“Evolution” is fiscally sponsored by the Living Heritage Foundation and primarily funded through crowdsourcing. Raehann calls the album an autobiography, both musically and thematically, connecting her operatic voice with a diverse cast of collaborators and genres. The next singles will include “The Beauty in my Blackness,” a self-love anthem by Maria Thompson Corley with a music video by Suede Lacy, and “Unspoken,” composed by Jake Landau with poetry by Leslie Andrea Williams, based on poetry from conversations with Raehann’s father, Errol. The Afrobeats track is produced by South African, OB tha Producer, and features Karl Wine, a recording artist from French Guiana (Fuego, Baila). A Latin Beats track is produced by and features recording artist EJ Galvez and a Dancehall track features Jamaican Dancehall/Reggae artist D.A.Jay with beats by OB tha Producer. Other tracks are genre-bending explorations by classical composers B.E. Boykin, Peter Ashbourne, Jacqueline Hairston, and more. The album features pianist Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, who has been hailed as a “pianistic poet;” the Ivalas String Quartet, dedicated to the celebration of BIPOC voices and presently the graduate resident string quartet at The Juilliard School; Juilliard graduates, cellist Thapelo Masita, and Reuben Kebede; and Manhattan School of Music composer/percussionis, Christian X. M. McGhee.