Chicago rapper Ric Wilson makes joyous, propulsive music that resists genre category. He’s a universal collaborator who can make sense alongside, say, Terrace Blanchard or CHAI, but he seems most at home doing lush, bubbly club music. A couple of years ago, Wilson teamed up with Chromeo and A-Trak for the singles “Pay It No Mind” and “Clusterfunk.” Now, he’s announcing a new EP called America Runs On Disco, a title that flips an ad slogan and turns it into a mission statement. I wish America did run on disco — or disco other than the Village People, anyway. We’d probably be better off.
