UPCOMING TOUR DATES 2/12 – KCRW Presents The MojaMoja Pre-Grammy Awards Brunch (w/ Flying Lotus, Bilal, etc) At The W Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA 2/12 – Bootleg Theater - Los Angeles, CA 2/14 – The Casbah – San Diego, CA 2/17 – Salon Vive Cuervo – Mexico City 2/18 – Elbo Room – San Francisco, CA 2/19 – The New Parish – Oakland, CA 2/20 – The Sol Collective – Sacramento, CA 4/09 - Vive Latino Festival – Mexico City
Track Listing: 1. Cake And Eat It Too 2. Restart 3. All Matter 4. Flying 5. Levels 6. Little One 7. Move On 8. Robots 9. The Dollar 10. Who Are You 11. Think It Over
PRE-ORDER FOR SHIPMENT ON 9/14/2010!! (VINYL COMES WITH A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD) or Download via iTunes
B.B. King Blues Club and Grill New York, NY Sat, Sep 18, 2010 08:00 PM Onsale to General Public Start: Fri, 06/18/10 12:00 PM EDT Tickets STANDING ROOM ONLY US $25.00
A provocative genre-bending album that dissects love, politics and relationships, Airtight’s Revenge demonstrates the Philly-bred singer’s growth as an artist. “It’s a mix of jazz, hip-hop, soul, blues, and experimental free music,” says Bilal. The differences in economical social classes inspired the track “Robots,” which scrutinizes societal and governmental effects on people. After watching the 2007 documentary, “Zeitgeist: The Movie,” Bilal wrote “Who R U.” “Of all religions, I drive to be human,” says Bilal. At the end of the day, we are all one. We need to connect with the spiritual side of ourselves; we don’t need to inflict that on others. It’s OK to have free thought. “Little Ones,” a smooth track with a soulful sound is dedicated to his sons. “My youngest son has Sickle Cell and my oldest son has Autism. This song is for them,” stated Bilal. Steve McKie (Jill Scott, Estelle, Kindred, Vivian Green) co-produced the album with Bilal, recorded in Philadelphia, Virginia and Los Angeles. The album also features production by Nottz (Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Drake), 88 Keys (Mos Def, Macy Gray, Musiq Soulchild), Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra and Tone Whitefield.
A classically trained vocal veteran, Bilal released his debut album 1st Born Second in 2001, which boasted the popular single “Soul Sista.” The follow-up, Love for Sale (2006), was shelved but leaked entirely online yet was well received to fans and music critics and has become an underground classic. In the following years, Bilal has collaborated and performed with some of the industry’s most prominent artists including, Beyonce (Fighting Temptations), Common (Like Water for Chocolate, Electric Circus, Be, Finding Forever), Jay-Z (American Gangster), Erykah Badu (New Amerykah Part One, New Amerykah Part Two), Robert Glasper (All Matter), Boney James (Better With Time), Musiq (Soulstar) and The Roots among others. He also covered Radiohead’s “High & Dry” for the 2006 Radiohead tribute, Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads. Bilal also appears in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party.
