Brian Jackson - Now More Than Ever



Artist: Brian Jackson, Masters At Work, KENNY DOPE, Louie Vega
Now More Than Ever
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: BBE Music
Genre: Soul, R&B, Jazz, Electronic
Quality:  FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:56:23
Total Size:  773 MB


Tracklist:

1. Poetic Sands (Interlude) (1:59)
2. It's Your World (Extended Version) (11:23)
3. We Almost Lost Detroit (5:28)
4. The Bottle (12" Version) (8:14)
5. Peace Go With You, Brother (7:05)
6. Beautiful Dame (2:10)
7. Lady Day & John Coltrane (12" Version) (6:30)
8. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (4:11)
9. Addiction (Interlude) (2:07)
10. Home is Where The Hatred Is (Main) (9:57)
11. Madison Avenue (6:52)
12. Is That Jazz? (4:14)
13. More Than Ever (Interlude) (2:29)
14. Now More Than Ever (Extended Version) (7:37)
15. Home is Where The Hatred Is (12" Version) (7:30)
16. Moonshine (MAW Live Mix) (4:57)
17. Racetrack in France (12" Version) (10:24)
18. Winter in America (12" Version) (8:58)
19. New York City (4:31)

'Collaboration is stimulating, it's in my blood.' Thus speaks Brian Jackson and his philosophy for making music and it's indeed collaboration that runs through this amazing album of reimagined and revisited songs from his artistic past. Featuring artists such as Black Thought, Rahsaan Patterson, Josh Milan, Moodymann, Omar, J. Ivy and others and being produced by Masters At Work, ‘Now More Than Ever’ takes the enduring classic tracks that Brian Jackson made with Gil Scott-Heron and places them in the now over nineteen tracks and across a triple vinyl LP, Double CD and digital release.

Songs such as Lady Day & John Coltrane, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Home Is Where The Hatred Is, Winter In America, The Bottle and more soundtracked a generational movement of Black Consciousness in the 70s and 80s. As Brian says, 'This album is one way to connect to what we were about in the 70s; we were about change and this is part of the lineage of resistance. These tracks mark a period of time when resistance was essential and now a younger generation has picked them up.'

'As young men in their twenties, we (Brian and Gil) just wrote about what we saw and were feeling and people interpreted these songs in ways we never thought about but as Sly stone said the song comes from me but it's for you.' This statement from Brian perfectly sums up the collaborative nature of Now More Than Ever and the relevance of these songs in a contemporary perspective can be perfectly summed up by the songs themselves.

The formidable stable of artists contributing to each track and the excellent production from Louie Vega and Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez make this album an event in itself. However, these songs are there to be enjoyed as a canon or as individual masterpieces, whether on the dancefloor or on a home system.