Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Feb 28, 2012Black Radio creates an entirely new context for popular music in its near erasure of boundaries. It is the sound of the future--even if no one knows it yet.
-
Mar 15, 2012Glasper's formidable jazz chops are the album's constant attribute.
-
Mar 15, 2012Sometimes, he floats as a delicate mist (around the vocals of Erykah Badu on Mongo Santamaria's enduring "Afro Blue.") At other points, he's a guiding light, riding the beat ("Why Do We Try.")
-
Feb 28, 2012Overall, Black Radio surpasses the excellence of Double Booked, which is a brilliant album in its own right.
-
Feb 29, 2012Black Radio would have been more successful if the music used some of jazz's subtle spontaneity in the arrangements instead of satisfying itself by going for the easy laidback vibe.
-
Entertainment WeeklyMar 7, 2012The groove is the thing. [9 Mar 2012, p.80]
-
Mar 7, 2012Skillfully and bewitchingly arranged, its neatest trick is in the way it enfolds so many distinct personalities into Glasper's own vision, his music always complementing their voices without ever being dominated by them.
-
Feb 28, 2012Anchored by Glasper's masterful, hypnotic work on piano and Rhodes, and filled with cameos by the likes of Bilal, Lalah Hathaway, Yasmin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def), Lupe Fiasco and more, it's a sensuous and smoky affair.
-
MojoFeb 28, 2012In between strong original songs are arresting covers versions. [Mar 2012, p.92]
-
Mar 12, 2012Glasper managed to create a beautiful album from start to finish that will easily be added into conversations with greats like John Coltrane's Blue Train.
-
Feb 29, 2012This isn't amateur soul or faux hip-hop. But it's not a bold pop record either. It's a kind of compromise, perhaps.
-
Q MagazineJul 10, 2012It's when the rappers stand down that it hits its stride. [Jun 2012, p.108]
-
Apr 2, 2012With music this smart and inviting, the implied diss of mainstream mediocrity doesn't feel like sour grapes; it feels like a blueprint forward.
-
Mar 1, 2012It might not work for fans of Glasper's acoustic-jazz firework display at the 2010 London jazz festival, but this rare artist can straddle idiomatic gaps, and doesn't compromise to do it.
-
UncutMar 7, 2012It's an ingenious arrangement, featuring juddering, minimal percussion, spare piano chords and vocoders that soar to the edge of the studiosphere, worth the price of the album alone. [Mar 2012, p.84]
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 11 out of 12
-
Mixed: 1 out of 12
-
Negative: 0 out of 12
-
Apr 3, 2012
-
Nov 17, 2013
-
Mar 18, 2012