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Richard Ashcroft，英國傳奇樂隊The Verve的主唱多年來未曾因為The Verve的數度解散重組事宜而放棄音樂，始終都沒有停歇的他，在美國大張旗鼓的招攬許多Hip Hop背景下的藝人組成了他期待已久的樂隊United Nations of Sound，并且請到了美國說唱歌手Jay-Z的合作伙伴No ID來擔綱制作。似乎給人感覺是兩種不同文化音樂的一次激情碰撞，這種大膽的舉動以及迅猛的勢頭讓Ashcroft重新又回到了聚光燈下，當然無論效果是好是壞，這是一次勇敢的嘗試，因為Ashcroft的號召力還是相當驚人的。

RPA & The United Nations of Sound, the new band from Richard Ashcroft, will release their debut album ‘United Nations Of Sound’ on 19th July. Recorded in Los Angeles, New York and London, the album was produced by Chicago hip-hop pioneer No ID (Common, Jay-Z). String arrangements are by Benjamin Wright, the man responsible for the strings on Michael Jackson’s ‘Off The Wall’, and engineered by Grammy Award-winning Motown legend Reggie Dozier (Outkast, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye). Other musicians featuring on the album include Mary J Blige’s guitarist Steve Wyreman, Paul ‘DW’ Wright (bass), and Derrick Wright (drums). All songs written by Richard Ashcroft.