Modern Classics: PJ Morton on Stevie Wonder & Nas

PJ Morton is one of the hardest-working musicians on the scene today. Maybe you’ve seen him playing keys with Maroon 5, or fronting a full string section in his NPR “Tiny Desk” concert. Maybe you’ve immersed yourself in his Grammy-award winning album We Are. On all of these projects, Morton evinces his mastery for taking classic soul and R&B and updating it with modern sounds. Other musical legends have taken notice. On his latest release, Watch The Sun, Morton is joined by some of his own sources of inspiration, singer Stevie Wonder and rapper Nas. The three combined forces on Morton’s track "Be Like Water," which recites an uplifting mantra over unsettled harmonies. The effect is hypnotizing. Morton spoke with Switched On Pop about what it was like to work with his heroes, and to share overlooked modern classics from Wonder’s and Nas’s catalogs.

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