Hiruy Tirfe - 10,000 Hours (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The sound collage that opens saxophonist Hiruy Tirfe’s debut album, 10,000 Hours, features a host of influential voices. Prominent among them, naturally, is author Malcolm Gladwell, whose oft-quoted theory about the time required to gain expertise gives the album its title. But it also includes former Sixer Allen Iverson, via an excerpt of his legendary “practice” rant; Questlove discussing sacrifice; Will Smith on his “ridiculous, sickening work ethic”; and Barack and Michelle Obama lecturing students on hard work.

It’s clear that Tirfe has drawn inspiration from these motivational pronouncements, and that it’s paid off: at 29, Tirfe has performed with The Roots, Patti LaBelle, Solange Knowles and other luminaries, while honing his skills on stages in Philly and beyond. But the key to his burgeoning success might be rooted less in these celebrity examples than in the humbler words heard later in the album. On “Mom and Dad,” Tirfe interviews his parents, immigrants from the East African country of Eritrea, about the struggles they faced in their adopted home.

TRACKLIST

1. Hiruy Tirfe - 10,000 Hours (THE OPENER)
2. Hiruy Tirfe - A CRY FOR HELP
3. Hiruy Tirfe - TRIAL
4. Hiruy Tirfe - INCENTIVE
5. Hiruy Tirfe - NFF
6. Hiruy Tirfe - LIVE YOUR LIFE AND TAKE CONTROL
7. Hiruy Tirfe - LITTLE GHETTO BOY
8. Hiruy Tirfe - 10,000 HOURS
9. Hiruy Tirfe - MOM & DAD
10. Hiruy Tirfe - THE BELIEVER
11. Hiruy Tirfe - CHANCES
12. Hiruy Tirfe - SECOND NATURE
13. Hiruy Tirfe - NO SAVING (EXTENDED)
14. Hiruy Tirfe - 10,000 HOURS (THE CLOSER)
15. Hiruy Tirfe - NO SAVING (RADIO EDIT)



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