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Michael Franti & Spearhead

Jazz-drenched hip-hop that trades festival anthems for intimate, socially sharp storytelling. Warm upright bass and dusty grooves meet a younger, hungrier Michael Franti.

It's like a 90s jazz-club poetry session that actually has something important to say about the world.

A soulful and intellectually sharp blend of urban melancholy and resilient hope.

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Upright Bass+3.5σ

The instrumentation foregrounds upright bass far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

People in the Middle

5:04

02

Love Is da Shit

5:37

03

Piece O' Peace

4:54

04

Positive

4:29

05

Of Course You Can

4:38

06

Hole in the Bucket

5:22

07

Home

1:42

08

Dream Team

4:41

09

Runfayalife

4:42

10

Crime to Be Broke in America

11

100,000 Miles

5:21

12

Red Beans & Rice

4:27

13

Caught Without an Umbrella

5:22

Moments Worth Waiting For

The skeletal upright bass line on 'Positive' that creates a tense, clinical atmosphere for a song about HIV testing

The transition into the title track 'Home' where the production strips back to a vulnerable, protective lullaby

The way 'Crime to Be Broke in America' uses a jazz-inflected groove to deliver a blistering critique of systemic inequality

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Behind the Front

Behind the Front

Black Eyed Peas

Shares conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, funk (subgenres); hopeful, contemplative, soulful (moods)

Child of a Kingsman

Child of a Kingsman

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, minimalist (production style); conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres)

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

Shares contemplative, soulful, defiant (moods); conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, jazz fusion (subgenres)

Not Waving, but Drowning

Not Waving, but Drowning

Shares analog_warmth, minimalist, sample_based (production style); gentle, rap, harmonized (vocal style)

Flying Colours

Shares conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); contemplative, soulful, bittersweet (moods)

hopefully !

Shares analog_warmth, live_recording, minimalist (production style); conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion (subgenres)

The Pursuit of HappyNess: The Story of Mickalascage

The Pursuit of HappyNess: The Story of Mickalascage

Shares conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); baritone, spoken_word, gentle (vocal style)

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

Shares contemplative, soulful, defiant (moods); conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres)

Black America Again

Black America Again

Shares conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); rap, gentle, spoken_word (vocal style)

Pieces of a Man

Pieces of a Man

Shares conscious hip-hop, jazz fusion, abstract hip-hop (subgenres); analog_warmth, minimalist, sample_based (production style)

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