Most people first heard Woods’s voice — warm, heartfelt and sincere — when she was featured on gospel-tinged tracks by Chance the Rapper (“Blessings”) and Segal (“Sunday Candy”).
Each song took the name of a different pioneer: “Zora,” “Miles,” “Octavia.”That’s not to say there wasn’t any Jamila in them.
“With ‘Legacy!,’ there’s a lot of songs where I was actually writing a lot about myself, but I’m like, ‘I’ll call it ‘Sonia!’” she said and laughed.
“Water Made Us,” which she considers her most personal and vulnerable album to date, found her “shedding” armor.
I don’t need to put that layer on top of it anymore.”“Water Made Us” is all about Woods’s own search for love.
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