First Listen: Lil’ John Roberts calms the soul on “Your Renaissance” | SoulTracks [Video]

(April 30, 2024) “Your Renaissance,” the new song by drummer and producer Lil’ John Roberts, is a relaxing and contemplative tune created during a time of tension and upheaval. The conception of this song and Elevation, the upcoming album that will include “Your Renaissance,” was the troubled days of 2020.

During that time, the world confronted first the COVID 19 pandemic that took so many lives and then the racial and social justice upheaval that followed the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbury, and the unjustified police killing of Breonna Taylor.

There was also the 2020 election and the economic recession caused by the pandemic. Roberts writes about that time in the introduction for “Your Renaissance.”

“We were afraid to leave home in fear of catching the virus, or being caught in a situation with dirty police, so the only thing to do was put our frustrations and pain into our music …