A lot of artists have taken their talents to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert to show off their skills in a intimate setting.
The latest to take part in the series is T.I., who was joined by a group of young musicians from an Atlanta non-profit called Atlanta Music Project. The men helped TIP run through some of his classics like “Rubber Band Man,” “What You Know,” and “Live Your Life.”
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Along with Travis Scott and YG, Mac Miller also released an album last Friday called ‘Swimming’. Although the other two releases may have overshadowed his latest offering, that’s not stopping Mac from making his rounds to promote it.
Mac took NPR’s music headquarters for an appearance on the network’s “Tiny Desk Concert.” Joined by his band and Thundercat, the Pittsburgh rapper ran through some of his ‘Swimming’ singles like “Small Worlds,” “What’s the Use?,” and “2009.”
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NPR has been making a lot of noise with their “Tiny Desk Concert” series. For the latest edition the news & entertainment outlet nabbed Tyler, The Creator to perform some of his latest singles off his GRAMMY-nominated ‘Flower Boy’ album.
Backed up by a complete live band and backup singers draped in all-white, Tyler kicked things off by performing “Boredom” and followed that with “See You Again.” He then apologized for not being a talented single as he sang Kali Uchis’ part.
“Excuse my voice,” he said as the crowd laughed. “I can’t sing but I don’t fucking care because it feels good like a warm shower, I think.”
For the finale Tyler performed “Glitter,” and then gave a brief speech before walking off.
“That was cool. I guess we’re done. Thanks.” Before walking away, he continued with his speech. “I’ve only worked with one band and I fucking hated it and I’ve always hated rap music with bands I wanna hear 808s and not an Incubus kick drum.”
According to NPR this was the first time the performance was filmed at night. NPR said it was per Tyler’s request.
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National Public Radio (NPR) has been bringing in some very talented guests to perform their intimate “Tiny Desk Concert.” Since the concert series began, The Roots have been in high demand and a performance from the legendary Philly group is was long overdue until now.
The Roots, who perform every night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” took a break from the night show to give their own performance. Performing an extended version of “It Ain’t Fair,” the group comprised of Black Thought, Bilal, Questlove, and others handled their business.
Performers included: Curtis L. Jones Jr (Trombone), Arnetta Johnson (Trumpet), Hiruy E. Tirfe (Sax), Richard L. Tate II (Sax), Joseph Streater (Trumpet), Norman J. Bradshaw (Trombone), Damon Bryson (Sousaphone), Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson (Drums), Tarik (Black Thought) Trotter (Emcee), Bilal Oliver (Vocals).
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In preparation for his upcoming “Long Live the Chief Tour,” Jidenna took over NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series and ran through some of his classics.
Rocking a black Brooklyn Nets cap, Ray Ban Wayfarers, a dark grey shirt, and his notorious cane, Jidenna picked used some of the props and toys provided as he gave impromptu renditions of tracks off his debut album, ‘The Chief’.
“It’s a pleasure and honor to be here with y’all,” he said during his introduction. “I didn’t know there were so many of you that worked here, but it makes sense because you truly are a beacon of light for, not just radio, but information in this information age. Long live NPR, long live ‘Tiny Desk,’ and long live the chief.”
Sipping whiskey out of the bottle, Jidenna performed “Trampoline,” “Bambi,” amongst others. He was joined by his band made up of George Peters on percussion, Andre Brown on bass and keys, Jordan Hemby on drums, and William Gittens on guitar.
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A week before dropping his highly-anticipated debut album, ‘The Autobiography’, Vic Mensa has decided to share it with fans a week early through National Public Radio (NPR).
As the new breed of Roc-A-Fella (Now Roc Nation), Vic Mensa delivers his 15-track debut album with tantalizing songs and a punch-packing list of collaborators consisting of Pharrell, Pusha-T, Weezer, Ty Dolla $ign, The-Dream, and Saul Williams.
Just last week he had an album listening in LA, where Jay-Z introduced him and praised him heavily. Upon reaching the stage, Vic explained what this album meant to him and what it took to put together.
“This album is really my blood, sweat, and tears, and everything that I’ve learned up to this point in life,” he explained. “I kinda had to go through a lot of different things to even be able to put this album down on wax.”
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From scoring his first No. 1 single on the Billboard 200 to being named the youngest-ever “Humanitarian of the Year” at the BET Awards, Chance The Rapper has been having a good year. Maintaining his hot streak, Chano took his talent to NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” to perform a medley of songs.
Chano began his performance in front of a small, intimate crowd by showing his appreciation and saying he’s a fan of the NPR series. From there the Chicago rapper performed a solo version of his ‘Coloring Book’ single, “Juke Jam,” which features Justin Bieber and Towkio.
Aside from performing a medley of his songs, Chano covered Stevie Wonder’s classic “They Won’t Go When I Go” and presented the audience with his new poem called “The Other Side.”
“I still have all the keys that are of no use to me, They used to, though. On the other side was a mansion on a hill, complete with L.A. pools and fireplaces and a rim made specifically for people that lie about being six feet to dunk on,” he said in the poem.
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Backed up by a keyboardist, drummer, and guitarist, Big Baby D.R.A.M. brought some flavor to NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series by performing a plethora of his singles.
The Virginia rapper led it off by making his own impromptu money sounds for his performance of “Cash Machine.” Following the performance D.R.A.M. said a little antidote of how the song came to be and when he recorded it.
“I recorded it back in June of 2015 when I got that first big check,” he said to the audience. “Soon as I saw that joint, it was instant inspiration.”
D.R.A.M. went on to perform other songs from his last year release, ‘Big Baby D.R.A.M.’, like “Cute,” and “Sweet VA Breeze.” He then performed Chance The Rapper’s single “Special” off ‘Coloring Book.’
To close things out, D.R.A.M. performed his biggest song to date, the Grammy-nominated “Broccoli.”
“Quiet as kept, we sold 4 million copies of this record,” he shared. “It’s Grammy nominated. I’m very thankful to be going to the Grammys this year for that.”
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Joined by producer Zaytoven on the keys, Gucci Mane anchored NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert.” The ATLien was all smiles performing various of his new joints like “First Day Out,” “Waybach,” and “Last Time,” while sporting his Supreme collaboration t-shirt in purple.
The performance comes at a great time for GuWop, who is gearing up to release his third album of the year, ‘The Return of East Atlanta Santa’, this Friday, DecemBURR 16th. The release will make it his third album of the year following ‘Everybody Looking’ and ‘Woptober’.
Other artists to have performed for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” in the past include Common, Anderson .Pakk, and Anthony Hamilton.
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Common was joined by Bilal, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins, and others to perfrom at The White House for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert.”
NPR’s concert series has featured hundreds of others including T-Pain and Anderson .Paak, whom have strong opinions on social topics and are relentless in pushing the culture forward.
Aside from performing “I Used To Love H.E.R.,” and “Letter to the Free,” Common debuted two new songs being “The Day the Women Took Over” and “Little Chicago Boy.”
Be on the lookout for Com’s new album ‘Black America Again’, in the meantime watch his “Tiny Desk Concert” below.
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