Episode 174: Robert Glasper

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Robert is a pianist and producer who has straddled the worlds of jazz, r&b, and hip-hop his entire career. He has toured and recorded with the likes of Q-Tip, Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, and countless others. He has also been a key collaborator with his college buddy, the singer Bilal, and has won several r&b Grammys. But he first earned his musical stripes as a jazz player, releasing albums on the iconic jazz label Blue Note Records.

But no matter what genre he’s playing in, or what band he’s working with, Glasper brings his unique style, knowledge, and passion to anything he’s working on. His most recent album, with the Robert Glasper Experiment, is ArtScience.

Tracks featured in this episode:

1. Bilal, “When Will U Call”
2. J. Dilla, “Thunder”
3. Bilal f/Mos Def & Common, “Reminisce”
4. Bilal f/Mos Def & Common, “Reminisce”
5. J Dilla, “Fuck the Police (Instrumental)”
6. Common & Bilal - Funky For You - May 16, 2000 Oslo, Norway @ BLAA
7. Common, “Time Travelin’ (May 16, 2000 Oslo, Norway @BLAA)”
8. Common, “The Light”
9. Common, “Dooinit”
10. Common f/Mos Def, “The Questions”
11. tiny desk: Common At The White House
12. tiny desk: Common At The White House
13. tiny desk: Common At The White House
14. Kanye West f/Lupe Fiasco, “Touch The Sky”
15. Curtis Mayfield, “Move On Up - Extended Version”
16. Abstract Radio Just Blaze Takeover
17. Robert Glasper, “Of Dreams To Come”
18. Robert Glasper, “In Your Own Sweet Way”
19. Keith Jarrett Trio, “Oleo”
20. Q-Tip w/ The Robert Glasper Experiment “You” Live @ Lincoln Center
21. Talib Kweli f/Abby Dobson & Robert Glasper, “Before He Walked”
22. Yasiin Bey a.k.a. Mos Def & Robert Glasper - Live in Nîmes, France 2014
23. Kendrick Lamar, “For Free? - Interlude”
24. The Cipher Episode 155 - Robert “Sput” Searight
25. Kendrick Lamar, “King Kunta”
26. Kendrick Lamar f/Rapsody, “Complexion (A Zulu Love)”
27. Kendrick Lamar f/Rapsody, “Complexion (A Zulu Love)”
28. Kendrick Lamar, “The Blacker The Berry”
29. Kendrick Lamar f/Bilal, Anna Wise, & Thundercat, “These Walls”
30. Robert Glasper Experiment, “Festival”
31. Robert Glasper Trio, “Downtime”
32. Robert Glasper Experiment, “For You”
33. Robert Glasper Trio, “Intro”
34. Maxwell LIVE in Cologne/Köln 06.11.2009 Black Summer’s Night Tour
35. MAXWELL LIVE “STOP THE WORLD”
36. Michael Jackson, “Off the Wall”
37. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Afro Blue - feat. Erykah Badu”
38. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Always Shine - feat. Lupe Fiasco and Bilal”
39. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Black Radio - feat. yasiin bey”
40. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
41. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “What Are We Doing”
42. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Calls”
43. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Yet To Find”
44. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Let It Ride”
45. Robert Glasper Experiment f/Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner, “Jesus Children”
46. Robert Glasper Experiment, “Day To Day”
47. Herbie Hancock, “Tell Everybody”
48. Robert Glasper, “Junior’s Jam”
49. Miles Davis & Robert Glasper f/Bilal, “Ghetto Walkin’”
50. Miles Davis & Robert Glasper, “Talking Shit”
51. Miles Davis & Robert Glasper f/Phonte, “Violets”
52. Proof, “Life”
53. Miles Davis, “Blue in Green”
54. Miles Davis, “Blue in Green - Studio Sequence”
55. Miles Davis & Robert Glasper f/Phonte, “Violets”
56. Robert Glasper Experiment f/Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, & Luke James, “Persevere”
57. Robert Glasper Experiment f/Lupe Fiasco & Bilal, “Always Shine”
58. Robert Glasper Experiment f/Lupe Fiasco & Bilal, “Always Shine”
59. Robert Glasper Experiment f/Common & Patrick Stump, “I Stand Alone”
60. Robert Glasper Experiment, “Thinkin Bout You”
61. Busta Rhymes, “Still Shining”
62. The Roots, “The Next Movement feat. Dj Jazzy Jeff, Jazzyfatnastees”
63. John Lennon, “Oh Yoko!”
64. PimpWiz.com - Jay-Z & The Roots LIve @ Radio City Music Hall
65. Chick Corea Akoustic Band, “’Round Midnight”