• Robert Glasper Experiment – afro blue feat erykah badu
    • Robert Glasper Experiment – cherish the day feat lalah hathway
    • Robert Glasper Experiment – always smile feat lupe fiasco and bilal
    • Robert Glasper Experiment – gonna be alright (f.t.b) feat ledisi
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    • 2. afro blue feat erykah badu
    • 3. cherish the day feat lalah hathway
    • 4. always smile feat lupe fiasco and bilal
    • 5. gonna be alright (f.t.b) feat ledisi
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    • 9. why do we try feat stokley
    • 10. black radio feat yasiin bey
    • 11. smells like teen spirit
    • 12. fever feat hindi zahra

    Drawing inspiration from  jazz, R&B, rock and hip-hop comes this brilliant album from multi-talented Grammy-nominated musician and Q-Tip collaborator, Robert Glasper!

    Black Radio features an allstar line-up of jaw-dropping vocal talent - Erykah Badu, Shafiq Husayn, Lupe Fiasco, Bilial, Meshell Ndegocello, Yassin Bey, Ledisi, Musiq Soulchild and more!

    An organic feel to this beautiful album presenting new collaborative originals with interesting cover songs.  Erykah Badu transforms the cuban standard "Afro Blue", Sade's "Cherish The Day" is re-imagined by Lalah Hathaway and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" jazzy, hip-hop vocoder makeover by Glasper and his band, The Experiment. Recommended!

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