Black Radio 2

Black Radio 2
Studio album by
Robert Glasper Experiment
ReleasedOctober 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
Recorded2013
StudioMain
Vocal recordings
  • ADBP Studios (Detroit, MI)
  • Fever Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Arts & Crafts Studios (New York, NY)
  • The Dogghouse (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Attic Recording (Chicago, IL)
Genre
Length59:36
LabelBlue Note
ProducerRobert Glasper
Robert Glasper Experiment chronology
Black Radio
(2012)
Black Radio 2
(2013)
ArtScience
(2016)
Robert Glasper chronology
Black Radio
(2012)
Black Radio 2
(2013)
Covered: Recorded Live at Capitol Studios
(2015)

Black Radio 2 is the sixth studio album by American musician Robert Glasper. It was released on October 29, 2013 via Blue Note Records as the sequel to the Robert Glasper Experiment's 2012 Black Radio marking his second album with the band.

The album was mainly recorded at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, while several vocal recording sessions took place at ADBP Studios in Detroit, Fever Recording Studios and The Dogghouse in Los Angeles, Brooklyn Recording and Arts & Crafts Studios in New York, and The Attic Recording in Chicago. Production was handled by Glasper himself, with co-producers Eli Wolf, who also served as executive producer together with Nicole Hegeman, and Terrace Martin.

It features guest appearances from Anthony Hamilton, Brandy, Common, Dwele, Emeli Sandé, Faith Evans, Jill Scott, Lalah Hathaway, Luke James, Lupe Fiasco, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Marsha Ambrosius, Norah Jones, Patrick Stump and Snoop Dogg, as well as Bilal, Eric Roberson, Jazmine Sullivan, Jean Grae and Macy Gray appeared on a deluxe version of the album.

At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards held in 2015, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, but lost to Toni Braxton and Babyface's Love, Marriage & Divorce. The album's cut "Jesus Children" has won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.

Its sequel, Black Radio III, was released on February 25, 2022 via Loma Vista Recordings.