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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAnthony Joseph is back at it, pushing the boundaries of what Caribbean spoken word albums can explore while retaining a regional identity. Even more than its distinctive cadence or stories, music has defined the genre\u2019s trajectories \u2014 going back to African\u00a0diaspora\u00a0innovations by The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, and Linton Kwesi Johnson. Joseph returns for a second consecutive album with English musician and producer Dave Okumu, who Joseph says has a \u201cspiritual kind of electronic vibe\u201d, to engage with Afrofuturism\u2019s ideologies and African diaspora music ranging from trippy future funk to booming island drum \u2018n\u2019 bass. The words flow like prose unleashed to reclaim Caribbean stories from the depths of forgotten memory and international indifference. The title track sees Black icons and heroes \u2014 from Sun Ra to the Roaring Lion, Paul Robeson to\u00a0CLR James\u00a0\u2014 on a metaphorical vessel to preserve history, to spread culture, to survive. Progressive and poetic.<\/p>\n