André 3000 has contributed an unreleased track to a compilation album for Los Angeles wildfire aid.
The album, titled Staying: Leaving Data Support to Artists Impacted by the Los Angeles Wildfires, consists of 98 songs — with 3000’s monitor, “That is the place my room was,” serving because the compilation’s remaining providing.
Though Staying isn’t obtainable to stream, it may be bought as a digital album or on cassette/vinyl by way of Bandcamp.
On the Bandcamp hyperlink for the discharge, Leaving Data’ Emmett Shoemaker elaborated on how any proceeds earned from the album will go towards these affected by the fires.
“Leaving has pulled out all of the proverbial stops to launch a profit compilation consisting of affiliated artists and supporters far and extensive (lots of whom have certainly misplaced all the pieces). Looking for to complement the quite a few GoFundMes and the profound, usually harrowing acts of mutual support which can be at the moment buoying restoration efforts, and in lieu of donating to a 3rd celebration group, all proceeds will probably be donated on to impacted people,” Shoemaker stated. “50 % will probably be meticulously, manually allotted to Los Angeles artists and music colleagues in want, as equitably as doable. We will probably be referencing current music group support spreadsheets/paperwork already circulating, alongside a succinct inside listing of these affected in our rapid group. The opposite 50 % of funds will probably be allotted to displaced Black households and group impacted by the fires, once more, as equitably as doable.”
Numerous artists had their properties destroyed as a result of fires, together with revered producer Madlib. Just lately, Freddie Gibbs dismissed a declare {that a} joint album he was engaged on with the Madvillainy producer was ruined within the fires.
