For the past few years, Khari Lucas - aka Contour - has been bending our minds with his genre-mashing, sample-tastic R&B. Newly signed to Mexican Summer, Khari is set to go full aural kaleidoscope with Take Off From Mercy. With an astonishing roster of guests and collaborators, including Saul Williams, Mndsgn, Salami Rose Joe Louis, and more, prepare to be expanded! - Flying Out
Contour's debut album for Mexican Summer, Take Off from Mercy, broadens the South Carolina artist's already-singular voice, integrating guitar-driven music, Tropicalia, the blues and the unvarnished honesty of rap music into a vivid portrayal of a long day's journey into night. After exploring noirish, sample-driven R&B on critically-acclaimed releases like Onwards! (2022), Love Suite (2021) and Weight (2021), Lucas now steps out as an incisive lyricist and vital songwriter. Aided by his co-producer Omari Jazz and esteemed collaborators such as Mndsgn and Saul Williams, Contour is a key member of a distinct cohort of young artists weaving the traditions of Black music into modern, avant-garde songcraft.
Tracklist:
1. If He Changed My Name
2. Now We're Friends
3. Faith
4. Entry 10-4 (Mood Recipe)
5. Watchword
6. (re)Turn
7. Mercy
8. Ark of Bones
9. Guitar Bains
10. The Earth Spins
11. Theresa
12. Gin Rummy
13. Reflexion
14. Seasonal
15. For Ocean
