The Beast & Nnenna Freelon - Freedom Suite (2010)
The Beast & Nnenna Freelon - Freedom Suite (2010)
Hip-Hop / Nu Jazz / Soul | mp3, CBR 320 kbps | 47:09 | 112.36 Mb
Label: Robust Records | Release date: 26 October 2010
Hip-Hop / Nu Jazz / Soul | mp3, CBR 320 kbps | 47:09 | 112.36 Mb
Label: Robust Records | Release date: 26 October 2010
Jazz vocalist and multi Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon joins hip-hop quartet The Beast release Freedom Suite: a collection of creative reflections on jazz and hip-hop.More info: www.myspace.com
With guest appearances from 9th Wonder, Branford Marsalis, Phonte (of The Foreign Exchange/Little Brother), YahZarah, Geechi Suede (of Camp Lo) and several others, Freedom Suite follows in the tradition of other collaborative jazz and hip-hop projects like the late Guru's Jazzmatazz. The album features six original songs written and produced by The Beast, which are infused with both a live jazz aesthetic (drums, bass, piano, percussion, strings and horns were all recorded live) and an electronic/sample-based hip-hop aesthetic. Freedom Suite also includes four contemporary interpretations of “standards" from the jazz and hip-hop cannon, including arrangements of Mos Def's “Umi Says," Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Charmichael's “Skylark" and Lauryn Hill's “Doo Wop."
Track list:
1. Good Evening feat. 9th Wonder (0:35)
2. Rise Beyond The Sky feat. YahZarah & Rapsody (3:16)
3. Freedom Part.2 feat. Suede (4:55)
4. Let Go feat. Tyler Woods (4:15)
5. Once Again feat. Kooley High (5:12)
6. Get Out of Town feat. Phonte (4:20)
7. Skylark (5:22)
8. Love feat. King Mez & Thee Tom Hardy (3:00)
9. No Escape feat. Carlitta Durand & Darien Brockington (4:05)
10. Strangelove feat. Shirlette Ammons (5:38)
11. Umi Says (5:22)
12. Good Night feat. 9th Wonder (1:09)