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Cat No: BF100
A-Side
1. Lost In Space / Great Scott / 22-26
2. Innerstellar Love
3. I Love Louis Cole (feat. Louis Cole)
4. Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, & Childish Gambino)
5. Miguel’s Happy Dance
6. How Sway
7. Funny Thing
B-Side
1. Overseas (feat. Zack Fox)
2. Dragonball Durag
3. How I Feel
4. King Of The Hill
5. Unrequited Love
6. Fair Chance (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B)
7. Existential Dread
8. It Is What It Is
Thundercat is set to release his new album It Is What It Is on Brainfeeder Records on April 3, 2020, and shares the first music; Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington). The album, produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, features musical contributions from Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Louis Cole and Zack Fox.
It Is What It Is follows his game-changing third album Drunk (2017). That record completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bonafide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice that transcends genre. This album is about love, loss, life and the ups and downs that come with that, Bruner says about It Is What It Is. Its a bit tongue-in-cheek, but at different points in life you come across places that you dont necessarily understand¦ some things just arent meant to be understood.
The unruly bounce of new single Black Qualls is classic Thundercat, teaming up with Steve Lacy (The Internet) and Funk icon Steve Arrington (Slave). Its another example of Stephen Lee Bruners desire to highlight the lineage of his music and pay his respects to the musicians who inspired him. Discovering Arringtons output in his late teens, Bruner says he fell in love with his music immediately: The tone of the bass, the way his stuff feels and moves, it resonated through my whole body.
Black Qualls emerged from writing sessions with Lacy, whom Thundercat describes as the physical incarnate of the Ohio Players in one person – he genuinely is a funky ass dude. It references what it means to be a black American with a young mindset: What it feels like to be in this position right now¦ the weird ins and outs, were talking about those feelings¦ Part of me knew this [track] was where Steve [Arrington] left us.
Thundercat forms a cornerstone of the Brainfeeder label; he released Golden Age of Apocalypse (2011), Apocalypse (2013), followed by EP The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam featuring the modern classic Them Changes. He was later at the creative epicenter of the 21st centurys most influential hip-hop album Kendrick Lamars To Pimp A Butterfly, where he won a Grammy for his collaboration on the track These Walls before releasing his game-changing third album Drunk in 2017. In 2018 Thundercat and Flying Lotus composed an original score for an episode of Golden Globe and Emmy award winning TV series Atlanta (created and written by Donald Glover).
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