Robert Glasper releases his sixth studio album ‘Black Radio 2’ featuring Common, Brandy, Jill Scott and Faith Evans among other guests (2013)
Robert Glasper‘s ‘Black Radio 2’ is his sixth studio album recorded with the Robert Glasper Experiment and released on October 29, 2013 by Blue Note.
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2 . (w/ Martin Luther)
3 . Calls (Live, w/ Algebra)
4 . (NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert)
5 . (Full Performance On KEXP)
6 . (Black Radio 2 EPK)
7 . I Stand Alone (Lyric Video)
8 . Let It Ride (Lyric Video, w/ Norah Jones)
9 . Calls (Lyric Video)
Track Listing : 1.Baby Tonight (Black Radio 2 Theme)/Mic Check 2 (Casey Benjamin / Mark Colenburg, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge) – 04:23 . 2.I Stand Alone (Casey Benjamin, Common, Robert Glasper, Patrick Stump) – 04:53 . 3.What Are We Doing (Brandy, Robert Glasper, Claude Kelly) – 03:34 . 4.Calls (Robert Glasper, Jill Scott) – 05:42 . 5.Worries (Mark Colenburg, Robert Glasper, Pj Morton) – 03:37 . 6.Trust (Marsha Ambrosius, Robert Glasper) – 07:29 . 7.Yet To Find (Robert Glasperandrea Martin) – 04:40 . 8.You Own Me (Muhammad Ayers, Robert Glasper, Artia Lockett) – 04:25 . 9.Let It Ride (Munsinah Abdul-Karim, Robert Glasper) – 07:07 . 10.Persevere (Anu~Sun, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Robert Glasper, Luke James) – 04:35 . 11.Somebody Else (Robert Glasper, Emeli Sandé) – 0-Janv. . 12.Jesus Children (Stevie Wonder) – 05:28
Janette Beckman 
Musicians : Robert Glasper Experiment – Band . Robert Glasper – Fender Rhodes, Piano, Synthesizer . Casey Benjamin – Saxophone, Synthesizer, Vocoder . Mark Colenburg – Drums, Percussion . Derrick Hodge – Bass . Jahi Sundance – Turntables . Common – Vocals On (2) . Patrick Stump – Vocals On (2) . Michael Eric Dyson – Outro On (2) . Brandy – Vocals On (3) . Jill Scott – Vocals On (4) . Dwele – Vocals On (5) . Marsha Ambrosius – Vocals On (6) . Anthony Hamilton – Vocals On (7) . Faith Evans – Vocals On (8) . Norah Jones – Vocals On (9) . Luke James – Vocals On (10) . Snoop Dogg – Vocals On (10) . Lupe Fiasco – Vocals On (10) . Emeli Sandé – Vocals On (11) . Lalah Hathaway – Vocals On (12) . Malcolm Jamal Warner – Vocals On (12) . Wayne Brady – Vocals . John P. Kee – Vocals
Production : Produced By Robert Glasper , Eli Wolf, Terrace Martin
Package : J.C. Pagán – Design . Janette Beckman 
– Photography . Don Hannah – Photography
Recorded 2013.
Released On October 29, 2013 By Blue Note.
(Source Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio 2 | The Official Robert Glasper Website)
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New York Observer
Robert Glasper’s Irresistible AppealWill there be a Black Radio 3? I’m not sure. I’m not trying to be like Rocky. […]
Clashmusic
Overall though, this sequel falls just short of the original. ‘Black Radio 2’ is more triumphant sounding than its predecessor, but these songs aren’t as dynamic. The Experiment shines best when they’re ambitiousand when singer Casey Benjamin has a prominent vocal role. […]
allmusic
Taken as a whole, however, it serves and fulfills the role of a sequel: the album deepens the band’s music-making aestheticand further establishes their sound not only as a signature, but even, perhaps, as its own genre. […]
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