
Green Balloon is a Hip-Hop album by Tank and the Bangas, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Alternative Hip-Hop
- dense
- restless
- bohemian
About
Of all the truths Tarriona “Tank” Ball reaches for on <i>Green Balloon</i>, few feel as applicably truthy as the moment when she says, “I need more space than thoughts can give me.” A kitchen-sink blend of hip-hop, R&B, spoken word, jazz, and funk, <i>Green Balloon</i> is one of those albums that almost struggles to contain itself, an internal monologue that spills wildly, joyfully onto the stage. Ball—an elastic-voiced poet whose father gave her her nickname because tanks don’t do anything except make noise and blow stuff up—flexes (“Dope Girl Magic”), introspects (“Ants”), smokes weed and feels bad about it (“I Don’t Get High”), and, over a bed of Disney strings, contemplates the possibility of the right guy (“Mr. Lion”). And if it sounds like it’s all Ball’s show, it isn’t—but rarely do you hear a band as linked with the personality of their singer as the Bangas, who render her daydreams and frustrations with the full range of color that she feels them.
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Tracklist
- 1Colors (Introduction)0:56
- 2Spaceships4:19
- 3Dope Girl Magic3:23
- 4Ants5:05
- 5Hot Air Balloons (feat. Alex Isley)5:43
- 6Forgetfulness4:16
- 7Get Up (feat. Robert Glasper) [Interlude]1:17
- 8Too High (Prelude)1:44
- 9I Don't Get High4:25
- 10Happy Town (feat. Pell)4:16
- 11Nice Things3:10
- 12Smoke.Netflix.Chill.4:06
- 13Floating (Interlude)0:56
- 14Mr. Lion4:47
- 15In London (feat. Robert Glasper) [Interlude]2:51
- 16Lazy Daze (feat. Robert Glasper)7:31
- 17Colors Change6:21
Credits
Performers
- Alex IsleyFEATURING BACKING VOCALS
- Robert GlasperFEATURING PIANO
- PellFEATURING VOCALS
- Jay WeigelARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR
- Anjelika JosephBACKING VOCALS
- Lashonda BallBACKING VOCALS
- Sha'Condria SibleyBACKING VOCALS
- Pat CaseyACOUSTIC BASS
- Joe JohnsonBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS ELECTRIC PIANO
- Jonathan JohnsonBASS
- David RosenCELLO
- Jonathan GerhardtCELLO
- Weedie Braimah
- Scott WelchDRUM PROGRAMMING GUITAR
- Mark BatsonDRUM PROGRAMMING KEYBOARDS BASS
- Joshua JohnsonDRUMS BACKING VOCALS
- Albert AllenbackHORNS SAXOPHONE FLUTE
- Ben BuchbinderKEYBOARDS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold
