Glorious Game
Label | Big Crown Records – BC122-LP |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album |
Barcode | 0349223012217 |
Country | US |
Released | 14 Apr 2023 |
Genre | Hip Hop, Funk / Soul |
Style | Soul, Funk |
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, four EMA studio albums and scores of tribute and remix projects later - all while producing for some of the biggest names in the industry - Michels hastrademarked 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.
A1 | Grateful | |
A2 | Glorious Game | |
A3 | I'm Still Somehow | |
A4 | Hollow Way | |
A5 | Protocol | |
A6 | The Weather | |
B1 | That Girl | |
B2 | I Would Never | |
B3 | Alone | |
B4 | Miracle | |
B5 | Glorious Game (Reprise) | |
B6 | Alter Ego |
Artwork [Ice Sculpture] – Shintaro Okamoto
Bass – Tony Martin
Drums – Eric Hagstrom
Drums – Homer Steinweiss
Drums, Bass – Nick Movshon
Engineer, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Flute, Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals – Leon Michels
Graphic Design – J Bonner
Guitar – Paul Spring
Keyboards – Marco Benevento
Mastered By – Alex DeTurk
Mixed By, Engineer – Jens Jungkurth
Photography – Sesse Lind
Producer [Additional] – Brainstory (A1)
Producer [Additional], Guitar, Keyboards – Paul Castelluzzo (A6)
Trumpet – Dave Guy
Vocals – Kevin Martin
Vocals – Lady Wray
Matrix / Runout (Side B) – BC122-LP B MASTERDISK
Barcode – 349223012217