So I would definitely have to say Evil Empire and 'People of the Sun' or what's the one right after 'Bulls on Parade'? It doesn't matter. Of course everything from 'People of the Sun' to 'Bulls on Parade,' the whole album is a full-on massive assault. That is, still to this day one of the hardest albums that you could ever own. "I remember one thing specifically being a driving force behind my mindset especially being in the band and that would be Rage Against the Machine's Evil Empire. Rage Against the Machine, 'Bulls on Parade' Actually at the end of The Golden Age of the Apocalypse, I kinda mimic it a bit on the, the ' Return to the Journey.'"
'Journey to Love' is still one of my favourite tunes. It's the composition and the singing and the importance of the overall picture of the music. "It's bigger than the bass playing to me. Being able to go from bass to strings to different things like that." I remember hearing that and seeing the role that a synth player would have with just having synths and stuff. I mean specifically his work with Parliament and Funkadelic and stuff and I want to say there's one solo album I picked up, All the Woo in the World. And it altered the way I would feel things so, I would say Bernie Worrell. He definitely changed the way I play bass a lot. "Honestly, right now I feel that one person who has influenced me that was not so much a bassist but a keyboard and synthesiser player and that would be Bernie Worrell. Given the eclectic nature of his musical career, CBC Music sat down with Thundercat to explore some of the music that influenced his apprenticeship, early career and landmark projects.īernie Worrell, 'Insurance Man for the Funk' Future projects include contributions to jazz legend Herbie Hancock's upcoming album. Whether it's punk or funk, Thundercat is taking his genre-meshing approach forward, not only with his own jazz-fuelled jaunts on his solo material, but also his crucial contributions to hip-hop projects like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly,for which he won a Grammy.