2018 saw the release of Spa 700, the debut EP from the Philly-based artists DJ Haram and Moor Mother. The music brought a wide variety of club-centered textures into the world of Moor Mother, whose art, from her verses to productions, channel a deep Black spirituality that is both vengeful and transcendent.
That doesn't mean she can't sound like she's having fun, like she is on the new 700 Bliss song "Totally Spies," a Lawfawndah-featuring song named after a kids cartoon about a team of female secret agents.
But whereas that program was colorful and bright, "Totally Spies" operates in the silvers, blacks, and whites of a negative photo image with an aesthetic that recalls the experimental grime productions of the early 2010s.
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