Beats, rhymes, and brain science combine in Baba Brinkman's latest "peer reviewed rap" project exploring the material basis of consciousness. How do you get a thinking, feeling, experiencing person from an assembly of physical parts? Baba himself is made of trillions of cells, and none of them knows who he is or cares, but somehow those cells combine to produce some of the world's most thought-provoking rap music. Listen and find out how.
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
Digital download comes with lyric sheet pdf
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:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
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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:
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www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness
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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:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_probability
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www.edge.org/response-detail/27098
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmJhPQYRc8
4. Zombie
(D. Brinkman, T. Caruana)
Produced and Mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Further reading:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie
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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:
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www.pnas.org/content/106/Supplement_1/10061.full
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www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think#t-1089915
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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
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www.edge.org/conversation/stanislas_dehaene-signatures-of-consciousness
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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:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_argument
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ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/RoboMaryfinal.htm
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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:
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ideas.ted.com/want-to-know-what-aliens-will-be-like-just-look-at-an-octopus/
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-consciousness-universal/
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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:
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www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality
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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:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
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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:
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www.theguardian.com/science/2010/feb/03/vegetative-state-patient-communication
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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:
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www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-marionettes-lament
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soundcloud.com/samharrisorg/free-will-revisited-a-conversation-with-daniel-dennett
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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:
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www.susanblackmore.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JCS03.pdf
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ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/MEMEMYTH.FIN.htm
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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:
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www.brainpickings.org/2016/05/31/sean-carroll-the-big-picture/
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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:
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www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven
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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