Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder are back together on a new collaborative track.
Four of jazz and hip-hop’s most cerebral voices are reuniting. Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder have dropped “Watchu Bringing?” as the latest output from their Dinner Party supergroup, a project that blends live jazz sophistication with production rooted in the Golden Age of boom-bap.
The collaboration marks another chapter in what’s become an increasingly rare thing in music: four heavyweight instrumental creators operating at the same table without ego or commercial calculation. Martin handles saxophone, Glasper commands the keys, Washington brings orchestral jazz textures, and 9th Wonder steers the production from behind the boards. Each contributor has built their reputation independently, Martin as a session wizard and bandleader, Glasper as a modern jazz innovator, Washington as a visionary composer, and 9th Wonder as one of the genre’s most meticulous beat architects, yet the Dinner Party framework allows them to cook without the typical hierarchy of a traditional artist-and-producer relationship.
“Watchu Bringing?” continues the group’s core aesthetic: intricate horn work layered over crisp, soulful production that refuses to choose between jazz purists and hip-hop heads. The track exemplifies why this particular foursome works. There’s no crossover pandering, no watering down of either discipline. Instead, it’s the sound of masters in their respective crafts simply deciding to make something together, the kind of collaboration that requires zero marketing pitch because the names alone signal the conversation being had.
