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{"id":8950982148346,"title":"El Michels Affair \u0026 Black Thought \/\/ Glorious Game LP [COLOR]","handle":"el-michels-affair-black-thought-glorious-game-lp-color-1","description":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカのプロデューサーLeon Michels率いるネオソウルバンドEl Michels AffairとラッパーBlack Thoughtが、2023年に同国NYのソウルレーベルBig Crownからリリースした共作アルバムです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eヒップホップ〜ネオソウル〜インディーポップ12曲を収録。スカイハイカラー盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zz5Xqso7tCI?si=ewzxQGW_5CjVmuWJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/bcr\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/bcr\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Big Crown Records releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" 'sky high' color vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Grateful 02:51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e2. Glorious Game 03:53\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3. I'm Still Somehow 02:04\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e4. Hollow Way 02:24\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e5. Protocol 02:56\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e6. The Weather 02:59\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e7. That Girl 02:10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e8. I Would Never 02:43\u003cbr\u003e9. Miracle 02:32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e10. Alone 02:06\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e11. Glorious Game (Reprise) 01:23\u003cbr\u003e12. Alter Ego 03:10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText excerpt by Big Crown Records:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e[...] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eReleasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called Glorious Game and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him. Michels and Black Thought have been in each other's orbit for a while now. The two first met in the 2000s when Thought was first getting familiar with the contemporary soul scene. \"Out of that whole world, Menahan Street Band was probably my favorite,\" recalling the funk and soul group\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Michels was a founding member of back in 2007. Fast forward a few years and musicians from that collective—Dave Guy on trumpet and Ian Hendrickson-Smith on sax —are now full time players with The Roots. This connection eventually led Leon and Thought to doing a few fundraising events around NYC and Philly together. \"Before long, Black Thought was coming around the studio and would jam with us from time to time,\" Michels explains. \"Then, fast forward to 2020 and COVID lockdowns, he just hit me up out of the blue, wanting me to send him stuff to write to. We both were looking to stay busy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing that Black Thought is the co-founder and emcee for, hands down, the best live-band group in hip-hop. Michels took a decidedly different approach to this project and instead of sending recorded tracks of live compositions, he pulled out the sampler and sampled himself and some records from his collection. \"I'm a big fan of soul music,\" as if Michels has to remind us. \"And part of hip-hop's appeal to me has always been the sample-based production\" For Glorious Game, Michels would make wholly composed and recorded soul songs in his studio, sample himself, then chop and\/or loop up his sounds and create instrumentals for Black Thought. On some tracks he took a more traditional hip-hop approach, starting from samples of other people’s music but then adding live instrumentation on top. But for the most part, it's him reinterpreting his own compositions into something new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and fluctuate enough for Black Thought to flex on. \"What I write about is determined by the equation of the producer's energy and my energy,\" Black Thought says. \"It's about where we meet.\" So armed with Michels sampled and re-sampled soul cinematics, Black Thought rhymes through personal memories and distinctive perspectives, all dripping with visuals. [...]\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : El Michels Affair \u0026amp; Black Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Big Crown Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBCR122lp-C2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-10-11T10:03:04+09:00","created_at":"2025-10-09T09:49:53+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["big crown records","folk \/ left-field pop","hiphop \/ funk","lp","new"],"price":358000,"price_min":358000,"price_max":358000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47805550723322,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"El Michels Affair \u0026 Black Thought \/\/ Glorious Game LP [COLOR]","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":358000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"349223012255","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam_7fdcc65f-3105-4264-8e80-81c17bd28dd0.jpg?v=1759970793","\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam2_38a9241d-ae73-48a8-a876-3e7ede0ebc7c.jpg?v=1759970793"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam_7fdcc65f-3105-4264-8e80-81c17bd28dd0.jpg?v=1759970793","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":37042443944186,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"width":700,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam_7fdcc65f-3105-4264-8e80-81c17bd28dd0.jpg?v=1759970793"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam_7fdcc65f-3105-4264-8e80-81c17bd28dd0.jpg?v=1759970793","width":700},{"alt":null,"id":37042443976954,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"width":1200,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam2_38a9241d-ae73-48a8-a876-3e7ede0ebc7c.jpg?v=1759970793"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1200,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/gam2_38a9241d-ae73-48a8-a876-3e7ede0ebc7c.jpg?v=1759970793","width":1200}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eアメリカのプロデューサーLeon Michels率いるネオソウルバンドEl Michels AffairとラッパーBlack Thoughtが、2023年に同国NYのソウルレーベルBig Crownからリリースした共作アルバムです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eヒップホップ〜ネオソウル〜インディーポップ12曲を収録。スカイハイカラー盤です。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zz5Xqso7tCI?si=ewzxQGW_5CjVmuWJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/bcr\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/bcr\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Big Crown Records releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e----------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" 'sky high' color vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Grateful 02:51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e2. Glorious Game 03:53\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e3. I'm Still Somehow 02:04\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e4. Hollow Way 02:24\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e5. Protocol 02:56\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e6. The Weather 02:59\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e7. That Girl 02:10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e8. I Would Never 02:43\u003cbr\u003e9. Miracle 02:32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e10. Alone 02:06\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e11. Glorious Game (Reprise) 01:23\u003cbr\u003e12. Alter Ego 03:10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText excerpt by Big Crown Records:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e[...] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eReleasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called Glorious Game and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him. Michels and Black Thought have been in each other's orbit for a while now. The two first met in the 2000s when Thought was first getting familiar with the contemporary soul scene. \"Out of that whole world, Menahan Street Band was probably my favorite,\" recalling the funk and soul group\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e Michels was a founding member of back in 2007. Fast forward a few years and musicians from that collective—Dave Guy on trumpet and Ian Hendrickson-Smith on sax —are now full time players with The Roots. This connection eventually led Leon and Thought to doing a few fundraising events around NYC and Philly together. \"Before long, Black Thought was coming around the studio and would jam with us from time to time,\" Michels explains. \"Then, fast forward to 2020 and COVID lockdowns, he just hit me up out of the blue, wanting me to send him stuff to write to. We both were looking to stay busy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeing that Black Thought is the co-founder and emcee for, hands down, the best live-band group in hip-hop. Michels took a decidedly different approach to this project and instead of sending recorded tracks of live compositions, he pulled out the sampler and sampled himself and some records from his collection. \"I'm a big fan of soul music,\" as if Michels has to remind us. \"And part of hip-hop's appeal to me has always been the sample-based production\" For Glorious Game, Michels would make wholly composed and recorded soul songs in his studio, sample himself, then chop and\/or loop up his sounds and create instrumentals for Black Thought. On some tracks he took a more traditional hip-hop approach, starting from samples of other people’s music but then adding live instrumentation on top. But for the most part, it's him reinterpreting his own compositions into something new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and fluctuate enough for Black Thought to flex on. \"What I write about is determined by the equation of the producer's energy and my energy,\" Black Thought says. \"It's about where we meet.\" So armed with Michels sampled and re-sampled soul cinematics, Black Thought rhymes through personal memories and distinctive perspectives, all dripping with visuals. [...]\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : El Michels Affair \u0026amp; Black Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Big Crown Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBCR122lp-C2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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