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En Motion

by Nabaté Isles

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1.
The Jump Off 05:41
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Hey you Make room A Queen’s coming through Ooh you, Graceful You break all the rules Starlight, Starbright I’m wishing on you Turned the world fanatic Made of Black Girl Magic You switch it up By the way that you walk and the way you wear your hair I know all about it By the fact that they break their necks tryin’ a stop and stare Hard to compare I tell by the way they can’t help themselves I swear So aware that you’re rare a quality they can’t bear Your beauty is refined Your specially designed Ooh girl you fine Don’t pay them hater’s no mind Some try to copy it You’re style is on lock own it The way you be rockin’ it Hey you Make room A Queen’s coming through Ooh you, Graceful You break all the rules Starlight, Starbright I’m wishing on you Turned the world fanatic Made of Black Girl Magic Drippin’ La Fluer La Flare Servin’ em up on a platter with novel fashion Something fire is why You put all aside and create your own piece of the pie Good times Classic, all facets, Soultastic that’s the attraction Finding new ways to slay in your own special way Your beauty is refined Your specially designed Damn girl you fine Age like the finest of wines Some try to copy it You’re style is on lock own it The way you be rockin’ it Stands out above all the others All the other’s Hey you Make room A Queen’s coming through Ooh you, Graceful You break all the rules Starlight, Starbright I’m wishing on you Turned the world fanatic Made of Black Girl Magic We be dem black stars / With rap bars / And passports Hit hard / Like crashed cars / and asteroids Tell the truth / We creators of the cool Everything we do / Set a trend for the youth Drip so effortless Peep the crystal necklace Making magic manifest Sprinkle on you Pixie dust in my bantu Crown chakra high vibe Crew Swag goo Black girl, Never be afraid to be YOU Blending in is for brushes Not for the truth Real Queens Illuminate the room Never beg, we attract We aligned and in tune Reflect God’s light like the stars and the moon Shake things up, make the ground go boom You belong on every stage that you step on The world needs your voice You are the platform We ain't waiting on permission anymore We walk in our queendom and the reason we were born To be / young black & gifted / prolific / boss babes minus explicits I see your Greatness and its great to bare witness On fire / your existence is the litmus Success is your birthright Faith is your search light Respect is what we deserve aight Hey you Make room A Queen’s coming through Ooh you, Graceful You break all the rules Starlight, Starbright I’m wishing on you Turned the world fanatic Made of Black Girl Magic
3.
Harlem Shake 04:03
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Verse (Chuck D) Open this letter To reveal these details Style against profiling Against a system that fails Guns prevail United State of Oppression Ails Shit they voting on Savin them whales These McConnell mfs… And their faces of violence Shots and drugs Dropped on us And they ass be silent Like a move bomb Cointelpro moves quiet Peeped noise 40 years ago on Long Island We a target Yes a target Target Yet we had to get Knowledge of self us and we add it Who what where how and why Do or die don’t quit Yeah, that’s right y’all And never forget Faith, Hope, Enlighten to teach Engage the youth potential to reach Elevating Generations in unity That’s what y’all Get that target off of you and me Bring it up Bate Cmon bring it up I bring the noise You bring it on up Bring it up Bate Cmon bring it up I bring the noise You bring it on up Bring it up Bate Cmon bring it up I bring the noise You bring it on up Bring it up Bate Cmon bring it up I bring the noise You bring it on up They hate to see us comin on the come up Come On
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Verse (Kardinal Offishall) Yo Wake up and I look at my phone knowing That I should be praying leaving temptation alone gone Off in my zone king of my home but I’m A jack of all trades plus an ace with a full load Success is destination on a lonely road Traveling on my own friendships erode chuh I’m trying to be a better man wit a better wife No adidas but I’m trying to the earn the best stripes I live a life with microphones and ego tripping Chance meetings wit big hugs and narcissism Lip service and they expect a tip is given It’s funny how black love is seen as terrorism The peace symbol is my only gang sign Codes I carry outdated like a land line Syllables are land mines in this metaverse I navigate easily Jah controlling my universe “blow” Chorus (Kardinal Offishall) You can’t live in your history You can’t live in your destiny After day, you’re not reality Reality You can’t live in your history You can’t live in your destiny After day, you’re not reality Reality
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Septune 05:31
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Iso 02:24
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Lush 04:42
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The Smoke 04:44
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La Fiesta 06:35
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credits

released January 27, 2023

Personnel:
Nabaté Isles, Trumpet (1-13) and Drum Programming (9)
Sam Barsh, Keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8-13)
Amy Bateman, Violin (1, 8, 10, 11)
Sasha Berliner, Vibraphone (8, 10), Glockenspiel (6) and Malletstation (12)
Zachary Brown, Cello (1, 8, 10, 11)
Butter, Percussion (1, 3, 8, 10)
Chuck D, MC (4)
Kenny Davis, Acoustic Bass (13)
Rachel Eckroth, Piano (3, 7) and Keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12)
DJ Raydar Ellis, Turntables (4, 6, 8)
Badia Farha, Vocals (2, 7, 9, 11)
James Francies, Keyboards (1, 3, 5)
Mumu Fresh, MC (2)
David Gilmore, Guitar (1-4, 6-8, 10-12)
Nikki Grier, Vocal Effects (2)
Eric Harland, Drums (1-13)
Cadence Zalika Isles, Vocal Inflections (6)
Frederika Krier, Violin (1, 8, 10, 11)
Beth Meyers, Viola (1, 8, 10, 11)
Kardinal Offishall, MC (5)
Allakoi Peete, Percussion (2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12)
Victor Provost, Steel Pan (4, 5, 11)
Kaveh Rastegar, Acoustic (6) and Electric Basses (1, 3, 7, 8)
Suphala, Tabla (4, 8, 11)
Ben Wendel, Bassoon (7, 8) and Tenor Saxophone (1)
Mark Williams, Trombone (13)

Producers: Sam Barsh & Nabaté Isles

Recorded and Engineered by:
Aaron Nevezie, Nolan Thies and Alex Conroy at The Bunker Studio, Josh Giunta at GSI Studios, Amadis Dunkel and Rich Lamb at Blue Frog Studios & Dan Kottmann and Nadav Lavie at Daxxit Studios.

Mixed by: Hanan Rubinstein at Daxxit Sound Studios, Jay-J Hernandez of Shifted Music & Sam Barsh of Barsh Music

Mastered by: Charlie B. Wilder at Lemon Tree Studio & Jay-J Hernandez of Shifted Music

Photography by: Anna Webber

Graphic Design by: Kaya Marks

Management: Brad Davidson of Render Records

Chuck D appears courtesy of SpitSlam Record Label Group
Sasha Berliner appears courtesy of JMI Recordings
David Gilmore appears courtesy of Evolutionary Music
Eric Harland appears courtesy of GSI Records
Suphala appears courtesy of Suphala Productions
Ben Wendel appears courtesy of Edition Records

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Nabaté Isles New York, New York

Nabaté Isles is a Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer, born and raised in New York City. Nabaté released his debut album called, 'Eclectic Excursions'. The independent album was in the Top-50 in the JazzWeek charts for 6 weeks and is receiving critical acclaim. ... more

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