Show Me a Prison
Context
Sixth track of the album I Think I'm Good, the second record by drummer, rapper and producer Kassa Overall, released on Brownswood Recordings on February 28, 2020. The track features the voice of J Hoard and a voice message from Angela Davis, over a sampled piano by Craig Taborn. The album, blending politically engaged hip-hop and jazz, was ranked among the best records of 2020 by The Guardian and Les Inrockuptibles.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz, Renaissances (Los Angeles, London). Among the origins and influences of Acid jazz, jazz-rap, nu jazz: Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Dutch jazz.