Creating A Songwriter: The 13 Albums That Made Thundercat

“I remember my friend called Carla, she gave me her copy of Evil Empire. It was really dope, it was one of the coolest moments ever, because she gave me a copy of her CD and then she gave me a kiss literally, and she said, 'this is yours.'

“I remember putting it in my CD player in my car and I've never sonically heard anything like that in my entire life. That shit blew my fucking mind. I didn't know what the hell to do with myself.”

For the latest edition of The Quietus’ Baker’s Dozen column, I got to speak to Thundercat and he told me the story of his musical upbringing through 13 albums. It was an extremely fun story time which you can read right now over here.