I really liked the Kassa Overall I'd bought before, but the new album 'I Think I'm Good' is really fantastic:
https://kassaoverall.bandcamp.com/album/i-think-im-good
Rooted in jazz (or at least jazz drumming), but rarely does it sound like jazz-hip-hop or even jazz-sample-based hip-hop per se. It's more of a song suite, moderately experimental but also accessible, and habit-forming (I've found myself playing it three times running). Interpolates Outkast and Chopin. Give it 40 minutes and you'll be rewarded.
― Soundslike, Friday, 13 March 2020 01:47 (five years ago)
Nice article on this artist making a wholly original artistic breakthrough at age 37, deep into a career when he could've been a gigging sideman:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/certified/certified-kassa-overall-i-think-im-good
― Soundslike, Friday, 13 March 2020 01:55 (five years ago)
I'm sure it's bad form to bump a no-response thread. . .
But seriously, this album is really something special that I know a lot of ILXers would love--too good to be missed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JDgr739ZMk&list=OLAK5uy_n8PM6jDgGgY0kLQZ7iYU4khHUrBH_rcYs
― Soundslike, Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:33 (five years ago)
I think voodoo chili had this on his rolling favorites list, iirc. I haven't gotten to it yet, but it's on my pile!
― rob, Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:52 (five years ago)
I interviewed him at the beginning of the year.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 4 April 2020 16:12 (five years ago)
Very cool, thanks for linking, Unperson!
― Soundslike, Saturday, 4 April 2020 16:32 (five years ago)
rob is correct, i do love this.
― fauci wally (voodoo chili), Saturday, 4 April 2020 19:24 (five years ago)
finally listening to his previous album go get ice cream and listen to jazz. it's a bit lighter on its feet and more of a piece with contemporary hip-hop flavored jazz (and vice versa?) than i think i'm good, which feels more like it's own thing. but it is similarly excellent, and showcases his drumming chops a bit more.
i think i'm good is gonna land pretty high on my eventual year-end list, there's nothing like it.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:02 (four years ago)
new live session with some i think i'm good material, sounds fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlxmdr2WVng
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 15:13 (three years ago)
new album out today. guests are bigger (shabazz palaces, danny brown, nick hakim, laura mvula), but idk if the singles had the same spark as most of i think i'm good, which was my favorite album of 2020
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 May 2023 13:46 (two years ago)
It's a bit scattered but cool I guess. He'll be here as part of a jazz fest next month, I should probably go see him huh.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Friday, 26 May 2023 15:18 (two years ago)
He’s coming my way too. Playing on a bill with dc go-go I think
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 May 2023 18:13 (two years ago)
this is coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P68mg5Lm3Jk
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Thursday, 31 July 2025 15:25 (two days ago)