It’s been greater than 1 / 4 century for the reason that final Chic album hit the racks. Nile Rodgers and Co. break the drought with It’s About Time, the primary album in a two-part assortment which drops as we speak.
For Time, the a number of Grammy-winning dance music legend secured the providers of a formidable artist lineup of stars, from Lady Gaga to Elton John, Hailee Steinfeld, Stefflon Don, Emeli Sande, Craig David, Anderson .Paak, Vic Mensa, and extra.
“This is the most self-indulgent album I’ve ever done in my life,” the 66-year-old guitarist, composer, producer and most cancers survivor lately advised Billboard. “I don’t normally make records like this because I don’t have the power to say ‘this is how it’s gonna go and I’m gonna tell this really big story.’ So now that I do, I can do it my way and this is happening my way exactly. And I just hope people get it and like it and understand it. It’s a geeky record, and a very idealistic record.”
Over a profession spanning greater than 40 years, Rodgers has been offered 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide, each as a member of Chic and as a producer for albums by such heavyweights as David Bowie, Madonna, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, Duran Duran, INXS and extra, in accordance with EMI. The hitmaking disco pioneer took out a hattrick of Grammys in 2014 for his work on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016 and, final 12 months, obtained the Award For Musical Excellence the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
The second a part of Time is tentatively due subsequent February. It’s the followup to 1992’s Chic-ism. Stream the brand new album beneath.
