Drunk (album)

Drunk
Drunk
Studio album by Thundercat
Released	February 24, 2017
Recorded	2015–2016
Genre	Funk; jazz; hip hop; pop; psychedelia; R&B; soul;
Length	51:24
Label	Brainfeeder
Producer	Flying Lotus; Sounwave; Thundercat;
Thundercat chronology
Singles from Drunk
	"Them Changes"; Released: June 18, 2015; "Bus in These Streets"; Released: August 24, 2016; "Show You the Way"; Released: January 25, 2017; "Friend Zone"; Released: February 15, 2017; "Walk on By"; Released: February 22, 2017;

Drunk is the third studio album by American musician Thundercat,^[1] released on February 24, 2017, by Brainfeeder.^[2] It features guest appearances from Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Kendrick Lamar, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, and Pharrell.^[3] It was released nearly four years after his previous studio album, Apocalypse.

Drunk incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including funk, hip hop, jazz, pop, psychedelia, punk rock, R&B, soft rock, and soul.^[4] The album received positive reviews from music critics.^[5] A ChopNotSlop remix from OG Ron C, DJ Candlestick, & the Chopstars entitled Drank was released as a special edition purple vinyl record.

^ Mertens, Max (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat Announces Third Album 'Drunk' Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Flying Lotus, and More". Vice. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
^ O'Connor, Roisin (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat reveals details of third album 'Drunk' ft. Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa and Flying Lotus". The Independent. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
^ Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat Announces Drunk Album, Shares "Show You The Way" With Michael McDonald And Kenny Loggins". The Fader. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
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Multiple sources:
- Degrazia, Leah (February 24, 2022). "Thundercat Parlayed Critical Acclaim Into Mainstream Success With 'Drunk'". Genius. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Throughout the 23-track project, Thundercat effortlessly weaves together elements of funk, jazz, R&B, prog, and soul, while jumping from serious topics like police brutality to lighter fare such as friend-zoning.
- Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (April 13, 2017). "Thundercat on breakout album Drunk, laughing at racism – and his 'sexy cat', Tron". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Drunk is a wild odyssey of 23 tracks – each less than three minutes long – that fuses Bruner's untouchable jazz credentials with punk, hip-hop, stoner psychedelia, funk and 80s soft rock, his soulful falsetto voice pondering subjects as varied as anime, losing your wallet and police brutality.
- Gaillot 2017: Thundercat explores these impulses and what drives us to them on Drunk, a figure eight-shaped loop through jazz, R&B, and funk influences that serves as his third studio album.
- Kot 2017: Drunk (Brainfeeder) crams 23 songs and snippets into 51 minutes that evoke the sumptuous jazz-infused R&B of the '70s [...]
- Moore 2017: Genre [of Drunk]: Jazz/Pop/R&B [...] Thundercat's music, which takes on many forms all at once: '70s funk, R&B, punk with tinges of fusion [...] Each song [on Drunk] hovers around the two-minute mark, defying those '70s fusion forebears whose tracks could drag on over dense harmonies and time signatures.
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[1] Mertens, Max (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat Announces Third Album 'Drunk' Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Flying Lotus, and More". Vice. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

[2] O'Connor, Roisin (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat reveals details of third album 'Drunk' ft. Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa and Flying Lotus". The Independent. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

[3] Dandridge-Lemco, Ben (January 25, 2017). "Thundercat Announces Drunk Album, Shares "Show You The Way" With Michael McDonald And Kenny Loggins". The Fader. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

[Genre_and_stylistic_influences-4] Multiple sources:
Degrazia, Leah (February 24, 2022). "Thundercat Parlayed Critical Acclaim Into Mainstream Success With 'Drunk'". Genius. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Throughout the 23-track project, Thundercat effortlessly weaves together elements of funk, jazz, R&B, prog, and soul, while jumping from serious topics like police brutality to lighter fare such as friend-zoning.
Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (April 13, 2017). "Thundercat on breakout album Drunk, laughing at racism – and his 'sexy cat', Tron". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Drunk is a wild odyssey of 23 tracks – each less than three minutes long – that fuses Bruner's untouchable jazz credentials with punk, hip-hop, stoner psychedelia, funk and 80s soft rock, his soulful falsetto voice pondering subjects as varied as anime, losing your wallet and police brutality.
Gaillot 2017: Thundercat explores these impulses and what drives us to them on Drunk, a figure eight-shaped loop through jazz, R&B, and funk influences that serves as his third studio album.
Kot 2017: Drunk (Brainfeeder) crams 23 songs and snippets into 51 minutes that evoke the sumptuous jazz-infused R&B of the '70s [...]
Moore 2017: Genre [of Drunk]: Jazz/Pop/R&B [...] Thundercat's music, which takes on many forms all at once: '70s funk, R&B, punk with tinges of fusion [...] Each song [on Drunk] hovers around the two-minute mark, defying those '70s fusion forebears whose tracks could drag on over dense harmonies and time signatures.

[5] Degrazia, Leah (February 24, 2022). "Thundercat Parlayed Critical Acclaim Into Mainstream Success With 'Drunk'". Genius. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Throughout the 23-track project, Thundercat effortlessly weaves together elements of funk, jazz, R&B, prog, and soul, while jumping from serious topics like police brutality to lighter fare such as friend-zoning.

[6] Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (April 13, 2017). "Thundercat on breakout album Drunk, laughing at racism – and his 'sexy cat', Tron". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2023. Drunk is a wild odyssey of 23 tracks – each less than three minutes long – that fuses Bruner's untouchable jazz credentials with punk, hip-hop, stoner psychedelia, funk and 80s soft rock, his soulful falsetto voice pondering subjects as varied as anime, losing your wallet and police brutality.

[7] Gaillot 2017: Thundercat explores these impulses and what drives us to them on Drunk, a figure eight-shaped loop through jazz, R&B, and funk influences that serves as his third studio album.

[8] Kot 2017: Drunk (Brainfeeder) crams 23 songs and snippets into 51 minutes that evoke the sumptuous jazz-infused R&B of the '70s [...]

[9] Moore 2017: Genre [of Drunk]: Jazz/Pop/R&B [...] Thundercat's music, which takes on many forms all at once: '70s funk, R&B, punk with tinges of fusion [...] Each song [on Drunk] hovers around the two-minute mark, defying those '70s fusion forebears whose tracks could drag on over dense harmonies and time signatures.

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