The legendary Brazilian pianist/arranger/producer Sergio Mendes makes a Santana-style comeback for his first album Timeless in eight years, teaming up with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am and a variety of pop, hip-hop and R&B stars, including Erykah Badu, Justin Timberlake, Jill Scott, Black Though, John Legend and more.
Entertainment Weekly calls it
an urban soundtrack for sucking venti lattes and that
this Starbucks-sponsored set of gentle samba-jazz-rap is a pleasant surprise I say Timeless falls between Buena Vista Social Club and Santana's latter-day albums, deftly combining old bossa-nova beats wif a snazzy new groove aimed squarely at commercial revival and the latin-lounging younger set.
The 1st single off the album
Mas Que Nada featuring the Black Eyed Peas raWkz.