Jahari Massamba Unit: Karriem Riggins (left) and Madlib. Photo by Jimel Primm.
Madlib and Karriem Riggins are closing in on the release of their second joint project as Jahari Massamba Unit. YHWH is LOVE — the follow-up to their 2020 collaborative debut LP, Pardon My French — is due out March via Riggins’s own label, Law of Rhythm Records. And its third single, “Otis’ Tambourine,” is out today (February 22) alongside a music video.
With each new track they release, Riggins and Madlib further prove their natural, easy-flowing chemistry. Like “Stomping Gamay” and “Massamba Afundance,” its predecessors on YHWH’s release cycle, “Otis’ Tambourine” is an entirely groove-based affair, with Madlib’s carefree production riffing on Riggins’s deceptively laid-back drumming. Together, they weave with remarkable precision through a pocket of their own design.
Check out Gerard Victor’s highly stylized visuals for “Otis’ Tambourine” below, followed by the song’s DSP streams and YHWH is Love’s cover art and tracklist.
YHWH is LOVE album art and tracklist
1. RUBATO LOVE
2. Stomping Gamay
3. Otis’ Tambourine
4. ALL THINGS…
5. Anointed Soul
6. Karriem’s BOLERO
7. JMU’s Voyage
8. Six 8ight (Interlude)
9. The Clappers Cousin
10. Massamba Afundance
11. e11even (Interlude)
12. WITH YHWH LOVE
13. Boppin’
14. Seven Miles to the Oxnard
