Aja Monet with Mick Jenkins
About this episode
Mick Jenkins and Aja Monet engage in a deep conversation about their artistry and mutual admiration.
On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast we’ve got a deep, enlightening conversation between two talented wordsmiths who also happen to be admirers of each other’s work: Mick Jenkins and Aja Monet. Mick Jenkins first found some notice a little over a decade ago with a mixtape called The Waters, a sophisticated, politically minded group of songs that sounded wiser than his years and got him tons of attention from his homebase of Chicago and beyond. Early collaborators include Chance the Rapper and and Vic Mensa, which should tell you a little bit about what to expect from Jenkins’ sound, but not the whole story: He’s since released a bunch of records that take plenty of left turns, including last year’s jazzy A Murder of Crows, made with producer EMIL. Check out “Worker’s Comp” from that album right here. Speaking of jazzy, the other half of today’s conversation is Aja Monet, who’s taken her poetry from the page and straight readings to a place bursting with music and rhythm on a pair of albums, including a brand new one called The Color of Rain. Jenkins and their mutual friend Vic Mensa join on one song, “Melting Clocks” but it’s most Monet’s show throughout, with her poetry set over…
People in this episode
Guests: Mick Jenkins, Aja Monet
Topics covered
- music
- poetry
- conversation
- artistry
- collaboration
Keywords
- Mick Jenkins
- Aja Monet
- poetry
- music
- collaboration
- The Waters
- A Murder of Crows
- The Color of Rain
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Waters, A Murder of Crows, The Color of Rain, Worker’s Comp, Melting Clocks
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