R+R=NOW – Collagically Speaking (2-LP Vinyl)
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Six of contemporary jazz and hip-hop's most restless voices, Glasper, Martin, Scott aTunde Adjuah, Hodge, McFerrin, and Tyson, built this project through live performance before ever entering the studio, letting the road shape a sound that feels genuinely collective rather than assembled. Released in 2018, it arrived in a moment when instrumental music was engaging directly with questions of justice and identity, and this band was never interested in letting the music stay at a comfortable distance from those conversations.
R+R=NOW is a collective of like-minded boundary-breakers featuring Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Derrick Hodge, Taylor McFerrin & Justin Tyson. The “R+R” in the band’s name stands for Reflect+Respond, and was inspired by Nina Simone who said an artist's duty is to reflect the times. With Collagically Speaking the band presents an urgent musical hybrid that is distinctly of the now. As Glasper says, R+R=NOW tells “our story from our point of view… It’s a very honest, fluid sound that rings of hip-hop, EDM, jazz, at times – hell – reggae... a bunch of cats that respect each other so much that we always pass the ball.” The album features guest spots by Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Stalley, Amanda Seales, Amber Navran, Goapele, Jahi Sundance and Yasiin Bey.
UPC: 602567554332
Label: Blue Note Records
Release Date: 7.20.18
Format: LP Vinyl