Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Adrian Younge Presents The Midnight Hour
Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Adrian Younge Presents The Midnight Hour
£34.99
Format: LP, Vinyl
Notes: (2Lp)
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Release date: 13 Jul 2018
Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest and composer Adrian Younge have joined forces to create a 20 track gem of an album that includes contributions from Raphael Saadiq, Questlove, Bilal, Digable Planets’ Ladybug Mecca, among others. The concept for the album was to celebrate the heritage of black creativity in Harlem from its early days in the 1930s. The haunting, filmic opener ‘Black Beacon’ sounds like the theme to an unknown crime drama from the early 70s, the stifled atmosphere of ‘It’s You’ has a basement soul quality while the punchy, stop start groove of ‘Questions’ merges disparate styles well. Luther Vandross’ lilting ‘So Amazing’ is sampled and given fresh twist, the gorgeous, summery ‘Smiling For Me’ features the sweet, easy tones of Karolina while instrumental cuts like ‘Gate 54’, ‘Redneph In B-Minor’ and ‘Better Endeavor’ take their cue from the kind of film score sounds that Mayfield and Hayes excelled at. Eryn Allen Kane’s powerful tones grace the funkier ‘Love Is Free’ while Marsha Ambrosius guests on the superb beat heavy soul of ‘Don’t Keep Me Waiting’. The set is closed out by the superb ghetto funk soundtrack style ‘Ravens’. Excellent, rewarding album a long time in the making.
Track listings:
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01 Black Beacon by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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02 Mare by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft LadyBug Mecca
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03 It’s You by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft aphael Saadiq
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04 Questions by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft CeeLo Green
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05 So Amazing by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Luther Vandross
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06 Gate 54 by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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07 Do It Together by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Bilal
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08 Redneph In B Minor by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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09 Better Endeavor by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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10 Smiling For Me by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Karolina
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11 Don’t Keep Me Waiting by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Marsha Ambrosius
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12 Bitches Do Voodoo by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Angela Muñoz
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13 Possibilities by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Eryn Allen Kane
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14 Mission by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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15 Dans Un Moment D’errance by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Lætitia Sadier, Questlove, Keyon Harrold
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16 Love Is Free by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Eryn Allen Kane
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17 Together Again by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft No I.D., James Poyser
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18 Feel Alive by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Karolina, Loren Oden
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19 There Is No Greater Love by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge ft Loren Oden, Saudia Yasmein
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20 Ravens by Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge
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