Imagine Sun Ra time-traveling to the techno-dystopia in 'Blade Runner', Marty McFly piloting the DeLorean through the cyberpunk cityscape in 'Akira'. Now you're in the headspace to digest 'Metropolis', the 2022 album of time-traveling dispatches from Nashville multi-instrumentalist, producer, and rapper Namir Blade. Inspired by and named after the 2001 anime 'Metropolis' and its 1927 predecessor, these 16 tracks are chapters of a speculative memoir unstuck in time, a quest for joy as late-stage capitalism crumbles looking wearily to a near-future dominated by tech oligarchs.
Track Listing:
1. Award Speech - Namir Blade
2. Mephisto - Namir Blade
3. Monday Michiru (Feat. The Adoni) - Namir Blade
4. Ride - Namir Blade
5. Drive (Feat. Jordan Webb & JS Kodiak) - Namir Blade
6. Cain and Abel - Namir Blade
7. Boa - Namir Blade
8. Hypercar - Namir Blade
9. Shounen (Feat. Jordan Webb & Cashmere Crool) - Namir Blade
10. Dance Hall (Feat. Gee Slab) - Namir Blade
11. Deep (Interlude) - Namir Blade
12. Ontredderd - Namir Blade
13. Guts & Griffith - Namir Blade
14. Unc Speaks/Sharp - Namir Blade
15. Ring Off - Namir Blade
16. Cruising USA (Feat. Ke'osha Oshay & Jamiah Hudson) - Namir Blade
Year of Production: 2022
