Watch Thundercat's Epic 11-Minute Jam Session With Crystal

Watch the Bass God do what he does best.

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[gallery columns="3"]Thundercat is one of the best when it comes to that bass, and you’ve likely heard him in action if you listened to Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly. Today, we turn our focus to this impressive new clip from Red Bull Music Academy that finds the music legend improvising an epic 11-minute jam with synth rocker, Crystal. Watch above and rumor has it, Cat’s been working on a third studio album. Stay tuned.

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