Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio album review by Troy Collins, published on March 29, 2012. Setting the Black Radio stage is electrosoul artist Shafiq Husayn’s rich, streetwise baritone nicely MCing the band’s introduction against a backdrop of vocoder, electronic elements, Glasper’s contemplative keys, and Chris Dave’s playfully evolving drums before yielding to an artist menagerie of candidly humorous mic checks. Lupe Fiasco & Bilal 3. Episode 1 : BR1 1. Robert Glasper Experiment’s “Black Radio 2” continues to reinvigorate the staid status quo of both mainstream urban and jazz radio scene by supplying another bunch of songs. Black Radio is the fifth studio album by American jazz pianist/hip hop producer Robert Glasper, recorded with his electric quartet, the 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 (F.T.B. A recent New York Times headline challenged the canonical placement of pianist Robert Glasper’s new album, Black Radio, by posing the question: “So is it jazz?” Although writer Nate Chinen […] Robert Glasper X DJ Jahi Sundance: Black Radio Broadcast. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Black Radio Vol 2 at Amazon.com. Gonna Be Alright (Live Intro) – Robert Glasper Experiment 6. Intro 2. Black Radio, the title of the Robert Glasper Experiment's proper Blue Note debut, is a double signifier. Black Radio ranks far above any other jazz-inflected hip-hop/rap/soul album released in the past five years and it’s no coincidence it was released by Blue Note Records, home of some of the finest jazz albums ever made. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz! Ledisi 7. Heavy on the grown and light on moving any cultural needles forward, the Robert Glasper Experiment’s Black Radio 2 doesn’t do a lot in the way of experimenting, but Glasper and Co. do know how to deliver an exceptional, spit-shined project for the ‘90s crowd who traded in their granola and backpacks for Brooks Brothers and cabernet. – Robert Glasper feat. Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.) Once described as “one of the most promising Jazz pianists for a generation”, Glasper enters a class of his own in ‘Black Radio’. Always Shine – Robert Glasper feat. Robert Glasper is one of those rare musicians with the uncanny ability to see beyond what has been done and get straight to the heart of what is possible. Dumb It Down – Lupe Fiasco 5. There's the dictionary's definition: "the device in an aircraft that records technical data during a flight, used in case of accident to discover its cause." Get Outta My Hair – Bilal 4. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Black Radio at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.