The 10th anniversary vinyl reissue of The Golden Age of Apocalypse redesigns the cover to add a shiny lenticular 3D effect to the logo, surrounded by a set of shiny debossed rings of smaller versions of the logo.The interior sleeves for the vinyl box set of Drunk are adorned with images such as a vortex of multiple copies of Thundercat's face, an ominous image of a car covered in bloodstains, a cat's head in the middle of brightly-coloured waves, and a kaleidoscopic collage of eyeballs, false teeth, doritos, T-rexs, drones, AK-47s and viagara pills.Dark Reprise: The coda for "Is It Love?" is a more somber reprise of "MmmHmm" from Flying Lotus's Cosmogramma, an album in which Thundercat prominently featured.Day in the Life: "Captain Stupido" focusses on an evening routine that the singer is stuck in and constantly feels "weird".Casanova Wannabe: The music video for "Dragonball Durag" shows Thundercat trying to impress Quinta Brunson, Kali Uchis and HAIM, only to get rejected by all of them (save for one of the Haim sisters), which also ties in with the song's lyrical theme. ![]() Bookends: "Rabbot Ho" and "DUI" on Drunk both use the same melody, making the record structurally-circular and implying that Thundercat is starting his drunk escapades again.The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam EP (2015). ![]() You'll probably also pick up from the numerous anime references in his lyrics that he is most certainly One of Us. He would enter the 2020s with his fourth proper album, It Is What It Is, featuring contributions from Ty Dolla $ign and Steve Arrington. By the end of the 2010s, Thundercat had added to his session credits with contributions to albums by Childish Gambino, Mac Miller, Janelle Monáe, Danny Brown, and many others. A chopped-and-screwed version of the album (done by OG Ron C and DJ Candlestick) called Drank the following year. He would later release his third album, Drunk in 2017 with varied featured appearances from Mac Miller to Michael McDonald. He would then release an EP entitled The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam, which would yield "Them Changes", a song based around a drum sample originally from The Isley Brothers that would end up being one of the most noted tracks from his solo output. This album had him contribute vocals and bass to various tracks, most notably "These Walls" for which he was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance in 2015. Bruner would also play bass for acclaimed musicians such as Kamasi Washington, Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus during this timeframe, building his reputation as a groove-heavy bassist with diverse roots in jazz, punk and R&B.Īlthough he would release two records within the 2010s (his debut record The Golden Age of Apocalypse and the critically acclaimed Apocalypse), what would send him into mainstream audiences minds and mouths would be his noted collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on his seminal record, To Pimp A Butterfly. playing bass for them from 2002 up until 2013. ![]() Bruner himself would join a boy band called No Curfew in his teen years and the punk band Suicidal Tendencies with his brother Ronald Jr. Bruner would grow up apart of a musical family with his father in particular being a drummer for artists such as Diana Ross. Stephen Bruner (born October 19, 1984) is an American bassist, singer and songwriter known professionally as Thundercat.
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