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Richard Ashcroft，英国传奇乐队The Verve的主唱多年来未曾因为The Verve的数度解散重组事宜而放弃音乐，始终都没有停歇的他，在美国大张旗鼓的招揽许多Hip Hop背景下的艺人组成了他期待已久的乐队United Nations of Sound，并且请到了美国说唱歌手Jay-Z的合作伙伴No ID来担纲制作。似乎给人感觉是两种不同文化音乐的一次激情碰撞，这种大胆的举动以及迅猛的势头让Ashcroft重新又回到了聚光灯下，当然无论效果是好是坏，这是一次勇敢的尝试，因为Ashcroft的号召力还是相当惊人的。

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.