Black Encyclopedia of the Air

Though the Philadelphia experimental poet and sound artist has called this her most “accessible” album, her aims remain as radical as ever.

Black Encyclopedia of the Air is her debut release for Anti-, a longstanding indie label with a track record of work with legacy artists like Mavis Staples and Solomon Burke, and it takes her music in a somewhat more accessible direction while retaining the creativity and fervor of the rest of her work.

By presenting a platform for black and queer collaborators in her latest record, the Philly-based noisemaker and activist has created the Afrotopian soundscape we all need.

In late 2020, Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) released BRASS with the supremely underappreciated rapper Billy Woods, initiating a move from...

Moor Mother has the artistic scope and radical conviction to set herself completely apart – as Black Encyclopedia of Air amply proves

'Black Encyclopedia of the Air' from Philly-based poet and musician Moor Mother fuses activist hip-hop with a warm, jazzy groove and an experimental spirit.