Textured, open, and studious Jordan Mackampa in 2023 is immersive and exuberant finally at a place of comfortability in himself and his output as a singer and songwriter. Aptly titled ‘Welcome Home, Kid!’ Jordan Mackampa intimately invites his emerging and existing fans to get acquainted with a 29-year-old, deconstructed and at their most intimate on his sophomore album. ‘Welcome Home, Kid!’ Is quick to lean into Jordan’s second coming as an artist and is instantly bold in its canvassing of the new artist. Jordan Mackampa here is boldly embracing of his development as an artist, here showcasing for all to see. In prior iterations of his discography, the loudness of instrumentals hid the full range of his voice, it’s here, that listeners are able to see the power and potential as one of the future faces of R&B and Soul in Britain and abroad. Overall, this sophomore albums acts as a much-needed embrace for both Jordan Mackampa and listeners. Both nourishing in its musical depth and in examination of self, it reveals the context behind why Jordan is the artist he is and the person. Ultimately Mackampa provides a refreshing quintessential edition to 2024’s first quarter odeing the canons of funk, R&B, gospel, and soul in its ardently honest lyricism and in Jordan’s aptitude for using his voice as the vast instrument that it is. Luckily for him, Welcome Home, Kid! is a potent leap into the light.