Name: Water Made Us
Brand: Jamila Woods

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JAG442lp-C1

Colour

White

Colour details

Arctic Swirl

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605244235

Total Cap

White LP

JAG442lp

Black

Extended format: No

Secre­tly

656605244211

Black LP

JAG442cd

656605244228

Artist

Jamila Woods

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

Jagjaguwar

Jamila Woods is a Chicago-based American singer, songwriter and poet. With her soulful voice and powerful lyrics, she has captivated audiences around the world. Her unique blend of R&B, hip-hop, and spoken word poetry creates a mesmerizing sound that is both thought-provoking and emotionally charged. From her debut album "HEAVN" to her latest release "Legacy! Legacy!", Jamila continues to push boundaries and redefine what it means to be an artist in today's music industry.
Throughout her career, Jamila has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Chance the Rapper, Saba, and Noname. Her poetic storytelling explores themes of identity, race, love, and social justice. Each song is a journey through her personal experiences as well as a reflection of the world we live in.
Not only is Jamila an incredible musician, but she is also an advocate for change. She uses her platform to raise awareness about important issues facing marginalized communities and actively supports organizations fighting for equality. Through her artistry and activism, Jamila Woods continues to inspire listeners everywhere.

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On her expansive new album Water Made Us, Chicago musician and poet Jamila Woods shines anew as she asks the question, what does it mean to fully surrender into love? Across Water Made Us, Jamila embraces new genres, playful melodies, and hypnotizing wordplay, as she wades through the exhilarating tumult of love’s wreckage and refuge.

While 2017’s Heavn saw Jamila celebrating her community within a lineage of Black feminist movement organizing, and 2019’s Legacy! Legacy! reframed her life’s experiences through the storied personas of iconic Black and brown artists, Water Made Us is self-revelatory in an entirely new way, making this her most personal album yet. Made together with LA-based producer McClenney, and boasting features from longtime friends and Chicago natives such as Saba and Peter CottonTale, Water Made Us is a sprawling and intimate portrait of self-reflection, cleverly designed to echo the different stages of a relationship: the early days of easy compromising, flirtatiousness, and fun; the careful negotiation through moments of conflict or hurt; the grieving of something lost; and the tender realization at the end of it all that the person who is gone never really leaves, but stays with you as you find yourself ready to try again, refreshed and reassured.

The album’s title - taken from a line in album highlight “Good News” – is a subtle reference to the famous Toni Morrison quote “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” It’s this sentiment – of memory, place, and returning – that acts as a pillar for the album’s arc. Water Made Us reminds us that at its best love is a warm, still ocean. Deep, shimmering, and endless in its wonder. And at its worst love can be a riptide that takes us so far away from ourselves we can hardly find our way back, hardly even remember how to swim. And yet Jamila surrenders to this surf - every wave and undertow – because maybe even the most painful endings can in fact be an invitation that calls her back home, back to shore, back to herself.

Water Made Us

Music US

Discover Water Made Us by Jamila Woods. A personal and introspective album that explores the depths of love. Available in CD, LP, and Tape formats. Label: Jagjaguwar.