Synonym - CD Exclusive We wanted to welcome old

We wanted to welcome old friends as well new ones onto this project and we are so happy with everyone’s amazing contributions

” says the Brooklyn-based artist

asking a simple but profound question: why does so much Black music born out of pain sound so joyful

2    Moment’s Notice (incomplete alternate take 5A)

Affinity captures a studio session from September 1962 in Chicago

Synonym - CD Exclusive We wanted to welcome oldWith her 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, Meshell Ndegeocello presents a remarkable album of duets featuring an astounding rollcall of special guests reimagining and reconceptualizing a brilliantly curated collection of classic songs that are known, loved, and diverse in tone, genre, intent, and BPM. This is an album about joy, selfhood, individual representation, and universal experience that explores expressions of desire, care, heartbreak, friendship,