Local Action presents the long-awaited second album by Lil Jabba, Grotto. Jabba made his name producing hypnotic juke and footwork records, back when he was based in Baltimore, quickly catching the attention of footwork figureheads like the late DJ Rashad. His early music was self-released or issued via small-run cassettes, but built Jabba a cult following online. In 2013, Local Action released Scales, a critically-acclaimed collection of Jabba’s key material to date, described by Dummy as one of the year’s “most singular albums.” Jabba is not just a musician, he’s a painter whose work has been featured in the likes of Vogue and has been commissioned for album covers. Since moving to Brooklyn, he’s operated out of a loft studio called the Grotto that doubles as both a literal and imagined world for his creations – his music, his giant paintings and murals and the creatures and figures that orbit his work. Later Jabba EPs on Local Action and True Panther focused on bringing the Grotto t