<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.sw ... 1"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.sw ... 2F32381201" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>On February 28, 2012, Robert Glasper Experiment will release Black Radio (Blue Note Records/EMI), a future landmark album that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip hop, R&B and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any one tag. The first full-length album from the GRAMMY-nominated keyboardistגs electric Experiment bandגsaxist Casey Benjamin, bassist Derrick Hodge, and drummer Chris DaveגBlack Radio also features many of Glasperגs famous friends from the spectrum of urban music, seamlessly incorporating appearances from a jaw-dropping roll call of special guests including Erykah Badu, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Lalah Hathaway, Shafiq Husayn (Sa-Ra), KING, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Mos Def, Musiq Soulchild, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Stokley Williams (Mint Condition).
Throughout the Experiment wears its eclecticism on its sleeve, presenting new collaborative originals and surprising cover songs. They transform the Afro-Cuban standard גAfro Blueג with Erykah Badu, Sadeגs גCherish The Dayג with Lalah Hathaway, David Bowieגs גLetter to Hermioneג with Bilal, and Nirvanaגs גSmells Like Teen Spiritג with Casey Benjaminגs vocoder vocal.
Glasper has long kept one foot planted firmly in jazz and the other in hip hop. His gig at the Blue Note Jazz Club earlier this year became a freestyle jam session when Kanye West, Mos Def and Lupe Fiasco crashed the stage. The Los Angeles Times once wrote that גitגs a short list of jazz pianists who have the wherewithal to drop a J Dilla reference into a Thelonious Monk cover, but not many jazz pianists are Robert Glasper,ג adding that גheגs equally comfortable in the worlds of hip-hop and jazz,ג and praising the organic way in which he גbuilds a bridge between his two musical touchstones.ג
The track listing for Black Radio is as follows:
Lift Off/Mic Check (featuring Shafiq Husayn)
Afro Blue (featuring Erykah Badu)
Cherish The Day (featuring Lalah Hathaway)
Always Shine (featuring Lupe Fiasco & Bilal)
Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) (featuring Ledisi)
Move Love (featuring KING)
Ah Yeah (featuring Musiq Soulchild & Chrisette Michele)
Consequence Of Jealousy (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
Why Do We Try (featuring Stokley Williams)
Black Radio (featuring Mos Def)
Letter to Hermoine (featuring Bilal)
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Robert Glasper had a strong musical influence in his mother, who played piano and sang gospel music in church as well as in jazz and blues clubs in Houston. By the age of twelve, he was playing piano in church and often accompanied his mother in clubs. Raised on gospel, Motown, and R&B, by his teens he was listening to jazz, rock, pop and hip hop. He attended the Houston High School for the Performing Arts and moved to New York City to study at New School University. While still in school he was already playing with Christian McBride and Kenny Garrett, and went on to play with Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, and Roy Hargrove.
After releasing his debut album Mood on the Fresh Sound label in 2003 followed by two buzzed about Blue Note albums with his acoustic Trio ג Canvas (2005) and In My Element (2007)גGlasper perfectly captured his unique duality with Double-Booked (2009), an album that juxtaposed his Trio and Experiment bands, and earned the keyboardist his first GRAMMY nomination.
Heגs worked extensively with Q-Tip, playing keyboards on the rapperגs GRAMMY-nominated 2008 album The Renaissance and co-writing the album single גLife Is Betterג which featured his labelmate Norah Jones. Glasper also serves as the Music Director in rapper Mos Defגs touring band, and has toured with the multi-platinum R&B singer Maxwell. New York Magazine has called his music גdirect, forceful, inventive, and accessible without pandering.ג
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Song with Mos Def (initely a fag) here: http://robertglasper.com/
