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- Summary: With influences from electronic, hip-hop, and jazz, the debut full-length release for the son of Grammy-winning jazz musician Bobby McFerrin features guest appearances from Robert Glasper, César Camargo Mariano, Nai Palm, RYAT, Thundercat, and Marcus Gilmore.
- Record Label: Brainfeeder
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental Electronic, Left-Field Hip-Hop, Alternative R&B
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| I want to love you But something's in the way I want to love you But something's in the way I want to love you (I want to love you) But something's... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Jun 5, 2014It's an album that you need to experience for yourself, to have it ease into your world and make a home, to feel its freedom, to visit and revisit again and again.
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Jun 5, 2014The album was not created lightly, and by no means deserves to be skimmed, but there’s a diversity and thirst within this album that stands to keep Early Riser remembered for some time, and will no doubt lead McFerrin to achieve the same.
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MojoJul 2, 2014Early Riser is a special album that pulls you deep into its alternative universe. [Aug 2014, p.92]
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Jun 16, 2014Early Riser recalls '70s LPs by the likes of Herbie Hancock--with whom McFerrin Sr. collaborated--and actually evokes the process of remembering, insomuch as it's full of teasing hints and hazy feelings that ebb and flow throughout.
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Aug 8, 2014With McFerrin and this latest crop of open, creative minds exploring the hallowed halls of jazz, there seems to be hope the form can and will continue to exist and evolve with society, remaining a relevant and integral art form on the musical and cultural landscape.
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Jun 5, 2014This is an album built for slow weekend mornings spent in bed with a loved one more than brisk, early-morning runs.
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Jun 5, 2014These songs don’t have a great dynamic range, or produce very surprising events. They float past you, often made of three or four chords and a trickling, curious beat.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Aug 7, 2014
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