Rapper and singer .idk.‘s acronym stands for Ignorantly Delivering Data, a stage title he is used since he launched his first mixtapes again in 2014. Since then, he is produced a large number of albums and singles, together with BRAVADO + INTiMO. Widespread songs from that challenge are included on this infectious set. He additionally performs “SUPERNOVA (i),” which incorporates an interpolation of Roberta Flack‘s “Killing Me Softly.”
With a variety of skills and influences, the rapper’s music displays a broad vary of his life experiences. “Lots of people do not know I began making music in jail,” IDK instructed the viewers. “…no matter track was in my head, if I knew it I’d sing it and that will be like leisure for lots of the opposite inmates and stuff,” he continued. “So actually I began off singing and I bought into this rap factor as a result of that was the place my coronary heart was.”
He demonstrates his musical versatility all through the set. Beginning with “24,” a rap hit from his 2019 album, Is He Actual?, this Tiny Desk association is infused with the rhythms of go-go, the official music of Washington, D.C. It is also a mirrored image of his early years rising up within the suburbs of the town. An outspoken critic of the prison justice system, .idk. ends his set with “Mr. Police,” a considerate, jazzy track that reinforces one of many key rules that drives him: the thought of opposing constructs, and that ignorance and data are in distinction.
SET LIST
- “24”
- “TiFFANY (B)”
- “DENiM (B)”
- “STiLL i (i)(DENiM DEMO)”
- “SUPERNOVA (i)”
- “SEE YOU AGAiN (B.i.)”
- “Mr. Police”
MUSICIANS
- .idk.: vocals
- Andrew Torgelson: saxophone, flute
- Blue Rondo: keys, piano
- Chris Hon: bass
- Joey Antico: drums
- Keith “Sauce” Robinson: percussion
- Henry Manning: vibraphone
- Cecily Bumbray: background vocals
- Tashera Robinson: background vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Host/Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Kara Body, Mitra I Arthur
- Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
- Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Alanté Serene
- Tiny Desk Workforce: Lars Gotrich, Josh Newell
- Collection Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
