Robert Glasper (View Discography)

Release Info

With jazz as the backbone, pianist Robert Glasper, drummer Chris Dave, bassist Derrick Hodge, and Casey Benjamin on reeds, winds, and vocoder, cued by the inspiration of black music's illustrious cultural past, carve out a creative place for its future on Black Radio, a seamless, deeply focused meld of jazz, hip-hop, adult contemporary R&B, neo-soul, and even rock. With an expansive use of rhythmic and melodic invention, the results are surrounded by spacious, natural-sounding production that's smooth but never slick. The various elements yield the desired result, making the whole greater than its parts. Black Radio creates an entirely new context for popular music in its near erasure of boundaries. It is the sound of the future -- even if no one knows it yet. ~ Thom Jurek

Tracks

1. Lift Off/Mic Check
2. Afro Blue
3. Cherish the Day
4. Always Shine
5. Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)
6. Move Love
7. Ah Yeah
8. The Consequences of Jealousy
9. Why Do We Try
10. Black Radio
11. Letter to Hermione
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit