The creativity of the legendary Kokayi knows zero bounds, as can be proven with his latest:
Hump Day is about making it over, not just a Wednesday but over the feeling of carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, the Sisyphean pursuits as we trade labor for wages, the seemingly unending work that needs to be done. aka stress. shout out to Organized Konfusion, Dooable Arts, the homie @geology365 the bars in Prince Po’s opening salvo, the cover art for that single still resonates. Hump Day was recorded out west at my brother @ommaskeith sanctuary, with Wynne Bennett on keys Guillermo Brown on drums, and Solomon Dorsey on bass. The entire contents of “KOKAYI: an eponymous jont” is the 1st of 3 projects capturing spontaneous composition all supported by the Guggenheim Fellowship.
