Glorious Game

When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their first record, Sounding Out The City, in 2005, it was hard to guess what was next for Michels and his then-introduced, now-patented "cinematic soul" sound. Michels has trademarked his sound, with each project taking audiences somewhere new and pushing the boundaries of what he is known for.

This time he takes his golden touch into the realm of hip-hop laying down a musical bed for one of the greatest to ever rhyme into a microphone: Black Thought of The Roots crew. Glorious Game is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and fluctuate enough for Black Thought to flex on. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who rhymes through personal memories and distinctive perspectives, all dripping with visuals, giving us some of the most personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him.