The writer and community organizer offers up a fluid mix of jazz and poetry that evokes the spirit of 1990s spoken-word scenes.”—New York Times Surrealist blues poet aja monet returns to ArtPower with the color of rain — a waking-dream intervention for a world on the edge of fascism. Co-produced with Justin Brown and Meshell Ndegeocello, the album moves fluidly across jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B, refusing category or definition. Rather than laying poetry over fixed arrangements, monet works in close conversation with the music—shaping phrasing, cadence, and tone as each composition breathes and shifts. An evolution from her GRAMMY-nominated debut when the poems do what they do, this sophomore album reaches deeper—conjuring experiment, interiority, and the Black Arts Movement’s living legacy. If the first album was a gentle altar call, the color of rain is an impassioned call to arms. Choose your weapon wisely. The pen is the sword—and music sharpens the blade. Community Partner: Future Is Color
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