Description
Release: 14-04-2023
When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their first record, ‘Sounding Out The City’ in 2005, it was hard to guess what was next for Michels and his then-introduced, now-patented “cinematic soul” sound. Now, 4 EMA studio albums and scores of tribute and remix projects later – all while producing for some of the biggest names in the industry – Michels has
trademarked his sound, with each project taking audiences somewhere new and pushing the boundaries of what he is known for. The man is a river, not a lake and this time he takes his golden touch into the realm of hip-hop laying down a musical bed for one of the greatest to ever rhyme into a microphone:
Black Thought of The Roots crew. Releasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called ‘Glorious Game’ and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we’ve ever heard from him.
The result is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and fluctuate enough for Black Thought to flex on. “What I write about is determined by the equation of the producer’s energy and my energy,” Black Thought says. “It’s about where we meet.” So armed with Michels sampled and re-sampled soul cinematics, Black Thought rhymes through personal memories and distinctive perspectives, all dripping with visuals.
Tracklist:
01. Grateful
02. Glorious Game feat Kirby
03. I’m Still Somehow
04. Hollow Way
05. Protocol feat. Son Little
06. The Weather
07. That Girl
08. I Would Never
09. Alone
10. Miracle
11. Glorious Game (Reprise) Alter Ego feat. Brainstory
