Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are close to releasing an LP from their N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) project. The duo cook the beats, and turned to their enviable contact list to collect a headspinning list of contributors, including Tom Waits, Karen O, Nick Zinner, Spank Rock, David Byrne, M.I.A., RZA, Method Man, George Clinton, Chuck D, John Frusciante, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Yes, ODB, which should give you an idea of how long this thing’s been in gestation. The caught Kanye for this track, “Gifted,” before he discovered his 808 or his heartbreak, so for those who like their Ye served sans autotune, get ready to enjoy lots of lyrics about being under-appreciated (right), linked to Santi defiantly singing about knowing what she’s fighting for (but never telling) by a little bit of Lykke doing studio-snipped syllabic scatting and helping on the hook. It’s mostly a vent session for a trio of ascendant artists to bitch about how it ain’t easy being gifted, y’all, but it’s got those ruptured-tweeter/club-cut synths that the Justice fans take their drugs to and the N.A.S.A. dudes bring an authentic feel so certainly you can dance to it.
And here’s a video for “Money” featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip:
Quite the tracklist:
01 “Intro”
02 “The People Tree” (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab,& Z-Trip)
03 “Money” (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)
04 “NASA Music” (feat. Method Man, E-40, & DJ Swamp)
05 “Way Down” (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)
06 “Hip Hop” (feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre)
07 “Four Rooms, Earth View”
08 “Strange Enough” (feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)
09 “Spacious Thoughts” (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10 “Gifted” (feat. Kanye West and others TBD)
11 “A Volta” (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx)
12 “There’s a Party” (feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13 “Whachadoin?” (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner)
14 “O Pato” (feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Bãboa)
15 “Samba Soul” (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert)
16 “The Mayor” (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface)
17 “N.A.S.A. Anthem”
The Spirit Of Apollo is out in the UK on 2/16 via Anti-.
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Love the vid! Obey Your Giant!
Interesting stuff. I like cool collaborations, even if the music is just OK
My God. What a list of guests. David Byrne, Kanye West, Chuck D, Tom Waits, Karen O, John Frusciante, DJ AM, M.I.A, Method Man, Santogold and George Clinton in the same album?, that’s absolutely MINDBLOWING.
Don’t forget to check out the whole N.A.S.A record, “The Spirit of Apollo” that drops February 17th.
http://www.myspace.com/nasa
i’m so glad this is finally being released… i mean seriously how good is this:
(feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface)
or
(feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
or
(feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)
man…
The Anti- label? I seriously hope they book De La Rocha for at least one verse.
*crosses fingers
I have yet to see recognizable South American artists in this project. It seriously pisses me off how bullshit the name is, it’s all United States + 3 Brazilian dudes. I think there’s even more European artists in there than South Americans. Way to go, first world.
Oh awesome, South America really stands for “The Redneck Side of the US”. How stupid is it that this offends me a lot for being REALLY South American.
Hey whats new? all dem folk complainin about more U.S artists dan S.American are missin da Goddamn point-dis shit is bigger dan North and South America its Universial!! Heavy Dope-put dat in yah pipe an smoke it.