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Black Radio

Robert Glasper Experiment · 2012

Black RadioBlack RadioRobert Glasper Experiment · 2012 (2012) dissolved the boundaries between jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. Featuring Erykah Badu, Mos Def, and Lupe Fiasco, it was a definitive answer to the question of how to bring jazz to people outside jazz. Robert GlasperRobert Glasperロバート・グラスパー's band kept deepening that direction.

The 2014 Tiny Desk — the canonical Robert GlasperRobert Glasperロバート・グラスパー Experiment lineup. Casey BenjaminCasey Benjaminケイシー・ベンジャミン's vocoder and sax, Derrick HodgeDerrick Hodgeデリック・ホッジ's bass, Mark ColenburgMark Colenburgマーク・コレンバーグ's drums, all dissolving the lines between jazz, neo-soul, and hip-hop.

— NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, 2014

Black Radio

Robert Glasper Experiment · 2012

Black RadioBlack RadioRobert Glasper Experiment · 2012 (2012) brought hip-hop and R&B fully into jazz on Robert GlasperRobert Glasperロバート・グラスパー's terms, winning the Grammy for Best R&B Album. With Erykah Badu, Mos Def, and Bilal as guests, it physically expanded jazz's boundary.

— Black Radio (Robert Glasper Experiment album), Wikipedia, 2024

About 30 minutes of full performance recorded at the KEXP Bumbershoot Music Lounge — three tracks stretched in their signature jazz/hip-hop/R&B blend.

— Live Video: Robert Glasper Experiment @ Bumbershoot Music Lounge, KEXP, 2013

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Chris Dave, the drummer who colors Robert Glasper Experiment's genre-blurring Black Radio (2012) alongside bassist Derrick Hodge, also played on 21, the 2011 album that became the era's best-selling pop blockbuster. One drummer links a jazz-soul experiment to mainstream pop's biggest record.