to the Soul," and working in a reggae sample on the Budgie-produced instrumental of album standout "To Fall in Love." The lyrics are introspective and metered, returning to themes of family and knowledge passed between generations on almost every track. Where Navy Blue's sound was once blurry, these 13 songs are clear and ambitious while all consistently of a piece. Even the jazzy ambling of "Embers" flows nicely into the radiant R&B glow of the electric piano-led "Pillars," and throughout the album the beats tend to be more heavenly than banging, regardless of their genre inclinations. Ways of Knowing is cut from the same dreamer's cloth as Navy Blue's most impressive work, but a newfound lucidity makes it his most vivid and emotionally connective material to date.
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Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Shonda English, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin - Madison T. Shockley, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Jolyon Skinner, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Jonathan Kenneth Butler, ComposerLyricist - Yussef Dayes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Troy Bourgeois, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin - Steven Traylor, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Brunhober, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin - Leona Walton, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Barbara Mason, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, FeaturedArtist, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - NIKKI GRIER, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Venna, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Zeroh, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Banga, Keyboards, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Malik Venner, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Liddie Jr., ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Rudolph Stanfield, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Venna, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Malik Venner, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Saul Barbosa, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jota Velloso, ComposerLyricist - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Jackson, ComposerLyricist - J Rocc, FeaturedArtist - Navy Blue, MainArtist - J.Rocc, Unknown, Other - Joe Visciano, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Moonstone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
George Henry Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Joe Visciano, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Banga, Keyboards, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Robert Alton Miller, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Moonstone, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Naim McNair, A&R - Kelly-Ann Oksana Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - NIKKI GRIER, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Krzysztof Scieranski, ComposerLyricist - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Larren Wong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
José Alcides, ComposerLyricist - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Venna, Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Satyro De Mello, ComposerLyricist - Liv.e, FeaturedArtist - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Malik Venner, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Tancredo da Silva Pinto, ComposerLyricist - Hailee Olivia Williams, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, Producer, Keyboards, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Geyevu, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Yaffra, Producer, Keyboards, Additional Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin - Audrey Shockley, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Jay King, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Om'Mas Keith, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Amos Carter, ComposerLyricist - Drew Banga, Producer, Additional Producer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Arnett, ComposerLyricist - Mike Seaberg, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Navy Blue, MainArtist - Sage Elsesser, ComposerLyricist - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Naim McNair, A&R - Liza Corsey, A&R Admin - Anedra Shockley-Elsesser, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - George Elsesser, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Diane Cape, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
Album review
Brooklyn rapper Navy Blue comes into his own on Ways of Knowing, his first album for Def Jam and one where the foggy production of his earlier work lifts almost completely, elucidating deep perspectives on family and the cycle of life. The tonality of Ways of Knowing is gentle and steady, starting with mellow gospel funk on tracks like "The Medium" and the gorgeous Kelly Moonstone-assisted "Window to the Soul," and working in a reggae sample on the Budgie-produced instrumental of album standout "To Fall in Love." The lyrics are introspective and metered, returning to themes of family and knowledge passed between generations on almost every track. Where Navy Blue's sound was once blurry, these 13 songs are clear and ambitious while all consistently of a piece. Even the jazzy ambling of "Embers" flows nicely into the radiant R&B glow of the electric piano-led "Pillars," and throughout the album the beats tend to be more heavenly than banging, regardless of their genre inclinations. Ways of Knowing is cut from the same dreamer's cloth as Navy Blue's most impressive work, but a newfound lucidity makes it his most vivid and emotionally connective material to date.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:05
- Main artists: Navy Blue
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Navy Blue PS - Def Jam
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2023 Freedom Sounds ℗ 2023 Freedom Sounds
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