Robert Glasper Black Radio

Q (Magazine): 3 stars out of 5 -- "Erykah Badu covers Coltrane, Lalah Hathaway takes on Sade, Bowie's 'Letter To Hermione' becomes a rolling jazz samba..."
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item number:  QYGH
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CD Details

  • Released: February 27, 2012
  • Originally Released: 2012
  • Label: Blue Note Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.72
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On BLACK RADIO, pianist Robert Glasper heads down the fraught path of hip-hop jazz and gets it right. The 'experiment' spirit pervades the entire album, informing everything from song structures to production."
Uncut - p.84
3 stars out of 5 -- "Glasper covers Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. It's an ingenious arrangement, featuring juddering, minimal percussion, spare piano chords and vocoders that soar to the edge of the studiosphere..."
Magnet - p.58
"[S]eamlessly merging historical and contemporary black musics -- jazz, hip hop, soul, fusion-era Miles Davis and the outer regions of Sun Ra's Afro-Futurism -- into one united radio program."
Billboard (p.60) - "[T]he keyboardist/producer/songwriter/bandleader knows no boundaries, deftly incorporating hip-hop, R&B and rock in to a fresh sound that never comes off as trite or forced."
Q (Magazine) - p.108
3 stars out of 5 -- "Erykah Badu covers Coltrane, Lalah Hathaway takes on Sade, Bowie's 'Letter To Hermione' becomes a rolling jazz samba..."

Tracks:

  • 1.Lift Off / Mic Check
  • 2.Afro Blue - (featuring Erykah Badu)
  • 3.Cherish the Day - (featuring Lalah Hathaway)
  • 4.Always Shine - (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
  • 5.Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)
  • 6.Move Love - (featuring King)
  • 7.Ah Yeah - (featuring Chrisette Michele / Musiq (Soulchild))
  • 8.The Consequences of Jealousy
  • 9.Why Do We Try
  • 10.Black Radio - (featuring Mos Def)
  • 11.Letter to Hermione - (featuring Bilal)
  • 12.Smells Like Teen Spirit

Product Info

  • UPC: 5099908833327
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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