The Philadelphia Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Uri Caine

Uri Caine

Uri Caine is an American classical and jazz pianist and composer.-Early years:The son of Burton Caine, a professor at Temple Law School, Caine began playing piano at seven and studied with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer at 12. He later studied at the University of Pennsylvania where he came...

 (keyboards), Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (drums) and Christian McBride

Christian McBride

Christian McBride is an American jazz bassist. His father, Lee Smith, and his great uncle, Howard Cooper, are well known Philadelphia bassists who served as McBride's early mentors...

 (bass). Guest musicians include Pat Martino

Pat Martino

Pat Martino is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms.-Biography:...

 (electric guitar), Jon Swana (trumpet) and Larry Gold (cello and arrangement).

Though all from Philadelphia, each musician brings their unique musical background. Caine is an avant-garde pianist, Thompson is a hip-hop drummer and McBride a jazz bassist. The result is an "insanely funky" album.
"Mister Magic" is followed by a "hidden track", where Christian McBride plays a cover of "Just the Two of Us" by Grover Washington, Jr.

Grover Washington, Jr.

Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...

, with bass tracks only, starting at the 4:30 mark of the song.

Ropeadope

Ropeadope Records

Ropeadope Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, hip hop, electronic and downtempo music. The label was founded by Andy Hurwitz in New York City and later moved to Philadelphia, where it is now located....

 later issued two follow-up albums:

The Detroit Experiment

The Detroit Experiment

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featured Carl Craig

Carl Craig

Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs...

, Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin is a Detroit Michigan jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.He is probably best known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, Bitches Brew...

, Marcus Belgrave

Marcus Belgrave

Marcus Belgrave is a jazz trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He has recorded with a variety of famous musicians, bandleaders, and record labels since the 1950s. Notable among them are: Ray Charles, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Motown Records, Tribe Records, Blue Note...

, Geri Allen

Geri Allen

Geri Allen is an American composer/pianist educator jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette,...

, and Regina Carter

Regina Carter

Regina Carter is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of famous jazz saxophonist James Carter.-Early life:...

.

The Harlem Experiment

The Harlem Experiment

The Harlem Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Carlos Alomar, Steve Bernstein, Don Byron, Eddie Martinez, bassist Ruben Rodriguez, and drummer Steve Berrios...

featured Carlos Alomar

Carlos Alomar

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, Steve Bernstein, Don Byron

Don Byron

Don Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet, but has also used bass clarinet and saxophones....

, Eddie Martinez

Eddie Martinez

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, bassist Ruben Rodriguez, and drummer Steve Berrios

Steve Berrios

Steve Berrios is a jazz drummer and percussionist born in New York, New York. He started playing trumpet, but is not known for the instrument. He often performs in the Afro-Cuban jazz medium, having done stints with Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers, Joe Panama and Mongo Santamaría...

. Guests includes multi-genre vocalist Queen Esther Marrow

Queen Esther Marrow

-Biography:Queen Esther Marrow was born in Newport News, Virginia. She began her career at the age of 22 when her talent and vocal gifts were discovered by Duke Ellington and made her debut as a featured artist in his "Sacred Concert" world tour. Marrow and Ellington formed a long life friendship...

, bluesman Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal (musician)

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks , who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He incorporates elements of world music into his music...

; vocalist/guitarist James Hunter; trumpeter Olu Dara

Olu Dara

Olu Dara Jones is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer.-History:...

; turntablist Larry Legend; and the poet muMs da Schemer

MuMs da Schemer

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Tracklisting

1. Philadelphia Experiment
2. Grover
3. Lesson #4
4. Call For All Demons
5. Trouble Man Theme
6. Ain't It The Truth
7. IIe Ife
8. The Miles Hit
9. (Re)Moved
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. Mister Magic

Remix version

Rope-a-dop Records also issued a Remix version of the album Presented by King Britt

King Britt

King Britt is an American DJ and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.King Britt is his actual legal name.- 1987: Tower Records Years :...

.

1. Miles Hit [Rob Life Mix] - Rob Yancey
2. Broad and Cecil B. Moore
3. Philadelphia Experiment [Main Mix] - Charlie Dark
4. Brown Street
5. Miles Hit [King Britt Scuba Remix] - King Britt
6. Delaware Avenue
7. Philadelphia Experiment [Remix]
8. Diamond Street
9. (Re)moved [Oba Funke Far Re-moved Dub]
10. Sansom Street
11. Philadelphia Experiment [Remix] - DJ Ghetto
12. South Street
13. Paul Edwards the Orange Line
14. Spring Garden Street
15. Grover [Remix] - Vikter Duplaix
16. Schuylkill Expressway
17. Grover the III [The Theme to Massagejawn.com] - Randy Watson Experience
18. Osage Avenue
19. Mr. Magic [Remix] - DJ Ghetto