''Black Radio'' is the fifth studio album by American jazz pianist/hip hop producer

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, recorded with his electric quartet, the Robert Glasper Experiment. Released on February 28, 2012, on the

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label, the album won

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at the

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and also received a nomination for

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from the album cut "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)", which featured R&B singer

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, in February 2013.

Track listing

;Notes *"Afro Blue" cover as performed by

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. *"Cherish the Day" cover as performed by

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. *"Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" additional vocals of "F.T.B." from album ''

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'' as performed by Robert Glasper. *"Letter to Hermione" cover as performed by

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. *"Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover as performed by

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. *"A Love Supreme" cover as performed by

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. *"Twice" cover as performed by

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''Black Radio Recovered: The Remix EP''

Personnel

The Robert Glasper Experiment *Robert Glasper — Keyboards, Piano, Fender Rhodes (Exc. tracks 10, 11), synthesizer (track 10), arrangements (tracks 2, 11, 12) * Casey Benjamin — Vocoder (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 12), flute (tracks 2, 11), saxophone (tracks 3, 6, 9, 10), synthesizer (tracks 3–5, 12), arrangement (track 8) *

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— Bass *

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— Drums, percussion *Jahi Sundance — Turntables (tracks 1, 8, 10, 12) *

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— Percussion (track 9) Featured Artists *Shafiq Husayn — Vocals (track 1) *

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— Vocals (track 2, Remix EP track 1) *

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— Vocals (track 3, 12) *

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— Vocals (track 4, 11, Remix EP track 5) *Lupe Fiasco — Vocals (track 4) *Ledisi — Vocals (track 5) *KING (track 6) **Anita Bias — Vocals **Amber Strother — Vocals **Paris Strother — Keyboards *Chrisette Michele — Vocals (track 7) *Musiq Soulchild — Vocals, snapping (track 7) *MeShell Ndegeocello — Vocals (track 8, Remix EP track 3) *Stokley Williams — Vocals (track 9), percussion (tracks 9, 12) *Yasiin Bey — Vocals (track 10, Remix EP track 2) *Hindi Zahra — Vocals (European bonus tracks) *Phonte — Vocals (Remix EP track 1) *Solange Knowles — Vocals (Remix EP track 4) *The Roots — (Remix EP track 4) *Black Milk — Vocals (Remix EP track 5) *9th Wonder — Remixing (Remix EP track 1) *Pete Rock — Remixing (Remix EP track 2) *Georgia Anne Muldrow — Remixing (Remix EP track 3) *?uestlove — Remixing (Remix EP track 4) *DJ Jewels Baby — Remixing (Remix EP track 5) Production *Recorded at Threshold, Los Angeles, CA, by Keith Lewis, assisted by Todd Bergman. *Vocals and piano for "Afro Blue" recorded by Max Ross at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY. *Mixed by

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at Flying Dread STudios, Venice, CA. *Mastering by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. *Produced by Robert Glasper, except track 7 co-produced by Bryan-Michael Cox *Nicole Hegeman — Executive producer, production coordination, management *Eli Wolf — Executive producer, A&R *Vincent Bennett — Management *Gordon H. Jee — Art direction *Giuliyani — Original artwork on cover *Michael Schreiber — Photography *Jewell Green — Photography *Cognito — Photography *Angelika Beener — Liner notes

Charts

Original charts

Remix charts

Year-end charts

References

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