Yasiin Gaye - This Means You feat. Talib Kweli (Prod. Amerigo Gazaway)
Channel: Soul Mates Records
Date: 2020-02-11

Shifting focus for the second installment of "Yasiin Gaye", Amerigo aimed to highlight the often overlooked accomplishments of Marvin Gaye's role as the producer. 

"I wanted to build this side from more of Marvin's original production work. He was doing a lot of what we do now, in terms of looping and pulling samples from other pre-recorded sessions decades before hip-hop made it common practice to do so. This also gave me the room to feature other artist [Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Talib, etc.] and re-present those classic Mos [Def] versus in a new context." 

Download the album here: https://soulmatesproject.bandcamp.com/album/yasiin-gaye-the-return

Download instrumentals here:https://soulmatesproject.bandcamp.com/album/yasiin-gaye-the-return-instrumentals

Download "Yasiin Gaye: The Departure" (Part One) here: https://soulmatesproject.bandcamp.com/album/yasiin-gaye-the-departure

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Tracklist: 

01. Intro Theme (The Return)
02. Travellin' Man Pt. II (Distant Lovers Mix)
03. Undeniable feat. The Temptations
04. Ghetto Rock feat. Chuck Berry
05. Sex, Love & Money
06. RE: Introduction 
07. This Means You feat. Talib Kweli 
08. Anna's Love Song
09. Living For The Funk feat. Toshi 
10. Modern Marvel Pt. I
11. High Drama feat. Mike Zoot 
12. B Stands For Beef  
13. A Message To The People 
14. There is a Way
15. Climb (Interlude) 
16. Modern Marvel Pt. II 
17. Umi Says  
18. End Credits feat. Andy Flory 
19. Ms. Fat Booty Pt. II feat. Ghostface Killah (Bonus Track)

Soul Mates Series: 

Amerigo Gazaway's *Soul Mates* series continues the theme of his previous work in creating collaborations that never were. On the series' latest installment, Amerigo unites Brooklyn rapper Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and soul legend Marvin Gaye for a dream collaboration aptly titled "Yasiin Gaye". Building the album's foundation from deconstructed samples of Gaye's Motown classics, Gazaway re-purposes the instrumentation into new productions within a similar framework. Carefully weaving Bey's tangled raps and Gaye's soulful vocals over his new arrangements, the producer delivers a quality much closer to an authentic collaboration than a lukewarm "mashup" album. 

Produced by: Amerigo Gazaway 
Executive Producer: Rickey Mindlin 
Album Artwork by: Drew Dernavich 
DIY Acapellas by: The Goodwill Projects 

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