NIKO IS & J. Rawls, The Optimist Son

 BIS => 2025 12 05
1LP - JAVOTTI MEDIA
2025

- Produced entirely by J. Rawls
- Album features Talib Kweli, Blu, Solene, Maurice “Mo Betta” Brown, Copyright, Issa Ali, Ayanna Irish, Shiré, Elsha & Katie Burkess
- Original Cover artwork by Joshua Yoho

TRACKLIST
PINCH MYSELF (featuring Elsha)
SUNRISE, SUNSET
SATISFIED MIND AND BODY (featuring Ayanna Irish)
QUEIMA
MUITO BOM
THE OPTIMIST'S SON
NOTHING'S FREE (featuring Solene and Maurice "Mo Betta" Brown)
SEND DOWN THE WOLVES (featuring Copywrite)
COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF (featuring Blu and Talib Kweli)
EU VIM DANCAR (featuring Talib Kweli and Ayanna Irish)
HOME COOKED MEAL (featuring Issa Ali and Shiré)
HEART SONG (featuring Katie Burkess)

DESCRIPTION
Featured on Talib Kweli and J. Rawls “The Confidence of Knowing” and on Javotti Media’s “Notes from the Underground”, NIKO IS & J. Rawls come together to bring forth “The Optimist Son”. A 12 track album fully produced by J. Rawls, featuring Talib Kweli, Blu, Solene, Maurice “Mo Betta” Brown, Copyright, Issa Ali, Ayanna Irish, Shiré, Elsha and Katie Burkess and released under Talib Kweli’s Javotti Media imprint. Cover art by Joshua Yoho.