Various Artists - Black Panther The Album (Music From & Inspired By) - 2x LP Vinyl

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c0014713
UPC:
602567359562

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Album:
Black Panther The Album (Music From & Inspired By)
Artist:
Various Artists
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
602567359562

Description

A culturally momentous film directed by a black man, featuring a black lead actor and a predominantly black supporting cast, Marvel Studios' Black Panther is augmented with an album powered by Kendrick Lamar. It's an unprecedented convergence of the mainstream film industry with an uncompromising musician thriving commercially and artistically. Director Ryan Coogler sought Lamar out to contribute to the album, but the artist ended up involved with every track, credited in varying combinations as headliner, featured artist, co-songwriter, and co-producer, with long-term producer Sounwave a factor in all but three cuts. Subtitled "Music from and Inspired By," this is not a soundtrack in the strictest sense. Indeed, a significant portion of the content -- from whole tracks like the Travis Scott turn "Big Shot," to the part where Future quotes Juicy J's "Slob on My Knob" -- has no relation to the film, though there's a reflectively militant quality to a high percentage of the verses. Elements that are alternately obvious and subtle, including tribal-futuristic drums, audio-logo-like mentions of character names, and ululations (the last instance via the Weeknd on the despairing but proud finale), are threaded throughout to maintain the connection. They frame Lamar, a central figure as he proclaims his sovereign rank and examines its pitfalls -- not a stretch for him. The set has a major crossover single bid in the form of "All the Stars," an elegantly crafted SZA showcase that sounds at once like a defiant hero's anthem and a love theme. Another canny aspect in the album's assemblage is its inclusion of several artists from South Africa. The most notable appearance is made by Yugen Blakrok, "half-machine" Johannesburg native who boasts of "crushing any system that belittles us," references Millie Jackson, and leaves a pile of smoldering rubble in her wake. Lamar also enlists England's Jorja Smith and James Blake, and a Stateside crew that includes Mozzy, Ab-Soul, and Anderson Paak, as well as SOB x RBE, who, like Coogler, represent the Bay Area. Given the level of the performances, the majority of the guests evidently approached this as a Kendrick Lamar album, not as a soundtrack. Black Panther: The Album serves both purposes well.
A1–Kendrick LamarBlack Panther
A2–Kendrick Lamar, SZA (2)All The Stars
A3–Schoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, Saudi (3)X
B1–Khalid (16), Swae LeeThe Ways
B2–Vince Staples, Yugen BlakrokOpps
B3–Jorja SmithI Am
B4–SOB X RBEParamedic
C1–Ab-Soul, Anderson .Paak, James BlakeBloody Waters
C2–Jay Rock (2), Kendrick Lamar, Future (4), James BlakeKing's Dead
C3–ZacariRedemption Interlude
D1–Zacari, Babes WodumoRedemption
D2–Mozzy, Sjava, Reason (24)Seasons
D3–Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott (2)Big Shot
D4–The Weeknd, Kendrick LamarPray For Me