Shabaka Announces Possession EP, Shares New Song Featuring billy woods: Listen

The five-song project also features Esperanza Spalding, Elucid, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, and more
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Shabaka, photo by Atiba Jefferson

Shabaka has enlisted rapper billy woods for a new song called “Timepieces.” It serves as the opening song on the jazz musician’s Possession EP, which features further contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate, Elucid, Esperanza Spalding, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, Brandee Younger, Carlos Niño, and Jason Moran. Listen to “Timepieces” below.

The Possession EP is out December 6 (via Impulse!). It follows Shabaka’s Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace.

Possession EP:

01 Timepieces [ft. billy woods]
02 I’ve Been Listening [ft. Elucid]
03 To the Moon
04 Cycles of Growth [ft. Esperanza Spalding]
05 Reaching Back Towards Eternity [ft. Nduduzo Makhathini]