Black Radio

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rollingstone

On Black Radio, pianist Robert Glasper heads down the fraught path of hip-hop jazz and gets it right. The "experiment" spirit pervades the entire album, informing everything from song structures to production. Essential, too, are Chris Dave's crackling drum grooves, and the depth of  tradition: Erykah Badu wriggling into the soul-jazz standard "Afro Blue," Lupe […]