"Recently, JWords turned 30. The newly released Sound Therapy, the follow-up to her 2022 debut solo LP, Self-Connection, supposedly deals with the troubles and triumphs she's experienced over the last few years. While some would conclude that this release "gets heavy at times," actually, it accelerates with maturity, riding all those celestial planes where footwork aspires to be house, but it's something else."
"I've always thought/felt JWords works at an advanced clip. She's of that generation, who absorbed the hip-hop and R&B heard on BET's Rap City; Missy Elliot, Biggie, Nas, and whatever else may have been poppin' in Jersey club music. According to lore, in her senior year of high school, she somehow found herself playing keys in an all-male psych rock band."
"Dope, right? Well, this feeds her determination to continue being in love with synths but also to make beats, arrangements "on which fellow femme artists could express themselves away from men, free to explore their 'whimsical, magical energy.'" That, right there, is called moving with intent."
JWords, a Brooklyn producer, educator, and synth-builder, creates airy, levitating electronic soundworlds that have defined her work. Her solo release Sound Therapy follows Self-Connection and reflects the troubles and triumphs of recent years. The music accelerates with maturity, combining influences from hip-hop, R&B, and club sounds with a celestial, footwork-leaning energy that aims toward house while remaining distinct. Her background includes absorbing major rap and club influences and playing keys in an all-male psych rock band. She builds beats and arrangements to create room for femme artists to express themselves away from men, emphasizing whimsical, magical energy.
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