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Immediately inspired, Lamar made the bassist bring in Sa-Ra’s Taz Arnold, who eventually produced “u,” “For Sale (Interlude)” and “Momma.” The sonic direction tilted again after Lamar overheard Thundercat bump a track from the never-released 2006 Sa-Ra album, Black Fuzz. “I played him Miles Davis’ ‘Little Church’ and he was like, ‘What the fuck is this?’ I was like, ‘This is Miles Davis, man - and one of his baddest records.’ He was always like, ‘I gotta come to your house and take this stuff off your hands.'” I tried to inspire him where he inspired me,” Thundercat says between sips of Sprite. “We went down some lines, a little bit of lineage. He’d pull up old records in the studio, furnishing an advanced-level jazz seminar for Lamar: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Mary Lou Williams and Miles Davis. Alpha Centauri by way of South Central.īeyond calculable measures, Thundercat shaped the sound of To Pimp a Butterfly. They’re unmistakable, gurgling, trampoline somersaulting licks that elevate the album’s heavy themes. They’d bring Lamar sketches in passing and eventually it snowballed to where his Stanley Clarke-scoring- Naruto basslines became an integral component of the album. He began collaborating in earnest with TDE in-house producer, Sounwave. He knew my history a little bit, but was also figuring it out how it applied,” Thundercat says. city‘s buzz died down, Lamar’s team called Thundercat to play bass on a track that never made the finished album. “It was part of the process. It was Lotus who convinced Thundercat to sing, make solo records and eventually introduced him to Lamar. The bassist’s influence and instrumentation are all over Lotus’ last three records - last year’s You’re Dead was Rolling Stone‘s dance album of 2014. He’s compared their connection to Jay and Silent Bob - an inseparable duo telepathically bonded over a love of jazz-fusion, anime and South Korean cult films.
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The full scope of Thundercat’s talent only became apparent after meeting Flying Lotus. My bass set up somewhere, curled in the corner playing Xbox or Playstation.” ‘Who’s that black guy with the Afro?'” Thundercat says, laughing. “I was like Billy Preston in the Rolling Stones. Badu eventually plucked him for her live band and New Amerykah studio sessions.
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Thundercat fit right in, playing video games, cracking jokes and sculpting bass lines in endless jams. Everyone from Ty Dolla $ign, Badu and Bilal passed through the sprawling nerve center. When the riots hit, Thundercat remembers going with his dad atop their apartment and watching a crowd torch a nearby gas station.ĭuring the middle of the last decade, Thundercat linked up with Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra and became a permanent fixture at the group’s Silver Lake studio that briefly served as the Los Alamos of the L.A. Their father drummed for Diana Ross and the Temptations, raising the budding jazz prodigies across South Central, Compton and Watts. Before he was old enough to vote, he joined his brother, the similarly prodigious drummer Ronald Bruner Jr., in Suicidal Tendencies.
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Its music was influenced by aspects of funk, jazz and spoken word.Until recently, Thundercat, 30, was a half-secret with a staggering résumé. Boi-1da, Flying Lotus, Terrace Martin, Pharrell Williams, Knxwledge, Sounwave, Thundercat and several other hip hop producers also contributed. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with executive production from Dr. It was released on March 15, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath Entertainment, and distributed by Interscope Records. To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar.