Robert Glasper and his Blue Observe Jazz Competition are returning with a high-octane lineup set to go away Napa Valley with pleasure. The Grammy Award profitable polymath locked in Mary J. Blige, Nas and Likelihood The Rapper as this yr’s headliners, with Dave Chapelle returning because the host.
From July 28-30, Glasper, the competition’s artist-in-residence, could have particular company be part of him, together with De La Soul, Bilal, and Lalah Hathaway, together with shock acts. The weekend will even embrace performances from the duo NXworries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge), Ari Lennox, Cordae, Gary Clark Jr, Parliament Funkadelic that includes George Clinton, Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Talib Kweli and Madlib, PJ Morton, Smino and extra. Final yr’s lineup boasted headliners like Chaka Khan, Black Star, and Maxwell.
“This competition represents out-of-the-box issues, influencers, trailblazers — those who don’t really feel the necessity to succumb to normality of widespread music,” Glasper instructed Billboard final yr. “Increasingly more of these sorts of persons are popping up and discovering the braveness to be the artist that represents that.”
In February, Glasper netted a Grammy win for greatest R&B album. Black Radio III trumped the competitors, defeating Chris Brown (Breezy), Fortunate Daye (Sweet Drip), Mary J. Blige (Good Morning Beautiful) and PJ Morton (Watch the Solar). The set additionally included a slew of musical all-stars, together with Q-Tip, Widespread, Erykah Badu and Jennifer Hudson. The win sparked a social media outburst from Chris Brown, who lambasted the winner. “Who the f–ok is Robert Glasper,” he wrote. Brown later apologized, and Glasper turned the insult into an act of altruism as he printed “Who the F**ok is Robert Glasper” shirts to profit a New Orleans music nonprofit.
See the total lineup for the Blue Observe Jazz Competition beneath.
