Intentions, the debut of LA-via-Chicago beat maker, composer, and multi-instrumentalist megiapa, is a 40 minute master class in synth-heavy, jazz-informed Neo-soul. megiapa’s lush and emotionally layered album, feels less like a collection of songs and more like a living archive of transformation. Across its warm synths, fluttering basslines,
meditative voice notes and spiritual grooves, the Los Angelesbased producer, vocalist and composer maps the uncertain terrain between heartbreak, healing, fear, and surrender.
The album’s title is genuine. “The record is literally my intentions,” she says. “It’s a representation of my intentions, my dreams over the last five years or so.” Those years carried the weight of upheaval: the pandemic, the collapse of a long-term relationship, a move away from Chicago, and the disorientation that follows when the structure of your life suddenly disappears beneath you. But Intentions never sounds defeated. Instead, it radiates the quiet confidence of someone learning to trust herself in real time.
Featuring:
Ahmad Muhammad (aka Kafari), Mekala Session, Blvck Spvde, Aankha Neal, Telemakus, Aisha Mars and 10.4 ROG
RIYL:
Erykah Badu, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Charles Stepney, Stones Throw