While it builds directly on his work with the “Ultrascores,” it also marks a turning point: a more contemporary sound, broader songwriting, and more explicitly political and social themes make Funny How? his most accomplished album to date. It’s also his most accessible: inspired by American stand-up comedy, Funny How? sounds like a joyful mix of all the music that inspires the artist: soul, jazz, rap, musicals… Thus, throughout the album, major stand-up figures like Dave Chappelle, Marina Franklin, Dulcé Sloan, and Tiny Thickemz appear alongside emerging comedians filmed in more intimate comedy clubs, composing a moving portrait of the new American scene.

Drawing on archival footage and sequences shot for the project in New York and Chicago, and true to his principle of harmonizing reality, he reveals its hidden notes, replaying and developing them throughout a fascinating process. The result is a major work, a choral, political, and deeply musical narrative. In concert, the work unfolds majestically through a hybrid performance where music and images respond to and converse with one another.

1. In Comedy (And In Music)
2. Rude Crude Lude
3. True Story
4. Laugther (Is The Best Medecine)
5. In Comedy (and in Music) II
6. Punchlines
7. Punchlines II
8. How Do You Write A Joke?
9. What Is Stand-Up?
10. A First Lady
11. Marina
12. Stand-Up Like Richard
13. A Raunchy Comedian
14. Dulce
15. Killed By Police
16. L.O.L.