Album
We're New Here
2011Electronic · Music · Rock · R&B/Soul · Spoken Word · Jazz · Big Band · Bop · Hip-Hop/Rap · Rap · Ambient · Dance · House
The jazz poet's raw urban tales pumped with bass and breakbeats.
Tracks
- 13:26
- 23:11
- 30:27
- 43:31
- 54:27
- 60:09
- 73:09
- 84:17
- 90:28
- 101:16
- 115:43
- 120:49
- 134:42
About this album
Producer Jamie xx reimagines Gil Scott-Heron's final album, I'm New Here, as a beguiling electronic experiment; the Englishman’s sleek, shimmery production turns the jazz-funk poet’s raw urban tales into supple grooves. "I'm New Here" sets Scott-Heron’s husky baritone against a bass-heavy backdrop with high-pitched Gloria Gaynor samples, and "Running" rides on choppy breakbeats and steel drums. The fusion's at its finest with the hypnotic dubstep jam "NY Is Killing Me" and the xx-like house cut "I'll Take Care of U."