How Being a Fan Got Robert Glasper on Hip-Hop's Greatest Album
September 9, 2025·0 comments·zg
Robert Glasper was supposed to play on one song.
The Grammy-winning jazz pianist got the call from his friend Terrace Martin, to come to Dr. Dre's studio, where him and Kendrick were working on something, and they needed some jazz-type piano on a song called "This Dick Ain't Free."
Glasper had previously been obsessed, like the rest of us, as a fan, with good kid, m.A.A.d city. He knew Terrace had a credit on the album so he reached out and said next time they were working on something, he’d love to contribute.
No expectation of when, just an expressed “want” to a friend.
So an ended session and an Instagram post later, Terrace realized Glasper’s in town, the message got sent.
At that exact moment, Glasper had just finished his own session across town. He was supposed to be heading home. But instead, he caught a cab to Dre’s.
What happened next… fandom meets networking makes history in the best ways - I’m so inspired by this one.
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