It Is What It Is

2020 studio album by Thundercat
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It Is What It Is

Summary

It Is What It Is is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (430 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Is What It Is's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • It Is What It Is's genre is psychedelic soul[4].
  • It Is What It Is's genre is jazz fusion[5].
  • It Is What It Is followed Drunk[6].
  • It Is What It Is was produced by Flying Lotus[7].
  • It Is What It Is was produced by Thundercat[8].
  • It Is What It Is was performed by Thundercat[9].
  • It Is What It Is's record label is recorded as Brainfeeder[10].
  • It Is What It Is's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • It Is What It Is was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • It Is What It Is was released on April 3, 2020[13].
  • It Is What It Is's title is recorded as It Is What It Is[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 2020-04-03[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative r&b, contemporary jazz, electronic, hip hop, jazz fusion, neo soul, nu jazz, psychedelic soul, synth funk[17]

  • Community tags: alternative r&b, contemporary jazz, electronic, hip hop, jazz fusion, neo soul, nu jazz, psychedelic soul, synth funk[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ffdc0f1-6683-44f1-9194-a247ecb9b297[19]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on It Is What It Is was Thundercat[9]. Producers include Flying Lotus[7] and Thundercat[8].

Publication

It Is What It Is was published on April 3, 2020[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include psychedelic soul[4] and jazz fusion[5]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

It Is What It Is followed Drunk[6].

Why It Matters

It Is What It Is ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (430 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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