{"product_id":"rr-now-collagically-speaking-vinyl-2xlp","title":"R+R NOW - COLLAGICALLY SPEAKING Vinyl 2xLP","description":"\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003eDream team band\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR+R=NOW\u003c\/strong\u003e—featuring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Glasper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon keyboards,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerrace Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon synthesizer and vocoder,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon trumpet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerrick Hodge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon bass,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaylor McFerrin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon synth and beatbox, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Tyson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon drums—will release their debut album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollagically Speaking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Blue Note) on June 15. The album is available for pre-order today on vinyl, CD or download, along with the new single “\u003cstrong\u003eColors In The Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e” which can be streamed or downloaded now. The band’s DNA is evident in the song’s woozy soul with Martin’s robo-coo floating like a hallucination over a lush scene rooted by Hodge’s warm bass and featuring a breezy Glasper piano solo that crests in a sudden burst from Tyson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOkayplayer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote that “\u003cem\u003eR+R=NOW consists of some of the brightest and baddest musicians in the game today\u003c\/em\u003e,” adding that the album’s first single “\u003cstrong\u003eChange Of Tone\u003c\/strong\u003e” “\u003cem\u003efinds R+R=NOW fluidly showcasing their individual sounds as a cohesive blend… expressing hope, love, confidence, and resiliency through their respective melodies\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStereogum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edeclared the song “\u003cem\u003ea powerful introduction to the band, highlighting each members’ skill and spirit\u003c\/em\u003e,” while\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaste\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled it “\u003cem\u003ea hybrid encompassing all of black music—hip-hop, R\u0026amp;B, jazz, soul, funk—with its layered instrumental laying out black excellence\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003eIn an era when every headline carries some new horror or fresh worry, we need music that can clap back with immediacy, skill, and heart. We need a band so at home in its skin that it can play without ego and lead with love—artists whose very existence attests to resilience and hope. We need R+R=NOW, a supergroup assembled by Glasper but functionally egalitarian, in no small part because its members are visionary players, composers, and producers on their own. This genre-mashing outfit moves as one and, as their name reveals, with great purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003e“R+R stands for ‘Reflect’ and ‘Respond’,” says Glasper. The idea came to him via Nina Simone while he was coproducing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNina Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e, a companion album to the 2015 film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Happened, Miss Simone?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFacing backlash for her politics, Simone was asked, more or less, why she didn’t just shut up and sing. Her answer: “an artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.” Glasper adds: “When you reflect what’s going on in your time and respond to that, you can’t\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebe relevant. So ‘R’ plus ‘R’ equals ‘NOW’.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003eIn that spirit,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollagically Speaking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eisn’t some wonky thesis on the state of the nation. It’s a raw document that seamlessly adheres neo-soul to future-funk, West Coast jazz of the moment to astral electronica, instrumental hip-hop to musique concrète, avant-garde to classical—these are single-take songs, written live in the room, that go wherever this formidable crew’s mood goes. Guest voices get caught in that mix as well: actors Omari Hardwick (\u003cem\u003ePower\u003c\/em\u003e) and Terry Crews (\u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eExpendables\u003c\/em\u003e); actress Amanda Seales (\u003cem\u003eInsecure\u003c\/em\u003e); MCs Stalley and yasiin bey (f.k.a. Mos Def); and singers Amber Navran (of Moonchild) and Goapele. The themes that bind it all together are both spoken and inferred: romantic love, universal love, systemic bigotry, the women’s movement, quiet power, wild creativity, personal loss and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003e“Everyone in this band is a six-foot-tall black guy who didn’t come from an affluent background,” says Scott. “In order for us all to make it into that room together, we’ve had to go through some hell, fight for some things, build up a lot of armor, and do a lot ourselves to forge our realities, to become who we are. We’re all very aware of that, so anytime we get together, it’s a celebration.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Body\"\u003eR+R=NOW will celebrate with U.S. album release shows in Atlanta (Variety Playhouse, June 15), Washington DC (DC Jazz Fest, June 16), and Brooklyn (BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, June 22) before launching an extensive European summer tour. The band will return to the US for additional dates in the late-Summer and Fall including an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 3. Further dates will be announced shortly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BLUE NOTE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197210423481,"sku":"koy1794078159185","price":17.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/9875\/6793\/files\/rr-now---collagically-speaking-vinyl-2xlp_1.jpg?v=1794078164","url":"https:\/\/seatcovers.shop\/products\/rr-now-collagically-speaking-vinyl-2xlp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}