The Roots MC twists his rhymes into the cinematic soul according to a wish list.
Leon Michels and The Roots MC Black Thought have known each other for a long time, musicians from Michel’s Menahan Street Band played with the Roots, there were jointly organized benefit events and jams and recently a wish list that the rap veteran left with the band boss and songwriter , may he send him instrumental tracks to which he can send his rhymes.
Michels sampled some Affair tunes and edited and tinkered with whatever else his superb soul collection had to offer, and Black Thought is now – after last year’s strong collaboration with Danger Mouse (CHEAT CODES) – for the second time in a short space of time as a gifted storyteller and freestyler who effortlessly jumps over time and hip-hop fads. On GLORIOUS GAME he twists his voice into these reinterpretations that Michels brought to his own music.
Lots of history, lots of deepness – this hip-hop-cinematic-soul dozen continues CHEAT CODES, with fat basslines and beats that can hit your stomach and transport so much well-being at the same time. Black Thought gives food for thought about fame and respect, tells of his youth in Philadelphia, the choirs sing his stories in the history of black music. And “Hollow Way” is the drama king of hip-hop bangers of the year-