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Velvet Portraits Double LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
180g Black Vinyl / Full Color Gatefold Jacket
Track Listing:
Side A
01: Velvet Portraits
02: Valdez Off Crenshaw
03: Push
04: With You
Side B 05: Curly Martin
06: Never Enough
07: Turkey Taco
Side C
08: Patiently Waiting
09: Tribe Called West
10: Oakland
11: Bromali
Side D
12: Think Of You
13: Reverse
14: Mortal Man
‘…the Sound Of Crenshaw is in everything I touch, from Kendrick to Herbie. So with SOC I’m gonna bring it all back and give y’all the whole package: 100% the Sound of Crenshaw’
Velvet Portraits is a wide ranging record with a common distinct style. With a core band of Terrace Martin on sax, Curly Martin on drums, Brandon Eugene Owens on bass, and Robert ‘Sput’ Searight on Keys, Velvet Portraits also features appearances from Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, Thundercat, Rose Gold, Tiffany Gouche, Marlon Williams and more. Recorded in Omaha Nebraska and Los Angeles, Velvet Portraits portrays the evolution of Martin as a player, producer, and a musician with a deep sense of history.
credits
released April 1, 2016
Special Guests:
Tiffany Gouche
Kamasi Washington
Robert Glasper
The Emotions
Wayne Vaughn
Adam Turchin
Uncle Chucc
Rose Gold
Candy West
Keyon Harrold
Marlon Williams
Thundercat
Ronald Bruner Jr
Tone Trezure
Executive Producers: Louis Marks, Terrace Martin
Album Coordinator: Monesia Hobbs
Photography: Sean Nana, Samantha J
Art Director: Samantha J
Administration Director: Monesia Hobbs
Idea Homie: Adam Turchin
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lyrics
Verse 1
People… we need to come together now
Confusion all over the world, just look around
Open your doors and your windows now,
cause the sun is going down on you
It’s starting to lose its shine
A-Bridge
But like the flowers need the rain
Just like seasons change
Go as far as you can and just PUSH
Chorus
Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push
Verse 2
People come and people go
Caught in a breeze
Can’t find no direction and no stability
Said it would be nice if we could all just get along
Like the hummingbird singing her song
Something’s in the air, we need more humility to cause we don’t even care
Repeat A-bridge
Repeat Chorus
Melody Bridge
I don’t understand
The purpose of dividing lines
Look inside of your hands; you’ll see it’s the same
2
They can say what they like
Nobody cares who is wrong or right
The fact is that you’re my brother and that will never change
3
Don’t you want to be free
Like the leaves falling from the trees
There’s no difference between you and me so just……PUSH
C’mon now
Break down
Keep on moving, Keep on moving, Keep on moving, Keep on moving
Keep on moving, Keep on moving, Keep on moving, Keep on moving
Adlib growl: ayeeeeeeeyayeeeeyayeeee Yaaaaaaaaaah
You got to push (if you wanna grow)
You got to move (if you wanna grow)
You got to love, love, love (if you wanna grow)
You got to push (if you wanna grow)
You got to move, move, move, move, move, move, moooooooove
Repeat A-bridge
Repeat Chorus
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from Velvet Portraits,
released April 1, 2016
(L. Givens, R. McKinney, T. Martin, R. Searight)
Produced by Terrace Martin
Fender Rhodes, Alto Sax, Percussion: Terrace Martin
Wurlitzer, Additional Percussion, Clavinet: Robert “Sput” Searight
Organ: Mitch Towne
Drums: Curly Martin
Bass: Brandon Owens
Guitar: Marlon Williams
Trumpet: Josef Liemberg
Tenor Sax: Adam Turchin
Backgrounds: The Perri Sisters
Recorded by Jeremy Deaton and Rick Carson, Make Believe Studios, Omaha, NE and Joey Galvan, Ameraycan Studios, Los Angeles, CA
