GRAMMY-nominated jazz visionary and Doris Duke Artist Award winner Kassa Overall announces his new album CREAM, out digitally, on CD and vinyl September 12 via Warp Records. With CREAM, his fourth solo studio album, Overall pays homage to the twin passions of his youth — hip-hop and jazz drums in the tradition of Elvin Jones.  

CREAM’s debut single, “REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT),” is a burning 15/4 odd-time arrangement of the Digable Planets 90s hip-hop classic, which Overall learned from the inside out during a year on the road opening for the band and touring with them as their drummer. In his version, the conga pattern of the Digable original becomes a drum break, the lyrics “we be to rap what key be to lock” become a drum fill, and the swing feel of the original Art Blakey sample is restored. Overall says, “It nods to Digable Planets’ smooth flow and Art Blakey’s ‘Stretching.’ Knowing the song so well, I was able to flip the script with odd time rhythms and utilize many elements from the original, from vocal parts to production details. This one is high energy and still crispy.” 

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