Amerigo Gazaway’s “Soul Mates” series continues the theme of his previous work in creating collaborations that never were. On the series’ latest installment, Amerigo unites Brooklyn rapper Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and soul legend Marvin Gaye for a dream collaboration aptly titled “Yasiin Gaye”. Building the album’s foundation from deconstructed samples of Gaye’s Motown classics, Gazaway re-purposes the instrumentation into new productions within a similar framework. Carefully weaving Bey’s tangled raps and Gaye’s soulful vocals over his new arrangements, the producer delivers a quality much closer to an authentic collaboration than a lukewarm “mashup” album.
Tracklist:
01. Intro Theme (The Departure) 0:00 02. Inner City Travellin’ Man 0:55 03. Definition of Infinity feat. Talib Kweli 7:02 04. I Want You ’Til The Summertime 11:44 06. The Panties feat. Teddy Pendergrass 24:11 08. Peculiar Mathematics 34:14 09. T Plays a Cool Loop feat. Andy Flory 40:37 10. Time (To Get It Together) 43:16 11. Inner City Breathin’ feat. Tammi Terrell 47:52 12. Two Worlds feat. Kanye West 53:28 13. Soul Mates Radio feat. The Black Astronauts 56:17
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