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I'm excited about this one, and the Robert Glasper Experiment!
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Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society Charms NYC Listening Session February 26, 2012
All eyes were on Esperanza Spalding at the NYC listening session of her album, Radio Music Society, although the musician herself was not in attendance.
Ever since Spalding shocked the world with her Best New Artist win at last year's 53rd Annual Grammy Awards -- beating out more popular competition like Justin Bieber and Drake -- fans, and non-fans, have been waiting for Radio Music Society.
Her fourth studio album was announced soon after her surprising win, thus at the time, the curious who never heard of Spalding only had her previous effort, "Chamber Music Society," to use as a measuring stick. If the heady, highbrow, classical-influenced project didn't impress, it certainly left Bieber and Drake fans wondering what made Spalding so special?
The album's first single "Black Gold" inverses this relationship between old and new. "Black Gold" is an inspirational black pride anthem, but unlike any hymnal or Civil Rights marching song you'll hear. Though it certainly pulls strands from those traditions, the song's trappings give it a neo-soul quality that's hard to deny. "Endangered Species" and "Let Her" blend influences of Weather Report and 80's Prince. "Radio Music Society"'s lone cover, the Stevie Wonder-penned, Michael Jackson song, "I Can't Help It," is given some jazz airs, unveiling a complexity many people may miss on the original.
On Radio Music Society, Spalding is not pledging allegiance to pop music over jazz or vice versa, she is showing that the best of both styles is exemplified in creating memorable songs.
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Esperanza did a lovely job tonight at the Academy Awards at the remembrance of those who died this year.
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