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JID: Tiny Desk Concert

Video Overview & Insights

Bobby Carter | September 8, 2022

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— @nprmusic

Everything JID does is intricately detailed. He seems to care much more than the average emcee, and throughout this entire production, I felt his strong desire to get it right. The weight was lifted from his shoulders at the midway point of the set as he turned to his band, saying, "We're pretty hot guys. We're pretty f***ing hot." In this performance, recorded weeks before the release of his now widely praised third studio album, The Forever Story, the East Atlanta native performs songs from the album live for the first time, plus career-defining songs in ways we've never heard before.

The origin of JID makes up the puzzle pieces in The Forever Story. It's the story of a kid with derailed football dreams, searching for purpose until it found him. These are tales that many kids from the inner city can relate to — but what sets JID's story apart is that nobody raps like him. His music casts a wide net, considering history, family and hometown, and connecting with hip-hop enthusiasts and music nerds alike.

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This is so fu****g dope it has less steps than Brittany 😂

— @derrickwilson5501

In these stripped-down versions of songs like "Never" and "Surround Sound," the focus is on how JID can manipulate pitch, bend words and hop from one cadence to another. After he playfully cuts the "Usher tension," he and his stacked band and backup singers close with the powerful and spiritual "Kody Blu 31."

SET LIST

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You're Zoe power

— @stevejoyner

"Galaxy"

"Workin Out"

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Kalypso my holy devil. Steve is my metteo🎉 world peace.

— @stevejoyner

"Off da Zoinkys"

"Never"

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criminally underrated TDC

— @nestessary

"Sistanem"

"Surround Sound"

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Wow the bass is really cool, with the matching strings 🫪

— @kcdrip16

"Kody Blu 31"

MUSICIANS

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1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣

— @DrugOak

JID: vocals

Najinga Luster: vocals

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Haroon a bunch of neck rose1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣👀✊🏼🔥

— @DrugOak

Rashida Chitunda: vocals

Teja Lanier Veal: bass

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1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣👀

— @DrugOak

Grady Housworth: trombone

Allan Knighton: saxophone

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prince snow den bees lee

— @DrugOak

Michael Cruse: trumpet

Samuel Williams: keys

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Arby’s a bunch of neck rows as well

— @DrugOak

Divante Davis: drums

TINY DESK TEAM

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1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣👀✊🏼

— @DrugOak

Producer: Bobby Carter

Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin

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Doechii and Bri related to robo who is to say

— @DrugOak

Director: Kara Frame

Creative Director: Bob Boilen

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MOOSA AND MURDO JUST BEAT UP KILLER MIKE1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣👀

— @DrugOak

Editor: Joshua Bryant

Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Michael Zamora, Alanté Serene

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1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣

— @DrugOak

Audio Assistant: Andie Huether

Production Assistants: Jill Britton, Joby Tanseco

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Spin on as well

— @DrugOak

Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer, Maia Stern

VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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Drive-through roasters

— @DrugOak

Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

#TinyDesk #NPRMusic #JID

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fight ya later dcb

— @DrugOak

More User Perspectives

TOBE NGIWE IS A NECKROW AND PE DO AS WELL.

@DrugOak

I need to learn to walk before i can fly.

@JÆKØB_777

13:29 bro was having so much fun

@LucidMlem

I knew this was going to hit...

@jessebarrykpc

This was dope. JID is one artist a lot of ppl sleeping on. He’s dope

@lentzjeanbaptiste3226

Faltó tiempo, quiero más 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@MizzzKitty-4444

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@MizzzKitty-4444

Throw some of that Dreamville money

@gabrieljean2097

Good music gives chills and this session makes me need a jacket.

@eytrix

phenomenal

@srđan_ne_može_plesat

Would love to hear him on something with Kendrick

@alexoxenthree4617

4:23 to 5:20 is incredible bro i wish i could just have that little bit on loop lol

@JaeLivvz

Am I the only one who think JID look like Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean?

@ZoramPara-d7i

When you peel back the fancy production, these are all just Roy Ayer’s songs in disguise

@nickamars

💛

@Whiteplumee

Man I was rehab n I played this everyday

@onesimusblackamore6210

Big up's

@SEARAIN23

King Von in the NPR could've been legendary

@Mascot-c1r

This is beautiful 😢

@BRVNDON95

That look at to the piano at 06:05 like "WTH is this song you´re playin?" Just kidding, piano man is wilding!

@elwray3506

Can't believe they only had 2 days -- they sound so good ✨ 👏🏻 🎺

@chlojanie11

Why the drummer be looking like Lebron😂

@VenniVitikka

0:50-0:54 Anybody know why there appears to be a mismatch between audio and video here ?

@chlojanie11

shout out to JID for letting the nerdiest lookin white dude be on the floor with him.

@ryham1231

17:00 minutes

@sabeloerick2350

2026 anyone?

@KophyAgyemang

Seeing JID at the end of the week, so had to come back to where I discovered such genius. This set is one of my all time favourites at Tiny Desk, and obviously that's no small feat.

@DoogleLawless

@SEARAIN23

Shout out uncle Allen Dash, Summerville, SC

@SEARAIN23

tiny desk for life!

@mrmcgee7629

Kung-Fu Kenny 3000

@MashapakaYasharal

12:54 ik but like she deadass looks like michael jackson dawg

@LILR4YQU4N

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