Sunday, April 24, 2011

The Beast and Nnenna Freelon - Freedom Suite


The Beast and Nnenna Freelon - Freedom Suite

label: The Revivalist
released: 26 October 2010
style: hiphop jazz soul beats
format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....

Jazz vocalist and multi Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon joins hip-hop quartet The Beast release Freedom Suite: a 10-track collection of creative reflections on jazz and hip-hop. Freedom Suite is available for FREE download, digitally released on Okayplayer's jazz inspired channel, The Revivalist.
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."

tracklist:
01. Good Evening ft. 9th Wonder 00:35
02. Rise Beyond the Sky ft. YahZarah & Rapsody 03:16
03. Freedom Part 2 ft. Suede (prod. Apple Juice Kid) 04:55
04. Let Go ft. Tyler Woods 04:15
05. Once Again ft. Kooley High 05:12
06. Get Out of Town ft. Phonte 04:20
07. Skylark 05:22
08. Love ft. King Mez & Thee Tom Hardy (prod. Apple Juice Kid) 03:00
09. No Escape ft. Carlitta Durand & Darien Brockington 04:05
10. Strangelove ft. shirlette ammons 05:38
11. Umi Says 05:22
12. Good Night ft. 9th Wonder 01:09


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