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| 3.0 good | Erwann S. STAFF | February 10th 21 |
Beats & Loops: Madlib composed the beats, while Four Tet arranged them. Vocal samples appear here and there in the traditional Madlib sense - ie: it sounds random af. The main problem is; this sounds too clean. I don't know how much that is due to Four Tet's editing, but the gritty Madlib beats are not as present as on his diverse previous records. At least the dude still knows how to craft cool shit.
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| 2.5 average | charlopiano | February 9th 21 |
I guess I'm not a producer beats-album type of guy, so I can't really say anything bad about it, but then again, I personally don't see a reason to like this.
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| 4.0 excellent | ajcollins15 | February 3rd 21 |
For an instrumental hip-hop album this is a really strong album and for me personally this is one of the best showings for Madlib. I have never been one to fully understand, or appreciate, the subtle nuances of why people loved (and would die for) Madlib production. I will say it upright, his albums with Freddie Gibbs have always been boring listens. However, this is really a stunning album to listen to and each track has such a great set of samples and products that it?s hard not to feel empowered while listening to this. However, what really grinds my gears with this album is how flat everything is. Nothing about this album stands out as great, everything is extremely good, but nothing mind-blowing. This might be an issue I have with instrumental hip-hop as a whole, but nothing makes me think this is a great or classic record.
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| 4.0 excellent | NoSons | January 29th 21 |
I can see myself coming back to this pretty frequently. I do question how valid that logic is cause this is better than other efforts or this just hits real great right now. The sampling throughout is pretty catchy.
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| 1.5 very poor | gschwen | January 8th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Ryus | October 24th 21 |
| 3.5 great | iGuter | October 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jake | May 12th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | March 2nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Akifexx | February 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | cowleast | February 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Polvo | February 5th 21 |
| 3.0 good | AidNN | February 5th 21 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | February 4th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Lalka | February 4th 21 |
| 3.0 good | bharry | February 4th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | February 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | dwbtdom | February 2nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | January 30th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Gillie | January 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | January 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | January 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | January 29th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | H2okot | January 24th 21 |
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