Black Radio
Black Radio is an album by Robert Glasper, recorded with his electric quartet, Robert Glasper Experiment. Released on February 28, 2012, on the Blue Note label, the album won Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards and also received a nomination for Best R&B Performance from the album cut "Gonna Be Alright ", which featured R&B singer Ledisi, in February 2013.
Track listing
;Notes- "Afro Blue" cover as performed by Mongo Santamaria.
- "Cherish the Day" cover as performed by Sade.
- "Gonna Be Alright " additional vocals of "F.T.B." from album In My Element as performed by Robert Glasper.
- "Letter to Hermione" cover as performed by David Bowie.
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover as performed by Nirvana.
- "A Love Supreme" cover as performed by John Coltrane.
- "Twice" cover as performed by Little Dragon.
''Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP''
Personnel
The Robert Glasper Experiment- Robert Glasper — Keyboards, Piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, arrangements
- Casey Benjamin — Vocoder, flute, saxophone, synthesizer, arrangement
- Derrick Hodge — Bass
- Chris Dave — Drums, percussion
- Jahi Sundance — Turntables
- Stokley Williams — Percussion
- Shafiq Husayn — Vocals
- Erykah Badu — Vocals
- Lalah Hathaway — Vocals
- Bilal — Vocals
- Lupe Fiasco — Vocals
- Ledisi — Vocals
- KING
- *Anita Bias — Vocals
- *Amber Strother — Vocals
- *Paris Strother — Keyboards
- Chrisette Michele — Vocals
- Musiq Soulchild — Vocals, snapping
- MeShell Ndegeocello — Vocals
- Stokley Williams — Vocals, percussion
- Yasiin Bey — Vocals
- Hindi Zahra — Vocals
- Phonte — Vocals
- Solange Knowles — Vocals
- The Roots —
- Black Milk — Vocals
- 9th Wonder — Remixing
- Pete Rock — Remixing
- Georgia Anne Muldrow — Remixing
- ?uestlove — Remixing
- DJ Jewels Baby — Remixing
- Recorded at Threshold, Los Angeles, CA, by Keith Lewis, assisted by Todd Bergman.
- Vocals and piano for "Afro Blue" recorded by Max Ross at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY.
- Mixed by Qmillion at Flying Dread STudios, Venice, CA.
- Mastering by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.
- Produced by Robert Glasper, except track 7 co-produced by Bryan-Michael Cox
- Nicole Hegeman — Executive producer, production coordination, management
- Eli Wolf — Executive producer, A&R
- Vincent Bennett — Management
- Gordon H. Jee — Art direction
- Giuliyani — Original artwork on cover
- Michael Schreiber — Photography
- Jewell Green — Photography
- Cognito — Photography
- Angelika Beener — Liner notes
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