Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project

Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project is a collaborative studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and American hip hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Pi Recordings in 2013.

Critical reception
Daniel Paton of MusicOMH gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "compelling and beautiful; troubling and moving in equal measure." Mike Hobart of Financial Times gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Each track is stalked by the fear, guilt and surrealism of the post-traumatic dreams that were culled from scores of interviews."

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.


 * Vijay Iyer – piano, electric piano, electronics, production, programming, liner notes
 * Mike Ladd – vocals, analogue synthesizer, liner notes
 * Maurice Decaul – vocals
 * Lynn Hill – vocals
 * Pamela Z – vocals
 * Guillermo E. Brown – vocals, effects
 * Liberty Ellman – guitar, mixing
 * Okkyung Lee – cello
 * Kassa Overall – drums