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The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam
EP by Thundercat
Released	June 22, 2015 (2015-06-22)
Genre	Jazz-funk funk R&B soul
Length	16:08
Label	Brainfeeder
Producer	Flying Lotus (exec.) Mono/Poly Thundercat (exec.)
Thundercat chronology
Apocalypse (2013) The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (2015) Drunk (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence	C+
Exclaim!	8/10
The Guardian
NME	8/10
Pitchfork	8.3/10
Resident Advisor	4.2/5
Spin	7/10

The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam is an EP by American musician Thundercat. It was released on June 22, 2015 via Brainfeeder.

Background

In an interview with Billboard, Thundercat stated that the EP had been conceived while making Flying Lotus' You're Dead!, Kamasi Washington's The Epic, and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, stating that the four had shared creative ideas for each of their projects. The EP was revealed to be a prelude to Bruner's followup album, Drunk.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the EP received an average score of 81% based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

It ranked at number 24 on Pitchfork's "50 Best Albums of 2015" list.

Track listing

Personnel

• Thundercat – vocals, bass, production
• Charles Dickerson (Mono/Poly) – production, keyboards, programming
• Steven Ellison (Flying Lotus) – production, keyboards, programming
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings on 2 and 4
• Dennis Hamm – keyboards on 3 and 6
• Kamasi Washington – saxophone on 3
• Herbie Hancock – keyboards on 4
• Taylor Graves – drum programing on 6
• Daddy Kev – mastering

Charts

See also

• Lone Wolf and Cub

Notes

1. Exclaim! stated that it is an EP. Meanwhile, Clash stated that it is a mini-album.

References

1. ^ "Thundercat: The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. ^ "8 Great Albums That May Have Passed By This Week | NME". nme.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
3. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
4. ^ Joyce, Colin (June 26, 2015). "Review: Thundercat's Fatalist Soul Enters the Void on 'The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam'". Spin. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
5. ^ "The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam (EP) by Thundercat". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
6. Kivel, Adam (June 25, 2015). "Thundercat – The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
7. Gibsone, Harriet (December 17, 2015). "Thundercat: The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam review – eerie ambience and transcedental grooves | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
8. Walls, Seth Colter (June 26, 2015). "Thundercat: The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
9. Clarke, Paul (August 23, 2015). "Thundercat - The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam". Resident Advisor. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
10. ^ Hudson, Alex (June 22, 2015). "Thundercat 'The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam' (EP stream)". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
11. Murray, Robin (June 19, 2015). "Thundercat To Release Mini-Album 'The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam'". Clash. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
12. Weiner, Natalie (June 22, 2015). "Thundercat Talks Surprise Album, Playing Jazz For Kendrick & Why Drake Is the Best". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
13. "Thundercat - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
14. "Thundercat - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
15. "Thundercat - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

External links

• The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2015 EPs
• Albums produced by Flying Lotus
• Albums produced by Thundercat (musician)
• Brainfeeder albums
• Thundercat (musician) albums