The Roots’ Black Thought has announced a new EP. Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel is produced by Sean C and features appearances from PUSHA-T, Killer Mike, Swizz Beatz, Portugal. The Man, ScHoolboy Q, and more. The EP is out July 31 and its first single, “Thought vs. Everybody” will arrive July 10. Checkout the tracklist and cover art by Khari Turner below.
Earlier this year, it was announced that Black Thought will provide music and lyrics for a stage adaptation of George S. Schuyler’s 1931 novel Black No More. Black Thought performed one of these tracks and “Nature of the Beast” on NPR’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series.
The first two installments in Black Thoughts’ Streams of Thought series arrived in 2018.
Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of the Roots’ Things Fall Apart.
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel EP:
01 I’m Not Crazy (First Contact)
02 State Prisoner
03 Good Morning [ft. Swizz Beatz, PUSHA-T and Killer Mike]
04 Magnificent
05 Experience (Interlude)
06 Quiet Trip [ft. Portugal. The Man and The Last Artful, Dodgr]
07 Nature of the Beast [ft. Portugal. The Man and The Last Artful, Dodgr]
08 We Should Be Good [ft. C.S. Armstrong]
09 Steak Um [ft. ScHoolboy Q]
10 Thought vs. Everybody
11 Ghetto Boyz & Girls [ft. C.S. Armstrong]
12 Fuelt [ft. Portugal. The Man and The Last Artful, Dodgr]
13 I’m Not Crazy (Outro)