Everything's Beautiful

{{Music ratings

| MC = 73/100{{Cite web|title=Critic Reviews for Everything's Beautiful - Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/everythings-beautiful/robert-glasper/critic-reviews|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=Metacritic|language=en}}

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine|last=Tate|first=Greg|date=June 2, 2016|title=Robert Glasper/Miles Davis 'Everything's...' Album Review|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/everythings-beautiful-199789/|access-date=November 18, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

| rev9 = Tom Hull

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Chris|date=June 10, 2016|title=Jazz: Miles Davis and Robert Glasper: Everything's Beautiful|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/jazz-miles-davis-and-robert-glasper-everythings-beautiful-pntnblv0f|access-date=November 18, 2021|issn=0140-0460}}

| rev8 = The Times

| rev7score = 4/5{{Cite web|date=June 15, 2016|first=Andy|last=Gill|title=Album reviews: Jake Bugg, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and more|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-jake-bugg-on-my-own-red-hot-chilli-peppers-the-getaway-and-more-a7083296.html|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}

| rev7 = The Independent

| rev6score = 3/5{{Cite web|last=Gayle|first=Conrad|date=May 27, 2016|title=SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: MILES DAVIS & ROBERT GLASPER - EVERYTHING'S BEAUTIFUL|url=https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-miles-davis-robert-glasper-everythings-beautiful/|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=The Spill Magazine|language=en-US}}

| rev6 = The Spill Magazine

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev4score = 8/10{{Cite web|last=Elone|first=Emmanuel|date=May 23, 2016|title=Robert Glasper: Everything's Beautiful: The Recordings of Miles Davis Reimagined by Robert Glasper, PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/robert-glasper-everythings-beautiful-the-recordings-of-miles-davis-reimagin-2495442253.html|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=PopMatters|language=en-US}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev3score = 7.4/10{{Cite web|last=Walls|first=Seth Colter|date=May 28, 2016|title=Robert Glasper / Miles Davis: Everything's Beautiful / Miles Ahead OST|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21821-everythings-beautiful-miles-ahead-ost/|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 9/10{{Cite web|last=Bauer|first=Matt|date=May 27, 2016|title=Miles Davis & Robert Glasper Everything's Beautiful: The Recordings of Miles Davis Reimagined by Robert Glasper {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/miles_davis_and_robert_glasper-everythings_beautiful_the_recordings_of_miles_davis_reimagined_by_robert_glasper|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Everything's Beautiful - Robert Glasper {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everythings-beautiful-mw0002928886|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=AllMusic|language=en}}

| rev9score = B+({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}){{Cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Robert Glasper|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=Robert+Glasper|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=www.tomhull.com}}

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Everything's Beautiful was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73 based on eleven reviews.

Matt Bauer of Exclaim! gave the album 9 out of 10 stating: "Everything's Beautiful, indeed". Emmanuel Elone of PopMatters found the album "is not the real tribute; it's Glasper's determination to evolve the genre that is, and I don't think Miles Davis would have it any other way". Andy Gill of The Independent wrote: "Erykah Badu lends a childlike charm to the sunburnt fizz of Glasper's bossa nova version of "Maiysha (So Long)", with Miles's trumpet shining through towards the end". Seth Colter Walls of Pitchfork wrote: "a trio of cuts toward the middle of Everything's Beautiful suffers from feeling less robustly reimagined than the rest of the set--placing a slight drag on momentum". AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote: "considering the disparate source material and the quantity of vocalists, instrumentalists, and producers involved, it's remarkable how smoothly the album flows from one track to the next. Unsurprisingly, it's most appealing to fans of Glasper and those he involved". Greg Tate of Rolling Stone stated: "Glasper and his confreres have used Davis' inspiration to craft a moving and misterioso assemblage that, true-to-the-living Davis, refuses any scent of museum entombment".

In mixed reviews, The Wire critic suggested: "Glasper is undoubtedly a class act, but the lacks the wildness a Madlib or a Flying Lotus might have brought to this project". Mojo reviewer clared: "smooth soul or hip hop tropes being largely the order of the day here". Siddhartha Mitter of The Boston Globe wrote: "the middle of the album is a problem, especially the Hiatus Kaiyote number, "Little Church", a strange, bloodless clunker that drags down the Mvula ("Silence Is the Way") and KING ("Song for Selim") features that follow. The Badu track, the electro-bossa nova "Maiysha (So Long)", is fine but familiar. Miles Davis concept aside, Glasper's still in Black Radio mode. It works, but it needs a little dirt, and probably a new challenge". Mark Streeter of Now wrote: "in a way, this could be Glasper's Black Radio Volume 3: The Davis Edition. However, positioning the album as a tribute runs counter to his forward-looking use of the material".

{{Track listing

| headline = Everything's Beautiful track listing

| note6 = featuring Hiatus Kaiyote

| writer1 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Curtis Jews|Josef Zawinul|Miles Davis}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Jewels}}

| length1 = 3:09

| title2 = Ghetto Walkin'

| note2 = featuring Bilal

| writer2 = {{hlist|Bilal Oliver|Glasper|Davis}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Jewels}}

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = They Can't Hold Me Down

| note3 = featuring Illa J

| extra3 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Rashad Smith}}

| length3 = 2:14

| writer3 = {{hlist|John Derek Yancey|Glasper|Davis}}

| title4 = Maiysha (So Long)

| note4 = featuring Erykah Badu

| writer4 = {{hlist|Erica Wright|Davis}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Rashad Smith|Erykah Badu}}

| length4 = 7:29

| title5 = Violets

| note5 = featuring Phonte

| writer5 = {{hlist|Phonte Coleman|Glasper|Davis}}

| extra5 = 9th Wonder

| length5 = 3:23

| title6 = Little Church

| title1 = Talking Shit

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| note9 = featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow

| writer9 = Davis

| title7 = Silence Is the Way

| note7 = featuring Laura Mvula

| writer7 = {{hlist|Laura Pauline Amanda Douglas|Zawinul|Davis}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Jewels}}

| length7 = 5:17

| title8 = Song for Selim

| note8 = featuring King

| writer8 = {{hlist|Paris Strother|Amber Strother|Anita Bias|Davis}}

| extra8 = Paris Strother

| length8 = 2:39

| title9 = Milestones

| extra6 = Hiatus Kaiyote

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hermeto Pascoal|Davis}}

| extra9 = Georgia Anne Muldrow

| length9 = 4:16

| title10 = I'm Leaving You

| note10 = featuring Ledisi

| writer10 = {{hlist|Ledisi Anibade Young|Glasper|Davis}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Robert Glasper|Anu~Sun|Black Milk|Steve Berkowitz}}

| length10 = 3:13

| title11 = Right on Brotha

| writer11 = {{hlist|Christopher Robinson|Vincent Williams|Wayne Shorter|Davis}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|DJ Spinna|Chris Rob ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}}

| length11 = 5:00

| length6 = 6:35

| total_length = 46:57

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; Sample credits

• Track 1 contains samples of Miles Davis' voice from the Jack Johnson, Nefertiti and In a Silent Way sessions and Joe Zawinul's piano from the In a Silent Way sessions
• Track 2 contains a sample of "The Ghetto Walk" written by Miles Davis, as performed by Miles Davis
• Track 4 contains a sample of "Maiysha" written by Miles Davis, as performed by Miles Davis
• Track 5 contains a sample of "Blue in Green" written by Miles Davis, as performed by Miles Davis
• Track 7 contains a sample of "In a Silent Way" written by Josef Zawinul, as performed by Miles Davis
• Track 8 contains a sample of "Selim" written by Miles Davis, as performed by Miles Davis
• Track 10 contains a sample of music and Miles Davis talking from Jack Johnson sessions
• Track 11 contains a sample of "Right Off" written by Miles Davis, as performed by Miles Davis, and an interpolation of "Nefertiti" written by Wayne Shorter

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• Robert Glasper – keyboards (tracks 2–4), percussion (track 4), piano (tracks 7, 9), producer (tracks 1–4, 7, 10), liner notes
• Bilal Oliver – vocals (track 2)
• John Derek "Illa J" Yancey – vocals (track 3)
• Erica "Erykah Badu" Wright – vocals, percussion & producer (track 4)
• Phonte Coleman – vocals & recording (track 5)
• Bianca Rodriguez – additional backing vocals & recording (track 5)
• Naomi "Nai Palm" Saalfield – vocals (track 6)
• Laura "Mvula" Douglas – vocals (track 7)
• Amber Strother – vocals (track 8)
• Anita Bias – vocals (track 8)
• Paris Strother – vocals, producer, recording & mixing (track 8)
• Georgia Anne Muldrow – vocals, producer, recording & mixing (track 9)
• Ledisi Anibade Young – vocals (track 10)
• Christopher "Chris Rob" Robinson – vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer & co-producer (track 11)
• Derrick Hodge – bass (tracks 1–3)
• Josef Erich "Joe" Zawinul – piano (track 1)
• Danny Leznoff – guitar (track 3)
• Rashad "Ringo" Smith – percussion (track 4), producer (tracks: 3, 4)
• Braylon Lacy – bass (track 4)
• Burniss Travis – bass (tracks: 5, 10)
• Kyle Bolden – guitar (track 8)
• John Scofield – guitar (track 10)
• Lakecia Benjamin – alto and tenor saxophone (track 11)
• Vincent "DJ Spinna" Williams – drum programming, percussion & producer (track 11)
• Stevland Hardaway "Stevie Wonder" Morris – harmonica (track 11)
• Brandee Younger – harp (track 11)
• Curtis "Jewels" Jews – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 7)
• Anu~Sun – producer (track 10), mixing (tracks: 1-3, 10), recording (tracks: 2, 10)
• Patrick "9th Wonder" Douthit – producer & recording (track 5)
• Hiatus Kaiyote – producer & engineering (track 6)
• Steve Berkowitz – producer (track 10), executive producer
• Curtis "Black Milk" Cross – producer (track 10)
• James Benjamin – engineering (track 3)
• Jimi Bowman – recording (track 4)
• Chris Tabron – mixing (tracks: 4, 11)
• Caleb Laven – engineering mix assistant (tracks: 4, 11)
• Jules – recording & mixing (track 7)
• Andy Taub – recording (track 10)
• Keith "Qmillion" Lewis – additional recording (track 10)
• Cristian F. Perez – Pro Tools engineering (track 11)
• Femi Jiya – recording (track 11)
• Vincent Wilburn, Jr. – executive producer
• Adam Block – executive producer
• Erin Davis – executive producer
• Nicole Hegeman – executive producer
• Frank Harkins – art direction
• Alice Butts – design
• Francine Turk – design
• Jim Lane – product management and direction
• Tara Master – project management and direction

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