VICE has just featured a fascinating guest essay by Jaimeo Brown on how historical work songs have influenced contemporary music.

Click here to see the feature, as well as Jaimeo Brown Transcendence’s powerful new animated video to the track “Be So Glad”!

“Chris Sholar (co-writer and co-producer of Work Songs) and I discussed how powerful hooks are in early work songs. A hook is a repetitive mantra. When you repeat something over and over again, it creates a message that all people can connect to, just as they do in the majority of popular music we listen to today.” – Jaimeo Brown

The new album from Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Work Songs, is out now!

Comprised of producer/drummer Jaimeo Brown and GRAMMY-winning producer/guitarist Chris Sholar, Jaimeo Brown Transcendence takes the listener on a cinematic journey from the plantations of Mississippi to the fields of Japan, setting new sonic textures on top of historic audio samples. Called “one of the most exciting albums set to drop this year” by VICE, the album brilliantly connects hip hop with electronic music, rock and blues.

Click here to find out more about the album.

VICE premiered the powerful new music video to Jaimeo Brown Transcendence‘s track “For Mama Lucy”, from their upcoming album ‘Work Songs’!

Watch the video and check out the Q&A with Jaimeo Brown here

“Jaimeo Brown Transcendence’s Work Songs is one of the most exciting, experimental, and important albums set to drop this year.” – VICE

Billboard kicked off black history month with the premiere of the track “Be So Glad” from Jaimeo Brown Transcendence’s upcoming album Work Songs (2.12.16). “Be So Glad” samples prison inmates from the Parchman Farm Prison,setting their chant against a combination of hip hop, electronica, and jazz. The song follows the album’s central theme of highlighting the roots of the African American experience, and the common denominators found in every culture, through work songs.

Click here to check out the feature and listen to the track