Vinyl LP Features Zadie Smith, Trombone Shorty, Steve Jordan & More!
2022's Most Nominated Artist With 11 Grammy Nominations!
Stereophile: Performance 5/5 Stars / Sonics 5/5 Stars
Analog Planet Rated 9/11 Music, 8/11 Sonics!
2022 Grammy Award Winner:
• Album Of The Year: WE ARE
• Best American Roots Performance: "Cry"
• Best American Roots Song: "Cry"
2022 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Record Of The Year: "Freedom"
• Best Traditional R&B Performance: "I Need You"
• Best R&B Album: WE ARE
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition: "Movement 11'"
Consequence Top 50 Albums Of 2021 - Rated 34/50!
WE ARE is a career-changing album from musician and activist Jon Batiste. WE ARE celebrates Black American culture and music while exploring themes of lineage, authenticity, excellence and evolution. This album is about honoring roots and traditions, while looking forward to the future and constantly evolving. Featuring Mavis Staples, Zadie Smith, PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty, Kizzo, Autumn Rowe, Steve Jordan, and many more...
Batiste's genre-mashing reinforces the album's theme of intergenerational wisdom, and it's also wonderfully fun.
A quick-and-joyous 40 minutes chockablock with feel-good vibes from jump blues to '70s-styled grooves... Batiste is a throwback in the best sense of the word, a sense we need about now.
WE ARE recalls youthful memories, recurring feelings, and his views on the state of society. Consider it a musical autobiography aided by the jazz, R&B, hip hop, and soul he's gathered from his New Orleans childhood.
Features
- Vinyl LP
- Made In Canada
Selections
Side A:
- WE ARE (feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier, Autumn Rowe)
- TELL THE TRUTH
- CRY
- I NEED YOU
- WHATCHUTALKINBOUT
Side B:
- BOY HOOD (feat. PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty)
- MOVEMENT 11'
- ADULTHOOD (feat. Hot 8 Brass Band)
- MAVIS
- FREEDOM
- SHOW ME THE WAY (feat. Zadie Smith)
- SING
- UNTIL