Black Radio
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 ", which featured R&B singer Ledisi, in February 2013.Track listing
;Notes
- "Afro Blue" cover as performed by Mongo Santamaria.
- "Cherish the Day" cover as performed by Sade.
- "Gonna Be Alright " additional vocals of "F.T.B." from album In My Element as performed by Robert Glasper.
- "Letter to Hermione" cover as performed by David Bowie.
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover as performed by Nirvana.
- "A Love Supreme" cover as performed by John Coltrane.
- "Twice" cover as performed by Little Dragon.
''Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP''
Personnel
The Robert Glasper Experiment
- Robert Glasper — Piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, arrangements
- Casey Benjamin — Vocoder, flute, saxophone, synthesizer, arrangement
- Derrick Hodge — Bass
- Chris Dave— Drums, percussion
- Jahi Sundance — Turntables
- Stokley Williams — Percussion
Featured Artists
- Shafiq Husayn — Vocals
- Erykah Badu — Vocals
- Lalah Hathaway — Vocals
- Bilal — Vocals
- Lupe Fiasco — Vocals
- Ledisi — Vocals
- KING
- *Anita Bias — Vocals
- *Amber Strother — Vocals
- *Paris Strother — Keyboards
- Chrisette Michele — Vocals
- Musiq Soulchild — Vocals, snapping
- MeShell Ndegeocello — Vocals
- Stokley Williams — Vocals, percussion
- Yasiin Bey — Vocals
- Hindi Zahra — Vocals
- Phonte — Vocals
- Solange Knowles — Vocals
- The Roots —
- Black Milk — Vocals
- 9th Wonder — Remixing
- Pete Rock — Remixing
- Georgia Anne Muldrow — Remixing
- ?uestlove — Remixing
- DJ Jewels Baby — Remixing
Production
- Recorded at Threshold, Los Angeles, CA, by Keith Lewis, assisted by Todd Bergman.
- Vocals and piano for "Afro Blue" recorded by Max Ross at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY.
- Mixed by Qmillion at Flying Dread STudios, Venice, CA.
- Mastering by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.
- Produced by Robert Glasper, except track 7 co-produced by Bryan-Michael Cox
- Nicole Hegeman — Executive producer, production coordination, management
- Eli Wolf — Executive producer, A&R
- Vincent Bennett — Management
- Gordon H. Jee — Art direction
- Giuliyani — Original artwork on cover
- Michael Schreiber — Photography
- Jewell Green — Photography
- Cognito — Photography
- Angelika Beener — Liner notes
Charts
Original charts
Remix charts
Year-end charts
