Animals is a Hip-Hop album by Kassa Overall, originally released in 2023. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
Plenty of artists have invoked the genealogical connection between hip-hop and jazz, but Kassa Overall is one of the few to try and dissolve the boundaries between them. The 12 tracks here—songs? compositions?—aren’t just syntheses of beatmaking and live playing or rapping and leftfield R&B. They’re examples of how using convention is sometimes the best way to break it: from the pitched-up vocals and cosmic cadenzas of “Ready to Ball” to the warped tango of “So Happy” (featuring Laura Mvula and Francis and the Lights) and the release of “Going Up” (featuring Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, and Francis and the Lights), all of which twist familiar musical vocabulary into unfamiliar sentences. The guests aren’t distractions or talent-by-association; they’re proof of his range. And the most surprising thing about the album is that it all makes sense.
via Apple Music
The Clerk says
The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.
Tracklist
Side A
- A1No Camera
- A2Anxious Anthony
- A3Ready To Ball
- A4Clock Ticking
- A5Still Ain't Find Me
- A6Make My Way Back Home
- A7The Lava Is Calm
Side B
- B1No It Ain't
- B2So Happy
- B3It's Animals
- B4Maybe We Can Stay
- B5The Score Was Made
- B6Going Up
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz Rap
- layered
- restless
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrae MurchisonFEATURING TROMBONE
- Anthony WareFEATURING FLUTE, CLARINET SAXOPHONE
- Bendji AllonceCONGAS FEATURING PERCUSSION
- BIGYUKISYNTH
- Burniss Earl Travis IIELECTRIC BASS
- Charles OverallVOCALS
- Craig TabornPIANO
- Danny BrownFEATURING
- David ArosemenaVOCALS
- FAME'S Skopje Studio OrchestraORCHESTRA
- Francis And The LightsFEATURING VOCALS
- Ian FinkFEATURING SYNTH SYNTHESIZER
- Jherek BischoffARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , GUITAR, INSTRUMENTS ARRANGED BY , GUITAR, OTHER
- Jonathan HoardBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Kassa OverallDRUMS, PROGRAMMED BY DRUMS, PROGRAMMED BY, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS DRUMS, PROGRAMMED BY, VOCALS
- Kris DavisPIANO
- Laura MvulaFEATURING VOCALS
- Lil BFEATURING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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