Black Thought served as the musical guest on The Tonight Show earlier this week, where he performed “Glorious Game” from his El Michels Affair joint project of the same name.
No stranger to The Tonight Show being that he’s a member of its house band, The Roots frontman took centerstage on Wednesday (April 27) to shine with his hard-hitting raps.
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Black Thought — rocking a black leather jacket, aviator sunglasses, and a beanie — was flanked by the cinematic soul group with leader Leon Michels on the flute and KIRBY providing her angelic vocals at the rapper’s side.
“You all would be safe but y’all are deep fake/ Too fake for me to waste time/ Too two-faced for me to say ‘Fine’/ I’m the one-man army, Ason/ The baseline is we just ain’t the same kind/ Gloves and mask off, time to blast off/ Baton I’ll pass off, rhyme your ass off,” Black Thought rhymes paying homage to the late ODB.
Watch the clip below:
The 12-track Glorious Game arrived earlier this month and came with few collaborations. Leon Michels recently explained to Bandcamp Daily why they elected to keep the project free of features from rap artists.
“There was a point where we were trying to figure out, ‘Should we get guest MCs on the record?’ We both came to the conclusion these songs were done,” Michels said. “To try and chase any features felt forced. Which speaks more to the fact that we were making it for ourselves, and that it happened quick and it felt finished.”
As far as what’s ahead, Black Thought is putting the finishing touches on his upcoming solo album Streams of Thought Vol. 4, which is exclusively produced by 14KT.
The project is shaping up to be a star-studded affair with features from Rick Ross, J.I.D, Redman, Pharoahe Monch, Fabolous, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y and Tobe Nwigwe.
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But Thought is particularly excited about his song with the artist formerly known as Mos Def, which he believes will “represent a seismic shift in the game.”
