“I dont want to get too hyperbolic here, but this may be the wokest record ever reissued at UMe.

Short history lesson: In the 70s, Berry Gordy launched an imprint of Motown called Black Forum that released a series of Afrocentric records. Possibly the best of those is Nation Time. If you dont know Amiri Baraka, youre going to have do some homework (do yourself a favor and read Blues People). The dope thing about this record is that it actually has some heavy hitters on it: Idris Muhammad, Reggie Workman, Gwendolyn Guthrie, Gary Bartz, Lonnie Smith, and James Mtume all get busy on this one.”

– Maxwell Dartey