Saba: Tiny Desk Concert

Every Tiny Desk is special, but sometimes the stars align and we re treated to an artist just as he s coming into his own. Six months after releasing Care For Me a sophomore studio LP on which Saba transforms his survivor s guilt into something equal parts traumatic and transcendent the Chicago native paid a visit to Tiny Desk. His performance at NPR s Washington, D. C. headquarters came just two days after he announced his first tour of Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Korea, scheduled to begin in November. It s an incredible achievement for an independent artist who released one of 2018 s best hiphop albums without the benefit, or creative constraints, that come with majorlabel backing. To help translate Care For Me live, Saba brought along a band consisting of the same musicians who helped bring his album to life in the studio including Daoud Anthony and daedaePivot, who produced the entire LP with him; instrumentalists Cheflee and Brandon Farmer; theMIND and Kaina, who contributed vocals on the r