Credits:

Robert Glasper Experiment

Description:

This is the fourth Blue Note album by Robert Glasper, a pianist who has created a stir in the music scene by freely embodying jazz and hip-hop. This is his first album under the name "Robert Glasper Experiment," which has a hip-hop side! Glasper, who has deep ties to the Hip-Hop/R&B world as musical director for Bilal and Mos Def, and tour support for Q-Tip, Kanye West, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Common, Maxwell, and others, has invited a great lineup of Hip-Hop/R&B guests who have been in touch with him. Glasper has deep ties to the hip-hop/R&B world, having toured and supported artists such as Erik Baaswell! The album features original songs, the Afro-Cuban standard "Afro Blue" with Erykah Badu, "Cherish the Day" by Sherday with Leila Hathaway, "Letter to Hermione" by David Bowie with Bilal, and "The Lost" by Casey Benjamin with Casey Benjamin. Vocoder vocals on Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"! The album is packed with the essence of his crossover from hip-hop, R&B, and jazz, which does not fit into the framework of his previous jazz works.Others include Lupe Fiasco, Shafiq Hussein (Sa-Ra Creative Partners), Ledisi, Chrisette Michel, Mos Def, Music Soulchild, Michelle Ndegeocello, Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), etc. and many more.

Tracklisting:

1 LIFT OFF FEAT.SHAFIQ HUSAYN / MIC CHECK / Shafiq Husayn
2 AFRO BLUE FEAT.ERYKAH BADU / Erykah Badu
3 CHERISH THE DAY FEAT.LALAH HATHAWAY / Lalah Hathaway
4 ALWAYS SHINE FEAT.LUPE FIASCO AND BILAL / Lupe Fiasco
5 GONNA BE ALRIGHT (F.T.B.) FEAT.LEDISI / Ledisi
6 MOVE LOVE FEAT.KING / King
7 AH YEAH FEAT.MUSIQ SOULCHILD AND CHRISETTE MICHELE / Musiq Soulchild
8 THE CONSEQUENCES OF JEALOUSY FEAT.MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO / Meshell Ndegeocello
9 WHY DO WE TRY FEAT.STOKLEY WILLIAMS / Stokley Williams
10 BLACK RADIO FEAT.YASIINBEY(MOS DEF) / Mos Def
11 LETTER TO HERMIONE FEAT.BILAL / Bilal
12 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT / Robert Glasper
13 TWICE / Robert Glasper Experiment