Today Grammy Award winning Black Thought and acclaimed cinematic soul luminary El Michels Affair have released the single “Glorious Game” which features  singer and songwriter Kirby. The tune  is the the title track of Thought’s and El Michels Affair’s highly anticipated collaborative LP Glorious Game which will be released on April 14 by Big Crown Records.

The bass and drum playing forms the music while Thought‘s voice fills the atmosphere with bursts of intensity while rapping about the trials of fame and being the best version of himself.  On the chorus, Kirby’s  soulful singing enriches the mellow production and both her and Thought’s voices perfectly match the deep instrumental work from El Michels Affair.

Also the music video features fluid animated visuals that perfectly suits Thought’s effortless flow and El Michels Affair’s talented production.

Thought and El Michels Affair founder Leon Michels initially crossed paths in the early 2000s, exhibiting mutual admiration for one another’s craft. The respect manifested on stage as they performed together at a handful of charity concerts in New York and Philadelphia.

Thought began to pull up to the group’s studio to collaborate and during the global pandemic, the artist reached out to Michels for material which became building the foundation for Glorious Game. Now, the 12-track filled with hip-hop soul opus layers the rapper’s elite rhyme-play and intense storytelling above cinematic soundscapes brought to life by the band.