All People
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| Released | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Pop rap[1] | |||
| Length | 40:32 | |||
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All People is an album by the American band Michael Franti & Spearhead, released in 2013 through Boo Boo Wax and Capitol Records.[2][3] The first single was "I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)".[4] Franti supported the album with North American and Australian tours.[5][6] In 2014, he continued to promote All People by headlining the Soulshine Music and Yoga Tour.[7]
The majority of the album was recorded in Hunters Point, with some of the mixing occurring while the band was on tour.[8][9] The album continued Franti's turn toward pop music; he had concluded that a pop song could be as comforting and meaningful as a protest song.[10] For the first time in his career, Franti worked with outside songwriters and producers, including Sam Hollander, the Matrix, and Adrian Newman.[11][12] Franti recorded around 35 songs and listened to the rough mixes while doing his morning yoga, to ensure that they were properly "inspiring".[13][14] He also wanted the tracks to incorporate dance influences, with some geared toward club play.[15] "Say Goodbye" is about the murder of Trayvon Martin.[16] A version of "11:59" was written around 2003; Franti finished the chorus for it after surviving a ruptured appendix.[17] K'naan guested on "Earth from Outer Space".[18]
