Pieces of a Man Tracklist
Released on October 26th, 2018, Mick Jenkins delivered his 2nd studio album, Pieces of a Man. It’s his first full-length project since 2016’s The Healing Component, and is a callback to Gil Scott-Heron’s 1971 album of the same title. Mick approaches self and social identification, introducing the idea that society judges people based only upon the “pieces” of the person that they see.
“Pieces of a Man” Q&A
-
How did Mick's Christian identity inform Pieces of a Man?
Mick told Pitchfork:
My music is simply me and what I’ve been through. It comes out because it’s a part of my life. I don’t set out to think about how much Christianity or allegory to put into my music. I don’t really think there are a ton of overtly religious things here, but most of it comes from a space like that because that’s what I’m trying to be. It’s a reflective tone because I’m in a space of assessing and reflecting on everything. Those kinds of thoughts and things come through because those are the thoughts and things that I try to center my life around.
