Jon Batiste Reaches New Artistic Heights on Double LP!
Featuring Lil Wayne, Kenny G, Lana Del Rey, Jon Bellion & More!
2024 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Record Of The Year: "Worship"
• Album Of The Year: World Music Radio
• Song Of The Year: "Butterfly"
• Best Jazz Performance: "Movement 18' (Heroes)"
• Best American Roots Performance: "Butterfly"
World Music Radio is the 2023 musical transmission from GRAMMY® and Oscar® winner Jon Batiste, following his acclaimed hit record WE ARE. This concept album stars Batiste as interstellar traveling griot DJ Billy Bob Bo Bob who examines popular music from around the globe on a radio broadcast to the rest of the universe — begging the question, isn't all music, world music?
Inspired by his decades-long study of music and culture, World Music Radio is a sonic passport for the ears, seeing Batiste reach new artistic heights with global collaborators Jon Bellion, Lil Wayne, Fireboy DML, J.I.D, Camilo, NewJeans and others — blurring the sonic boundaries known as "genre" and transforming your Tuesday morning into Saturday night.
With 2023's World Music Radio, [Batiste] again seeks to heal across boundaries, crafting a soul- and dance-infused album that feels like something Stevie Wonder might have made in the 1980s, but colored by his own distinctive blend of contemporary pop and jazz harmonies.
Features
- Double LP
- Bonus Track
- Gatefold Jacket
Selections
Side A:
- Hello, Billy Bob
- Raindance (feat. Native Soul)
- Be Who You Are (feat. J.I.D, NewJeans, Camilo)
- Worship
Side B:
- My Heart (feat. Rita Payés)
- Drink Water (feat. Jon Bellion, Fireboy DML)
- Calling Your Name
- Clair De Lune (feat. Kenny G)
- Butterfly
Side C:
- 17th Ward Prelude
- Uneasy (feat. Lil Wayne)
- CALL NOW (504-305-8269) (feat. Michael Batiste)
- Chassol
- MOVEMENT 18' (Heroes)
- Master Power
Side D:
- Running Away (feat. Leigh-Anne)
- Goodbye, Billy Bob
- White Space
- Wherever You Are
- Life Lesson (feat. Lana Del Rey) [Bonus Track]