{"product_id":"theo-croker-blk2life-a-future-past-2","title":"Theo Croker- BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery trip needs a guide. Through the trumpet, \u003cstrong\u003eTheo Croker\u003c\/strong\u003e narrates a human story rooted in intimate experience, yet cognizant of cosmic consciousness. The GRAMMY\u003cstrong\u003e\u003csup\u003e®\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAward-nominated artist, producer, composer, thought leader, influencer, and tastemaker unpacks moments of heroism, trials, tribulations, awakenings, and apotheosis within a musical pastiche brought to life by a myriad of fellow cultural renegades and threaded together by his playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis journey unfolds in technicolor on his sixth full-length offering, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cu\u003eBLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This record was composed like a film score,”\u003c\/em\u003e Croker explains\u003cem\u003e. “I want the listener to feel like they are in the movie.”\u003c\/em\u003e The narrative is an affirmation of the hero’s creative identity. A reclamation of the culture, for the culture. \u003cem\u003e“Our hero receives a transmission (sent from his ancestors while in meditation) that sets him on a mission to raise the planet's vibrations through music that defies the confines of a ‘genre’ and frees the culture from the imminent threat of commercial gentrification. \u003cstrong\u003eBLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST\u003c\/strong\u003e is meant to be a deeply impactful, personal experience for the listener. One that you can also dance to - it is Black music after all.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoining Croker on the new 13-track project are \u003cstrong\u003eAri Lennox\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCharlotte Dos Santos\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGary Bartz\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eIman Omari\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKassa Overall\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMalaya\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eWyclef Jean\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCroker introduces the album with the first single “\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eState Of The Union 444 || BLK2THEFUTURE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e” [feat. 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Instead of putting it aside, I really saw who I was as a human being, how I receive and treat people, and how I understand the world and how it understands me. I fully believe in myself as an artist, as a creator, as a friend, as a family member, and as a human being. I am who I am—and I like it. This music is me\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4KNOWLEDGE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoul Call || Vibrate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Be (Prelude)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Part of Me (feat. Ari Lennox)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnthem (feat. Gary Bartz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLucid Dream (feat. Charlotte Dos Santos)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere Will You Go (feat. Kassa Overall)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo More Maybe (feat. Iman Omari)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappy Feet (for dancers) (feat. 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