There have been legends about NASA (North America South America) bringing together a stellar cast for an upcoming album. NASA consists of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon at the helm and their exploration team consists of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Karen O & Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), David Byrne (Talking Heads), Rza, George Clinton, Method Man, Cee-Lo, Tom Waits, M.I.A., E40, KRS-One, Lovefoxxx (C.S.S.), Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Fatlip (Pharcyde), and Slim Kid Tre (Pharcyde), Money Mark, Chali 2na (Jurassic 5), John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), De La Soul, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Spank Rock, Sean Lennon, Seu Jorge, DJ Relm, Kool Keith, Kool Kojak, Dj Swamp, and more! Hot damn that’s a galaxy of blindingly hot stars! Well, those are the band members listed on their musicSPACE page anyway. Well, the team is ready to launch the party onto wax and the upcoming album includes many of these peeps paired with each other in the interest of discovering new worlds.
NASA Tracklist:
Intro
The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, and Z-Trip]
NASA Music [ft. E-40, Method Man, and DJ Swamp]
Way Down [ft. RZA, John Frusciante, and Barbie Hatch]
Hip Hop [ft. KRS-One, Fatlip, and Slim Kid Tre]
Four Rooms, Earth View
Money [ft. David Byrne, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo, and Z-Trip]
Strange Enough [ft. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Fatlip]
Samba Hey (Portuguese Version) [ft. Seu Jorge]
A Volta [ft. Lovefoxxx, Amanda Blank, and Sizzla]
The Ultimate [ft. Fatlip and Gift of Gab]
Spacious Thoughts [ft. Tom Waits and Kool Keith]
Electric Flowers [ft. RZA and Nina Persson]
There’s a Party [ft. George Clinton]
O Pato [ft. Kool Kojak]
Whachadoin? [ft. M.I.A., Spank Rock, and Nick Zinner]
Samba Soul [ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Qbert]
I Am God [ft. Kool Kojak]
Outro
Pitchf*#k posted this killer NASA megamix on imeem:
Megamix Tracklist:
01 The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, and Z-Trip]
02 Strange Enough [ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip]
03 NASA Music [ft. Method Man, E-40, and DJ Swamp]
04 Money [ft. David Byrne, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo, and Z-Trip]
05 There’s a Party [ft. George Clinton]
06 Way Down [ft. RZA, Barbie Hatch, and John Frusciante]
NME today posted an excellent interview with the phenomonauts behind NASA. They discuss what it was like to track down and work with all these different artists and how it came together. Check it out…
NASA LINKS
NASA reveal details on NME
NASA SPACE
NASA on pitchf*#k
NASA on imeem
It’s funny, this album immediately made me think of Wave Twisters by Qbert, and I was already looking it up on youTube before I noticed that Qbert is on the NASA album… subliminal messages from space!
Wave Twisters - an excerpt:
To see more of Wave Twisters, click on the video page (in the menu bar at the top of this page). There you will find a video playlist of this week’s hits.
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