Los Angeles
by Flying Lotus
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Jun 10, 2008
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 53
  3. Negative: 1 out of 53

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  1. clem666
    Apr 6, 2021
    6
    Since the beginning Flying Lotus has his own style and ability to fuse brilliant samples into its raw experimental kind of music. On this first studio album it feels like he still has to find his own musical identity. Those tracks almost all have the same atmosphere and approach: it is rude, grey, dark and gritty. I had too often the feeling that beats searched themselves and that theSince the beginning Flying Lotus has his own style and ability to fuse brilliant samples into its raw experimental kind of music. On this first studio album it feels like he still has to find his own musical identity. Those tracks almost all have the same atmosphere and approach: it is rude, grey, dark and gritty. I had too often the feeling that beats searched themselves and that the tracks didn't manage to craft their own identity. By listening to this album I felt lost in an ocean of FlyLo's undeniable creativity but also repetitveness. A lot sound truly unstructured, uncertain and unsubstantiated.

    Fortunately, at the end of this project, Fying Lotus added singers who helped them create what I think are better songs especially 'Auntie's Lock/Infinitum'. The end appears to be far more attractive and enjoyable since the artist eventually stops using those overly abrasive noisy beats to head towards calmer and softer tracks. Laura Darlington beautifully (but also repetitively) helps him progress that way.    … Expand

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#61 Best Album of 2008
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#82 Most Shared Album of 2008

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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Loaded with 17 tracks, it's an entertaining and fitting addition to the Warp catalog that makes for some highly hypnotic video arcade/coffee parlor mood music.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    77
    Assured in its fastidiousness, with enough schizophrenia to make whiplash a factor, Los Angeles cements Flying Lotus’s status as the best producer in a burgeoning scene bursting with talent, categorization eluding whatever scene that may be, whatever it means to be a producer.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    The record is almost as seamless as it is engaging, and it subtly commands your attention from start to finish.
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