The Sour Thunder is a studio recording of Mendi + Keith Obadike's internet opera. The opera was commissioned by the Yale Cabaret and supported by the Digital Media Center at Yale. It was performed live in 2002 at two locations (Yale Cabaret and Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale) on Yale's campus and streamed to the web.

Track listing

1. "The Airport" – 1:19
2. "Sesom Arrives" – 1:04
3. "Three Months" – 2:14
4. "Familiar Things"– 4:28
5. "Blue Jasper"– 3:49
6. "Down the Hill" – 0:24
7. "Piece of the Way" – 1:52
8. "Peanut Vendor" – 3:03
9. "Where was Adrian Piper [a note in broken Spanish]" – 2:30
10. "The Yos" – 3:10
11. "The Outskirts of Town" – 1:33
12. "Bed of Suffering" – 4:52
13. "Salud, Amistad, y Negritud" – 0:49
14. "One Dusk" – 1:16
15. "An Unknown Name" – 1:16
16. "Mudcloth and Spandex" – 1:45
17. "The Myth" – 0:58
18. "She Came to Us" – 0:23
19. "Trouble (a yellow mumble)" – 2:27
20. "Follow the Scent" – 1:02
21. "Even the Magnolia" – 2:13
22. "Like an Alien" – 0:23
23. "Taste of Sugar Cane" – 3:36