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Baba has independently recorded and released more than a dozen original hip-hop albums since his debut in 2004, executive producing and collaborating with a range of artist through his Lit Fuse Records imprint. His lyrics explore topics far outside the range of mainstream rap, including science, literature, environmentalism, technology, politics, psychology, and human behavior.
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RAPSODE

“Rhapsode” is an ancient profession, a lyrical entertainer who stitches rhymes and jokes and songs together to fit the needs of a present audience.

Released May 2023

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Lyrics by Baba Brinkman

Track/s
1, 5 and 14 Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13 Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
9 Produced by Tom Caruana and Mixed by Jake Palumbo
10 Produced by Tom Caruana and Mixed by Serge Henderson

Live instruments on tracks
3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14 recorded at Funkadelic Studios, NYC

Additional Vocals on tracks
1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12 and 13 by Isaiah Dunkley
5, 8, and 14 by Aaron Ross
9 and 10 by Adam Mererstein

Keys on tracks
3, 6, 11 and 12 by Sharla Funk
2, 8 and 13 by Simon Kendall

Horn on tracks
3, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Eli Asher

Guitar on tracks
3, 4, 6, 11 and 12 by Isaiah Dunkley
9 and 10 by Adam Mererstein

Violin on track
7 by Todd Reynolds

Cuts on track
10 by Corey J

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BRIGHT FUTURE

Bright Future is Baba Brinkman’s 12th full-length album, a collection of songs about science and society and a blueprint for improving the human condition through greater understanding of the natural world, medicine, and technology. Each of the ten songs was commissioned by a scientist or an organization with science at its core, for the purpose of communicating an important and complex idea to the general public, making it the world’s first fully-commissioned custom rap album.

Released May 2021

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“One of the better popularization efforts our field has seen in the past 25 years—more coherent than the average journalistic account and with a much better backbeat.”
–Scott Aaronson

“Wonderfully clever… great fun”
– Physics World

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1. Qubits
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Vocals by Jessie Davis

Scientific Consultation by Hartmut Neven

Made with support from Google Quantum AI
quantumai.google

Further Reading:
• www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/biggest-flipping-challenge-quantum-computing

2. Ballad of a Zombie
(D. Brinkman, A. Ross, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Ross

Scientific Consultation by Athena Aktipis and Dr. Joe Alcock

Made with support from the Zombified Podcast
www.zombified.org

Further Reading:
• www.popsci.com/zombies-mind-control-and-body-snatchers-natures-horrifying-parasites/
• www.businessinsider.com/zombies-in-nature-science-2019-5
• www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattsimonauthor/zombies-are-real-and-nature-is-terrifying

3. Bright Future
(D. Brinkman, A. Ross, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Chorus Vocals by Eric Meyer

Scientific Consultation by Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist

Made with support from Generation Atomic
www.generationatomic.org

Further Reading:
• www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-nuclear-power.html
• www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/11/25/nuclear-power-does-slow-climate-change/?sh=50f92b5a7202

4. Cloud Feedback (feat. Skillz FJ)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Taukave)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Guitar and Additional Percussion by Skillz FJ
Keys by Simon Kendall

Scientific Consultation by Professor Stefan Buehler
Made with Support from U of Hamburg Meteorological Institute

Further Reading:
• www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-low-end-climate-sensitivity-can-now-be-ruled-out
• www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/world-without-clouds-hardly-clear-climate-scientists-say

5. Stay Home
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds

Scientific Consultation by Mark J. Fitzpatrick and Carl T. Bergstrom

Further Reading:
• www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/
• www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938

6. Data Science
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds

Made with support from alteryx
www.alteryx.com

Further Reading:
• towardsdatascience.com/thoughts-on-the-two-cultures-of-statistical-modeling-72d75a9e06c2?gi=d272e2a7d7dd
• www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.4642

7. Green is Good
(D. Brinkman, A. Ross, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Ross

Made with support from Forests Ontario
forestsontario.ca

8. Molten Salt
(D. Brinkman, A. Ross, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Vocals and Guitar by Aaron Ross

Made with support from Generation Atomic and the Thorium Energy Alliance
energyfromthorium.com

Further Reading:
• www.discovermagazine.com/environment/nuclear-technology-abandoned-decades-ago-might-give-us-safer-smaller-reactors

9. Stirling Engine
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds

Made with support from Qnergy
www.qnergy.com

Further Reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine
• www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2020/stirling-convertor-sets-14-year-continuous-operation-milestone

10. Counterfactual (feat. Aaron Ross)
(D. Brinkman, A. Ross, R. Sticklor)
Produced by DJ Plain View
Additional Production and Mix by Lin Gardiner
Clav and Additional Organ by Clef Seeley

Scientific Consultation by Gary Yohe

Further Reading:
• www.scientificamerican.com/article/counterfactual-experiments-are-crucial-but-easy-to-misunderstand/

Album Mastered by Mr. Simmonds

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SEE FROM SPACE

Baba Brinkman’s latest musical odyssey into the beautiful and terrible findings of modern science: evolution, climate change, reason, and evidence. Rap songs for thinking people in an era of alternative facts (aka falsehoods). On the bright side, apes can see from space.

Released July 2019

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1. See From Space (feat. Aaron Nazrul) 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kendall, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Piano, Synth, and Additional Vocals by Simon Kendall

Inspired by the book “The Ape that Understood the Universe” by Steve-Stewart Williams.
www.cambridge.org/apethatunderstood

2. Confessions of a Skeptic 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Piano and Synth by Simon Kendall

Made with support from the Skeptic Society
www.skeptic.com

3. Fahrenheit 45 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Violin by Tim Fain

Made with support from the Future of Storytelling Festival
https://futureofstorytelling.org/

4. Erosion 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Nazrul
Piano and Additional Vocals by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen

Further Reading:
www.bababrinkman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Erosion-Lyrics.pdf

5. Feelings for Reasons 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, J. Davis)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Chorus Vocals by Jessie Davis
Piano and Synth by Simon Kendall
Flute, Clarinet, and Sax by Morgan Price

Adapted from the book “Good Reasons for Bad Feelings” by Randolph M. Nesse.
www.goodreasons.info

6. T. V. O. L. (feat. Aaron Nazrul) 
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Piano and Hammond Organ by Simon Kendall
Bass by Owen Strain

Made with support from TVOL Magazine
thisviewoflife.com

7. Destruction 
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, B. McGuire, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Piano and Organ by Simon Kendall
Guitar by John Ellis

Sources:
www.bababrinkman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Destruction-Lyrics.pdf

8. Freedom Remix (feat. Matt Layzell) 
(D. Brinkman, S. Kendall, L. Kidder, M. Layzell, D. Moross, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Original Track Produced by Soulful Spider
Strings Arranged and Recorded by Simon Kendall
Violin by Mark Ferris
Guitar by John Ellis

Further Reading:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/dec/19/bastardised-libertarianism-makes-freedom-oppression

9. Can’t Stop Remix (feat. Mariella) 
(D. Brinkman, L. Gardiner, M. Gonzalez, D. Moross)
Produced and Mixed by Lin G
Original Track Produced by Soulful Spider
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds

Further reading:
• www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-marionettes-lament
• www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/22/daniel-dennett-aristotle-flaming-idiot

10. Still Off That
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, S. Carter, T. Mosley, J. Harmon, A. Graham)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds

Further reading:
crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/07/periodic-table-of-irrational-nonsense.html

11. Redemption (feat. Jessie Davis)
(D. Brinkman, J. Davis, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Piano and Synth by Simon Kendall

Sources:
bababrinkman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Redemption-Lyrics-Annotated.pdf

12. Check One Too 
(D. Brinkman, L. Gardiner, J. Simmonds)
Produced by Mr. Simmonds
Co-Produced and Mixed by Lin G
Guitars by John Ellis and Tom Van Deursen
Piano and Synths by Simon Kendall
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds

13. T. V. O. L. Remix 
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Guitars by John Ellis
Piano and Synth by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Simon Kendall

14. See From Space Remix 
(D. Brinkman, P. Injeti, A. Ross, J. Simmonds)
Produced by Chin Injeti
Co-Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Original Track Produced by Tom Caruana
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Nazrul

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THE RAP GUIDE TO CONSCIOUSNESS

“Peer-reviewed rap” exploration of the neuroscience of consciousness, hip-hop music at the intersection of beats, rhymes, and brain cells.

Released April 2018

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Baba’s brain consists of more than 80 billion neurons, none of which has any clue that he exists, and yet somehow they come together to produce a steady stream of ill rhymes, punchlines, and some of the most thought-provoking music the world has ever heard. Listen and find out how.

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Scientific consultation by Anil Seth and Heather Berlin.

Bibliography:
Daniel C Dennett, From Bacteria to Bach and Back Again
Stanislas Dehaene, Consciousness and the Brain
Anil Seth, The 30 Second Brain
Christof Koch, Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Sean Carroll, The Big Picture
Susan Blackmore, Consciousness, An Introduction

released October 13, 2017

Album Produced by Tom Caruana and Soulful Spider
Executive Produced by Baba Brinkman
Musical Direction by Simon Kendall at Hammond Ave Studios
Mixed by Tom Caruana at Tea Sea Records
Mastered by Morgan Sizer at Mozu Mastering.

1. Heaven’s Gate
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven’s_Gate_(religious_group)

2. Real Recognize Real (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kendall, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Alice Andrews
Guitar by John Ellis
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds

Further reading:
• www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness
• neurobanter.com/2016/02/04/tracing-the-edges-of-consciousness/
• aeon.co/essays/the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-is-a-distraction-from-the-real-one

3. Good Bayesian (feat. MC Lars and Mega Ran)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, R. Jarbo, A. Nielsen)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_probability
• www.edge.org/response-detail/27098
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmJhPQYRc8

4. Zombie
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie
• pp.kpnet.fi/seirioa/cdenn/unzombie.htm

5. Dylan
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds

Further reading:
• www.pnas.org/content/106/Supplement_1/10061.full
• www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think#t-1089915
• www.newscientist.com/article/dn23401-emerging-consciousness-glimpsed-in-babies/

6. Forget Me Not (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, A. Ross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by John Ellis

Further reading:
• www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb1/PHI/Hoffmann_-_Dokumente/Dennett_-_Are_we_explaining_consciousness_yet.pdf
• www.edge.org/conversation/stanislas_dehaene-signatures-of-consciousness
• www.nature.com/news/2005/050620/full/news050620-7.html

7. Mary
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument
• ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/RoboMaryfinal.htm
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKEy6vcCMw

8. Cephalophile (feat. Alice Andrews)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, A. Andrews)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• ideas.ted.com/want-to-know-what-aliens-will-be-like-just-look-at-an-octopus/
• www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-consciousness-universal/
• neurobanter.com/2017/04/19/evidence-for-a-higher-state-of-consciousness-sort-of/

9. Wizard of Odds (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kindall, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by John Ellis

Further reading:
•www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality
• www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/Whatever%20next.pdf

10. Room
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
• ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/searle.htm

11. Ready for Implants
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, S. Kendall, A. Ross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Aaron Nazrul

Further reading:
• www.theguardian.com/science/2010/feb/03/vegetative-state-patient-communication
• waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html

12. Can’t Stop
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by John Ellis
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds

Further reading:
• www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-marionettes-lament
• soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/free-will-revisited-a-conversation-with-daniel-dennett
• www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/22/daniel-dennett-aristotle-flaming-idiot

13. Memes Up
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Caruana and John Ellis

Further reading:
• www.susanblackmore.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JCS03.pdf
• ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/MEMEMYTH.FIN.htm
• bigthink.com/videos/daniel-dennett-memes-101

14. Still Here (feat. Tymisha Harris)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, T. Harris)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further reading:
• www.brainpickings.org/2016/05/31/sean-carroll-the-big-picture/
• www.preposterousuniverse.com/poetic-naturalism/

15. N.E.R.D.
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kendall, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Aaron Nazrul

Further reading:
• www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven
• www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-ldquo-you-rdquo-in-an-afterlife-wouldnt-really-be-you/

Keyboards, organ, piano, guitar, and Aaron Nazrul vocals on all songs recorded by Simon Kendall at Hammond Ave Studios.

Album Mastered by Morgan Sizer at Mozu Mastering

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THE RAP GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHAOS

A hip-hop tour of global warming science, exploring the temperature highs and ethical lows associated with this hot-button issue.

Released September 2016

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Canadian rapper and former tree-planter Baba Brinkman breaks down the science, politics, and economics of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the global energy economy. To paraphrase the Notorious BIG: “Mo’ carbon, mo’ problems.” With scientists, climate deniers, and even the pope adding their voices to the soundtrack, get ready for a funny and disturbing tour of the world’s hottest topic.
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“Deftly explores the science, politics, and psychology of this century’s toughest challenge, with 24 tracks that range from witty to contemplative”
–Sierra Magazine

“Takes listeners on a musical tour of the defining issue of our time, bringing much-needed color, clarity, and humor”
– Popular Science

“Actually pretty amazing”
– Alleghany Front

“Awesome! If you’re at all on the fence about climate change, this album alone should be enough to convince you”
– Fandomania

“Uses smart, satisfying rhymes to educate, question and opine over original beats”
– Huffington Post

“If the thought of putting Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ into a lyrical blender with ‘Hamilton’ and sprinkling bits of Eminem’s ‘8 Mile’ over top sparks your interest, this might be the album for you”
– Geek Dad

“Apart from its chorus, the song ‘Lost in the Numbers’ pretty well summarises my view, so no complaints from me. I know it’s satire, but I’ll take what I can.”
– Matt Ridley

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Released September 30, 2016

Song Credits & Further Reading:

1. Options
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, A. Ross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen
Additional Vocals by Aaron Nazrul

2. I.P.C.C.
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cello by Peggy Lee
Violin by Mark Ferris
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further reading:
• www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/
• climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

3. Keep It Positive
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further reading:
• genius.com/artists/De-la-soul

4. Greenhouse (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, A. Ross)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Chorus vocal production by Lin Gardiner
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen

Further Reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science
• www.skepticalscience.com/history-climate-science.html
• www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560

5. Party Don’t Stop
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-only-five-years-left-before-one-point-five-c-budget-is-blown

6. Run the Joules
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn
Additional vocals by Linda Kidder

Further Reading:
• waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html
• 4hiroshimas.com

7. Mo Carbon Mo Problems
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/428414113463955457
• twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/265895292191248385
• twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/408977616926830592

8. What’s Beef (feat. Bill Nye)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further Reading:
• www.skepticalscience.com
• www.climatedepot.com

9. Battle Lines
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further Reading:
• www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/10/ultimate-climate-candidate-matrix

10. Lost in the Numbers
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, A. Ross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Clarinet by Morgan Price
Violin by Mark Ferris
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Aaron Nazrul

Further Reading:
• quadrant.org.au/magazine/2015/06/climate-wars-done-science/

11. Bright Side
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

12. Fossil Fuel Ballers (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, A. Ross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Chorus vocal production by Lin Gardiner
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen

Further Reading:
• www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/fossil-fuels-are-not-finished-not-obsolete-not-a-bad-thing/

13. Exxon Knew
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• insideclimatenews.org/content/Exxon-The-Road-Not-Taken
• graphics.latimes.com/oil-operations/

14. Laudato Si
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kendall)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cello by Peggy Lee
Violin by Mark Ferris
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Simon Kendall, Geordie Hart,
Sean Ross, and Aaron Ross, aka The Monk Brothers

Further Reading:
• laudatosi.com

15. Yank the Plug
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/opinion/going-green-but-getting-nowhere.html

16. Make It Hot
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional vocals by Linda Kidder

Further Reading:
• www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805

17. Regulators
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/06/paris-climate-change-summit-richard-branson
• www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/a-rare-agreement-on-climate-rules.html
• www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/13/peabody-energy-coal-mining-climate-change-denial-funding

18. Carbon Bubble (feat. Mariella)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, M. Gonzales)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Horns by Morgan Price

Further Reading:
• www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/lessons-for-climate-change-in-the-2008-recession.html
• www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/opinion/proof-that-a-price-on-carbon-works.html
• www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/magazine/11Economy-t.html

19. Stranded Assets
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall

Further Reading:
• www.carbontracker.org/report/unburnable-carbon-wasted-capital-and-stranded-assets/
• www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-02/oil-investors-may-be-running-off-a-cliff-they-can-t-see
• https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-iea-weighs-in-on-stranded-assets-not-just-a-green-conspiracy

20. Ride Electric (feat. Fand)
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, C. Wood)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Violin by Mark Ferris
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall

Further Reading:
• www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-clean-energy-revolution-gathers-speed/
• www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/30/bill-gates-breakthrough-energy-coalition-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-microsoft-amazon
• energy.gov/articles/renewable-energy-guy-qa-tvs-bill-nye

21. This or That
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

Further Reading:
• www.wri.org/blog/2015/06/infographic-what-do-your-countrys-emissions-look
• www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/apr/13/can-game-theory-help-solve-the-problem-of-climate-change

22. Freedom Ain’t Free
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross, L. Kidder)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Production and Mix by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Violin by Mark Ferris
Slide and electric guitar by John Ellis
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Linda Kidder

Further Reading:
• www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/dec/19/bastardised-libertarianism-makes-freedom-oppression

23. Stand Up
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by iLLspokinn

24. Makin’ Waves (feat. Gaia’s Eye)
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, G. Nadler)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cello by Peggy Lee
Violin by Mark Ferris
Strings arranged and recorded by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Linda Kidder

Further reading:
• www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/magazine/20wwln-lede-t.html

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THE RAP GUIDE TO RELIGION

A full-length concept hip-hop album about the evolutionary origins or religious instincts.

Released October 2015

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

If the answer to the number one BIG QUESTION of religion is “no”, what other questions are worth asking? This album tackles the OTHER big questions of religion, such as “How did faith evolve?”, “Does it serve any adaptive purpose today?”, and “Is religion an adaptation, a byproduct of an adaptation, or a virus of the mind?” With lyrics that were “peer reviewed” for accuracy by experts in the field of Evolutionary Religious Studies, Rap Guide to Religion offers fifteen tracks of mind-blowing science and auditory irreverence from a truly unique voice in hip-hop.
Reviews

“Brinkman is able to successfully combine mind-expanding academic knowledge but with beats that make you tap your fingers on the steering wheel and earworms that can stay in your head for days.”
– Daily Beast

“Terrific and informative”
– Huffington Post

“A thought-provoking and hip exploration of some of humanity’s deepest concerns”
– This View of Life Magazine

“Major themes; big thinking”
– The Province

“Baba Brinkman is the Eminem of atheism and the Jay-Z of secularism—a rapping genius with biting wit that appeals to a whole new generation of free thinkers and humanists fed up with religion’s cultural dominance. His Rap Guide to Religion is for this decade what Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion was for the previous decade—a breakthrough work that changes peoples’ perspective.”
—Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of “The Moral Arc”

“Rap Guide to Religion is insightful, daring, and hilarious. An unforgettable exploration of one of humanity’s most enduring and puzzling experiences.”
— Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology and Author of “Big Gods”

“A lyrical masterpiece that makes you bounce your head at the same time it makes you use it.”
— Peter Boghossian, Philosopher and Author of A Manual for Creating Atheists

“Baba Brinkman gets into your mind with music, drops in new ideas based on the latest science, and leaves you with a feeling of enlightenment.”
— Jonathan Haidt, Author of “The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion”

Credits

released October 23, 2015

Special thanks to the 314 Kickstarter backers who made this album possible.

Shouts out to John Teehan, Michael Blume, Stewart Guthrie, Richard Sosis, David Sloan Wilson, and Jonathan Haidt – thanks for your “peer review” input.

And thanks to Kate Smurthwaite for clarifying my thinking on the BIG QUESTIONS of religion.

Credits:

1. Invocation
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Cello by Peggy Lee

2. Religion Evolves
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Co-Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Further Reading: 1. bit.ly/1EdHXxU
2. bit.ly/1KeBTpD

3. God of the Gaps (Feat. Gaiaisi)
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Chorus Vocals by Gaiaisi
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Linder Kidder
Mixed by Lin Gardiner
Further Reading: 1. www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/religion-as-anthropomorphism-an-interview-with-stewart-guthrie/
2. www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/04/08/398227737/what-the-god-of-the-gaps-teaches-us-about-science
3. www.michaelshermer.com/2013/07/gods-of-the-gaps/

4. Sapiosexual
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Further Reading:www.alisongopnik.com/papers_alison/Explain%20final.pdf

5. Give Thanks
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Further Reading: 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection
2. bit.ly/1KeBOlV

6. Bad Things Happen
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Mixed by Lin Gardiner
Further Reading:www.mpmlab.org/Gray%20&%20Wegner%20(2010).%20Blaming%20God%20for%20our%20Pain.%20PSPR.pdf

7. Theory of Mind
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Co-Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
www.livescience.com/20654-autism-belief-god.html

8. Byproduct to Benefit
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals and Guitars by Tom Van Deursen
Further Reading: genealogyreligion.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Adaptationist-Byproduct-Debate-Sosis.pdf

9. Spread It
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Co-produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Further reading: 1.robboyd.abcs.asu.edu/HenrichBoydRichersonHumNat08.pdf
2. www.ehbonline.org/article/S1090-5138(09)00024-5/fulltext

10. Virus of the Mind
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitars by Tom Van Deursen
Further Reading (Pro): www.inf.fu-berlin.de/lehre/pmo/eng/Dawkins-MindViruses.pdf
Further Reading (Con):www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/16/why-no-longer-believe-religion-virus-mind

11. Andrew Murray
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Further Reading (Science): blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/gods-little-rabbits-religious-people-out-reproduce-secular-ones-by-a-landslide/
Further Reading (Andrew Murray):en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Murray_(minister)

12. Fertility Gods
(D. Brinkman, D. Moross)
Produced by Soulful Spider
Violin by Todd Reynolds
Mixed by Lin Gardiner
Further reading: denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm

13. Supernatural Punishment
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Further Reading: 1. www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6251/918.full
2. press.princeton.edu/titles/10063.html

14. Neighborhood Atheism (Feat. Greydon Square)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, G. Square)
Produced and Mixed by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Guest verse by Greydon Square
Further reading: www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-atheists-we-distrust/

15. Imagine
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Piano and Organ by Simon Kendall
String Arrangement by Simon Kendall
Cello by Peggy Lee
Violin by Mark Ferris
Further reading: www.naturalism.org/spirituality

Strings and additional keyboards on all songs except 12 recorded by Simon Kendall at Hammond Ave Studios.

Album Mastered by Mr. Simmonds

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THE RAP GUIDE TO MEDICINE

A sonic exploration of the ultimate origins of disease in our evolutionary past, from trade-offs between reproduction and survival to mismatches between ancient and modern environments. Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, infection, obesity, and even the aging processes in our very cells obey the logic of evolution. To better answer questions about how to cure disease, medicine must first ask Why We Get Sick.

Released March 2015

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Mr. Simmonds, with co-production on track 8 by Tom Caruana. Commissioned by Randy Nesse at the ASU Center for Evolution and Medicine and made with support from the International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health, the ASU Center for Evolution and Medicine, the Perlstein Lab, and the Society for Applied Microbiology.
Credits

released March 18, 2015

All tracks written by D. Brinkman and J. Simmonds except track 8, written by D. Brinkman and T. Caruana
All tracks produced, mixed and mastered by Mr. Simmonds, track 8 co-produced by Tom Caruana
Additional keys on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 by Simon Kendall
Additional vocals on tracks 3 and 6 by Aaron Nazrul

Made with support from the International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health, the ASU Center for Evolution and Medicine, the Perlstein Lab, and the Society for Applied Microbiology.

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THE CANTERBURY TALES REMIXED

Gritty retellings of four of Chaucer’s most unforgettable Canterbury Tales, plus the epic stories of Beowulf and Gilgamesh, The Canterbury Tales Remixed takes you on an auditory journey into the distant past, accompanied by the epic cinematic music production of Mr. Simmonds.

Released April 2012

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon| Spotify

Reviews

“Takes storytelling to a whole new level with highly impressive and hilarious anecdotal interpretations of classic tales.”

full review: thefindmag.com?p=19057

Review from Show Business Weekly:

“Warriors clash, badass thieves and thugs receive a brutal comeuppance, husbands fight a losing battle against wily wives and seducing lothiarios, villages are plagued by sinister forces of nature… Like ancient listeners gathered around the fire, we want to hear more.”

full review: showbusinessweekly.com/article-1963-the-canterbury-tales-remixed.html

Credits

released April 15, 2012

Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Mr. Simmonds

Mr. Simmonds Facebook: www.facebook.com/mrsimmondsmusic

Mr. Simmonds Music Page:
mrsimmonds.bandcamp.com

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THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION REVISED (2011)

Scientifically peer-reviewed hip-hop album exploring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Revised, remixed, and updated from the 2009 version by Mr. Simmonds.

Released June 2011

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon |Spotify

Reviews

Exclaim Magazine Review:
“An intelligent and fun album that will have you looking at music in a whole new way.”

New Scientist Magazine Review:
“Brinkman gives eloquent voice to pain without committing a fallacious appeal to nature.”

Credits

released June 26, 2011

All songs produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Mr. Simmonds.

Natural Selection 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Guitar: Tom Van Deursen
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds

Black-eyed Peas
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds

I’m A African 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds

Creationist Cousins 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall

Survival Of The Fittest 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall

Group Selection 2.0
Featuring Smoky Tiger, The Boom Booms & Dizraeli
D. Brinkman, E. Brinkman, A. Courtnage,
A. Ross, S. Ross, J.Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Chorus Vocals: Aaron Nazrul, Sean Ross,
Smoky Tiger, Dizraeli
Outro Vocals: Aaron Nazrul, Sean Ross,
Smoky Tiger, Dizraeli, Erik Brinkman

Worst Comes To Worst 2.0
Featuring Dizraeli
D. Brinkman, R. Sawday, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Guitar: Dizraeli

Dr. Tatiana
Featuring Helen Arney
H. Arney, D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Ukulele: Helen Arney

Sexual Selection 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall

Hypnotize 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Chorus Vocals: Noa Bodner

Used To Be The Man
Featuring Aaron Nazrul
D. Brinkman, A. Ross, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Guitar: Tom Van Deursen
Outro Vocals: The Boom Booms

Don’t Sleep With Mean People
D. Brinkman, S. Kendall
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Guitars: Tom Van Deursen

Performance, Feedback, Revision 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: J. Simmonds

Darwin’s Acid 2.0
D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall

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THE RAP GUIDE TO WILDERNESS

Developed in collaboration with The WILD Foundation, this hip-hop celebration of wild nature explores the many contributions of wilderness to human wellbeing. 50% of the net profits from each album sale are donated to WILD to advance their wilderness conservation efforts. Engineered, co-produced, and mixed by Lin Gardiner at Super G Music Studios.

Released December 2014

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Reviews

“Way more interesting (and intellectual) than anything I’ve ever heard from Macklemore.”
– Audubon

“Brinkman spins complex and well constructed narratives that are so clever they make most superstar rappers look like schoolyard braggarts.”
– BC Musician Magazine

“Offers a lively and surprisingly sophisticated take on science.”
– Nature

“The lyricism at its best is both incredibly funny and relentlessly honest”
– Technician Online

“Brinkman’s clever lyrics and academic allusions bring a level of sophistication to the work, while still remaining accessible to listeners.”
– The Peak, SFU

“Brinkman’s talent for placing smart lyrics over a complex and pleasing groove is unquestioned here… not only beautifully mixed, but also easy to listen to.”
– Mother Nature Network

“Been listening to @BabaBrinkman’s brilliant album all day. If you love nature and love music, you’ll love this”
– George Monbiot

“A good flow, a fine ear and a well-developed intelligence, all deployed on a disc about environmentalism.”
– Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“A smart and insightful hip hop celebration of nature conservation”
– BBC Wildlife Magazine

“Baba Brinkman isn’t just a rah-rah green cheerleader. His lyrics take us deeper into the problems environmentalists must wrestle with.”
– Ecoshock Radio

“It’s good. It’s really good”
– Purple Revolver

“Brinkman has a knack for communicating complex and difficult subjects in refreshing, digestible and impactful ways.”
– Samaritan Magazine

“A thought-provoking album that captures the spirit of conservation”
– TreeHugger.com

Credits

released December 16, 2014

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 Produced by Soulful Spider
Tracks 3, 7 and 8 Produced by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall on Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen on Tracks 2 and 6
Guitar by Andreas Schuld on Track 8
Accordion by Simon Kendall on Track 8
Chorus by Aaron Nazrul on Tracks 2 and 8
Chorus by Tia Brazda on Track 3
Violin by Todd Reynolds on Track 4
Chorus by Sean Ross on Track 5
Chorus by Wyckham Porteous on Track 6
Bass by Geordie Hart on Track 6
Tracks 1-7 Mixed and Co-Produced by Lin Gardiner
Track 8 Mixed and Mastered by Tom Caruana
Album Mastered by Mr. Simmonds
Special Thanks to Miss Maggie

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THE RAP GUIDE TO HUMAN NATURE

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Brighton hip-hop virtuoso Mr. Simmonds, Human Nature is Volume Two of Baba’s “peer-reviewed” Rap Guide series, exploring the science of evolutionary psychology and some of the bizarre behavior patterns of the world’s most fascinating primate species.

Released August 2010

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby | Spotify 

Framed by five popular theories of human nature: creationism, spiritualism, social constructivism, biological determinism, and evolutionism, this album tackles some of the big questions in philosophy, psychology and science, with the help of top science writers David Buss, Olivia Judson, and David Sloan Wilson. Provocative and fascinating subjects (She’s Ovulating, The Evolution of Gayness, Twin Studies) are deftly spliced with some incredible beats and turntablism to bring you hip-hop as you’ve never heard it before. Now available as a comedy DVD from Go Faster Stripe.

Reviews

“An inspired, groove heavy, high production values record with a wonderful lyrical touch."
– Mind Hacks

"If Eminem and Dawkins had a baby, Baba Brinkman would be the result... does a wonderful job at explaining what makes science so important."
– Elephant Journal

"A genius work of popular culture attempting to integrate itself with the current level of human knowledge."
– Refresher Towel

"I’m no hip-hop connoisseur – in fact I’ve never really listened to it – but I’ve enjoyed the music of this album as much and possibly more than the science contained within his lyrics and it has made me want to try out more rap."
– Spotisfaction

Credits

released August 1, 2010

All tracks Producer, Mixed, and Mastered by Mr. Simmonds

Instrumentals available here:
mrsimmonds.bandcamp.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-human-nature-instrumentals

Credits

You Can’t See Me
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Aaron Nazrul
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
Chabris & Simons, The Invisible Gorilla
Robert Trivers, “Elements of a Scientific
Theory of Self-Deception”
Robert Wright, The Moral Animal

Hypothesis 1 (Creationism)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
www.creation.com

No Bugs On Me
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
Geoffrey Miller, Spent (Chapter 12)
Jonathan Haidt, www.ted.com
Google: behavioral immune system
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBU6-XK2v54

David Buss Message
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, D. Buss)

Hypothesis 2 (Spiritualism)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
www.eckharttolle.com

The Planter’s Dilemma
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Additional Reading:
D. S. Wilson, The Neighborhood Project
www.brinkmanforest.ca

Hypothesis 3 (Social Constructivism)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds

She’s Ovulating
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Additional Reading:
Alverne & Lummaa, “Does the contraceptive
pill alter mate choice in humans?” (TREE)
Google: ovulation and mate choice

Short Term Mating Dance
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
David Buss, Evolutionary Psychology (Chapter 6)

Parental Investment
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Additional Reading:
Sarah Hrdy, Mother Nature

The Evolution of Gayness
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
Olivia Judson, Dr. Tatiana’s Sex
Advice to All Creation (Chapter 9)

Olivia Judson Message
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, O. Judson)

Hypothesis 4 (Biological Determinism)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds

Twin Studies
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Reading:
Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate

GOCASE
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Reading:
Geoffrey Miller, Spent

Wannabe G’s
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
Robert Trivers, “Self-Deception”
Chabris & Simons, The Invisible Gorilla (Chapter 3)
Daly & Wilson, Homicide
psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson

Hypothesis 5 (Evolutionism)
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Vocals: Noa Bodner
Additional Keys: Simon Kendall
Cuts: Mr. Simmonds
Additional Reading:
scienceblogs.com/evolution

David Sloan Wilson Message
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds, D. S. Wilson)

Fame in the Brain
(D. Brinkman, J. Simmonds)
Additional Reading:
Daniel C. Dennett, Sweet Dreams (Chapter 7)
ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/cognition.fin.htm

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APOCALYPTIC UTOPIAN DREAMS IN THE WESTERN WILDERNESS

Baba’s fifth full-length hip-hop album, featuring Aaron Nazrul, Smoky Tiger, Erica Dee, Tia Brazda, Noa Bodner, and Chantel Upshaw, with production from Lucid Notion, Infinite Potential, Mr. Simmonds, and Tom Caruana (UK), and DJ NST (Germany). Engineered, co-produced, mixed and mastered in Vancouver by Lin G.

Released September 2009

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby | Spotify

Reviews

Exclaim Magazine Review:
exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/baba_brinkman-apocalyptic_utopian_dreams_in_western_wilderness

Credits

released September 30, 2009

Beat production by Soulful Spider, Tom Caruana, Lucid Notion, Mr. Simmonds, and DJ NST.

Album produced, mixed, and engineered by Lin G, Vancouver BC.

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THE RAP GUIDE TO BUSINESS

Commissioned by the NYU Stern School of Business. Hustlers, gangsters, entrepreneurs, hip-hop music and business accumen combine in this 80's-inspired tour of the corporate world. Written as a satirical business plan for Baba Brinkman's whole Rap Guide enterprise, this album explores market economics, the intangibles of human capital, strategies for success, and corporate responsibility. The views expressed here are not necessarily the views of the Stern School of Business.

Released September 2011

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Reviews

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Credits

released September 30, 2011

All tracks produced, mixed, and mastered by Mr. Simmonds
www.mrsimmondsmusic.com

All lyrics written and performed by Baba Brinkman
www.bababrinkman.com

Additional Vocals by Jennifer Hamady
www.jenniferhamady.com

Album cover art by Noel Planet
www.noelplanet.com

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THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION

Original hip-hop exploration of modern evolutionary biology, with songs about Sexual Selection, Artificial Selection, Altruism, Morality, and Unity of Common Descent.

Released July 2009

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Engineered and mixed by Infinite Potential (Natural Selection engineered and mixed by Lin G), Mastered by Mr. Simmonds, with production by Infinite Potential and Tom Caruana (UK), and Nokz (Turkey), this is the original peer-reviewed rap album by Baba Brinkman.

Reviews

“This is rap with an intelligent twinkle in its eye” Trends in Evolution and Ecology

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/evo-eco-lab/baba-brinkmans-rap-guide-to-evolution/

Credits

released August 1, 2009

Produced by Soulful Spider, Tom Caruana & Nokz
Engineered and mixed by Soulful Spider
Mastered by Mr. Simmonds
Executive Produced and written by Baba Brinkman

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THE INFOMATIC EP

Better science communication through hip-hop. This album was conceived during our one-month songwriters-in-residency position at NIMBioS in Knoxville, Tennesee in 2012. It features five tracks of auditory goodness produced by Mr. Simmonds, exploring allo-parenting, prosimians, oxytocin homologues, cladistics, population modelling, climate change, pseudo-science accommodationism, the homophobic paradox, and the applicability of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad references to science rap.

Released November 2012

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify

Credits

Better science communication through hip-hop.

Written and produced with support from NIMBioS:
www.nimbios.org

(The views expressed in this recording are those of the artists, and may not reflect the official position of NIMBioS)

Released November 10, 2012

Produced, mixed and mastered by Mr. Simmonds
www.mrsimmondsmusic.com

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LIT-HOP (2006)

Recorded on tour in the UK 2005-2006, Baba’s seminal expression of the lit-hop genre.

Released October 2006

Purchase: Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby | Spotify

Featuring Josh Matinez, Aaron Nazrul, Dizraeli, Jena Fair, and Jonny Quality (Fatboy Slim’s band), with production from Infinite Potential, Torez, Sean Moody, and Lucid Notion (UK), and Moka Only, John Tennant, and Lin G (Canada). Engineered and mixed by Lin G in Vancouver.

Reviews

“Hype, fist-pumping productions… a versatile, skilled debut”

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/baba_brinkman-lit-hop

Credits

  1. GENESIS (Brinkman/Beeby)

Produced by Lucid Notion

Additional Production & Mix: Lin G

 

  1. STEP INSIDE (Brinkman, Tenino, Ross, Moka, Gardiner)

Original Beat Production: Moka Only

Featured MC: Junk

Featured Vocalist: Aaron Ross

Guitars: Zayne

Produced and Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. BLIND FAITH (Brinkman, Kimber,

Clarke, Rompani, D’Costa, King)

Produced by Torez

Featured MC: Josh Martinez

Harmonica: John Tennant

Additional Production & Mix: Lin G

 

  1. MAD STYLE DISEASE (Brinkman, Sawday, I.Pot.)

Produced by Infinite Potential

Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. SOCIAL CONTRACT (Brinkman/Beeby)

Produced by Lucid Notion

Featured vocals: Jena Fair

Guitars: Zayne

Additional Production & Mix by: Lin G

 

  1. JOHN DEERE GREEN (Brinkman, Moody, Diffie)

Produced by Johnny Quality

Additional Production & Mix: Lin G

 

  1. COPYRIDIN’ (Brinkman/Tennant)

Original beat production: John Tennant

Guitars: Zayne

Scratches: DJ Timothy Wisdom

Chorus Vocals: The Copyriders

Produced & Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. MELLOW DRAMA (Brinkman/Beeby)

Produced by Lucid Notion

Guitars & Bass: John Beeby

Female vocals: Jomega

Additional production & Mix: Lin G

 

  1. THE VORTEX (Brinkman, Sawday, I.Pot.)

Produced by Infinite Potential

Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. SEDUCTION (Brinkman, Sawday, I.Pot.)

Produced by Infinite Potential

Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. MINDSTATE (Brinkman/Beeby)

Produced by Lucid Notion

Additional Production & Mix: Lin G

 

  1. SYMPTOM (Brinkman/Gardiner)

Produced & Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. OH NO! (Brinkman, I.Pot., Ross)

Produced by Infinite Potential

Vocals: Aaron Ross

Mixed by Lin G

 

  1. LIT-HOP (Brinkman/Gardiner)

Scratches DJ Timothy Wisdom

Produced and Mixed by Lin G

 

All songs engineered and mixed by Lin G

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