Black Thought debuts ‘Good Morning’

Track features Pusha T, Killer Mike and Swizz Beatz

Legendary MC for GRAMMY Award-winning platinum-certified hip-hop luminaries The Roots, Black Thought debuts new track “Good Morning,” featuring Pusha T, Killer Mike and Swizz Beatz via Republic Records. This release marks the second track off of Black Thought’s highly anticipated Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able, which is set for release September 18th.

Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able was produced entirely by Sean C (Jay-Z, Diddy, Pusha T, Joey Bada$$). The 13 track collection sees Black Thought continuing to hone his inimitable and impenetrable improvisation. The project includes features with heavy hitters like Swizz Beatz, Portugal The Man, Pusha T, ScHoolboy Q and The Last Artful, Dodgr. It marks his debut with Republic.

Black Thought’s previously released Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 have set the stage for this next arrival. Volumes 1 & 2 are tastemaker-approved phenomenons, Pitchfork proclaimed it “a small testament to his sustained excellence” as Rolling Stone and more offered praise. In addition to bowing in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Independent Album charts, “9th vs. Thought” and “Twofifteen” both surpassed one million Spotify streams each.

As Co-Founder of The Roots, a critically acclaimed solo artist, actor, writer, producer, and creator, Tariq Trotter — aka Black Thought — has quietly affirmed himself as one of the most prolific, prescient, and powerful voices in hip-hop. Over the course of his career, he has won four GRAMMY Awards and three NCAAP Image Awards. Not only did he deliver eleven applauded albums with The Roots, but the group also joined The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as the house band and now a beloved mainstay of late-night television for over a decade.

Beyond collaborations with everyone from Eminem, John Legend, J Dilla, and Big Pun to Linkin Park, Logic, and Fall Out Boy, he co-produced the multiplatinum GRAMMY Award-winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton. Alongside fellow The Roots co-founder Questlove, he launched the production company Two One Five Entertainment, executive producing the AMC documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America. Teaming up with Academy Award winner John Ridley, he makes his theater debut with the musical Black No More in 2021. His presence has also seamlessly translated into roles in film in television such as HBO’s The Deuce.

Black Thought’s solo career accelerated at full speed with his Streams of Thought series in 2018. Pairing him with a legendary producer for each release, Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 with 9th Wonder generated millions of streams as Pitchfork proclaimed he “is somehow still improving decades after his peers’ primes, which in hip-hop sounds almost as crazy as a professional athlete doing the same.” He joined forces with Salaam Remi on Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 before returning with producer Sean-C for 2020’s Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Abel.

Buddy Iahn
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