Yusef has addressed climate change in his music and spoken word poetry and has collaborated over the years with Common, Raheem DeVaughn, Maroon 5's Adam Levine and rapper The Game, among others.
The Donovan Carless song, which ends the album - it's a cover of William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful For What You Got, " which especially on the West Coast is sort of this really classic soul and summer anthem, really.