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LABEL: Verve CAT NO: 3556165 BARCODE: 0602435561653 Tracklist: 1. WE ARE 2. TELL THE TRUTH 3. CRY 4. I NEED YOU 5. WHATCHUTALKINBOUT 6. BOY HOOD 7. MOVEMENT 11 8. ADULTHOOD 9. MAVIS 10. FREEDOM 11. SHOW ME THE WAY 12. SING 13. UNTIL JON BATISTE We Are LP Black Vinyl WE ARE is a masterfully constructed and visionary album that represents a completely new sonic chapter for Jon Batiste and a new direction for music culture as a whole. Writing, travelling, painting all while inviting some of the most esteemed creative minds to assist in birthing the album he reached the finish line smack in the middle of the first wave of the worldwide pandemic and volatile social unrest. At the end, a masterpiece of Black Pop Music characterized by the consciousness of Marvin Gaye, the grounded optimism of Stevie Wonder, the iconoclasm of Thelonious Monk and the swagger of Mannie Fresh was born. Jon presents a captivating musical experience to the world rooted in catharsis, joy, freedom, contemplation and sensuality. Its a love letter to his southern roots and the heritage of Black Music with guest appearances by Mavis Staples, Quincy Jones, Zadie Smith, PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty, St Augustine Marching 100, his father Michael Batiste, grandfather David Gauthier and many more. It is a meditation steeped in the sounds of the times with collaborators including POMO (Anderson.Paak), Ricky Reed (Lizzo), Jahaan Sweet (Drake, Eminem) and others.