2020 release. Seattle-raised, Brooklyn-residing Kassa Overall is a jazz musician, emcee, singer, producer, and drummer. His second, full-length album, I Think I'm Good, is the work of an artist whose voice has ripened to it's own hard-earned, provocative conclusions, erasing the need to talk about dissolving barriers between hip hop and jazz because he has begun a new conversation. I Think I'm Good is a window into the real life of Overall, a Bushwick-based artist wrestling with the abhorrent American prison system, the ebbs and flows of romantic relationships, and perils of trust, all seen through the kaleidoscopic lens of a brilliant 21st century composer. The backdrop to these varied themes is Overall confronting his experience with mental illness, which included a manic episode and subsequent hospitalisation when he was a student. Themes of incarceration and claustrophobia weave through the record, but never drown out the feeling of a fragile but vital hope.
2 Please Don't Kill Me (Feat. Joel Ross & Theo Croker)
3 Find Me (Feat. J Hoard)
4 I Know You See Me (Feat. J Hoard & Melanie Charles)
5 Sleeping on the Train
6 Show Me a Prison (Feat. J Hoard & Angela Davis)
7 Halfway House
8 Landline (Feat. Carlos Overall)
9 Darkness in Mind (Feat. Sullivan Fortner)
10 The Best of Life (Feat. Aaron Parks) [Explicit]
11 Got Me a Plan
12 Was She Happy (For Geri Allen) [Feat. Vijay Iyer]
2020 release. Seattle-raised, Brooklyn-residing Kassa Overall is a jazz musician, emcee, singer, producer, and drummer. His second, full-length album, I Think I'm Good, is the work of an artist whose voice has ripened to it's own hard-earned, provocative conclusions, erasing the need to talk about dissolving barriers between hip hop and jazz because he has begun a new conversation. I Think I'm Good is a window into the real life of Overall, a Bushwick-based artist wrestling with the abhorrent American prison system, the ebbs and flows of romantic relationships, and perils of trust, all seen through the kaleidoscopic lens of a brilliant 21st century composer. The backdrop to these varied themes is Overall confronting his experience with mental illness, which included a manic episode and subsequent hospitalisation when he was a student. Themes of incarceration and claustrophobia weave through the record, but never drown out the feeling of a fragile but vital hope.
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