Like clockwork, Dinner Party’s third brief studio project arrived three years after Enigmatic Society, which followed the self-titled debut by the same time span. The core quartet, consisting of facilitator/producer Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder, is once again joined by the pacifying Phoelix as main vocalist and (on all nine cuts) co-writer. The commanding J. Ivy sets the scene on “Stop Being Late,” one of five tracks with 9th’s smooth boom bap production, greeting, instructing, and ultimately welcoming a guest who shows up tardy and empty handed: “We know that love is what you bringin’.” From there, the players serve up another comforting soul-cuterie board of concise compositions that favors intricate rhythmic…