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75

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  • Summary: The latest release for the Detroit poet sets his poetry to jazz.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
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  1. 90
    Mohawk is an album that feels great, imparts wisdom, drops sweet details and encourages both fandom and participation. If there’s fault to be found it’s in the record’s brevity.
  2. Uncut
    Mar 31, 2014
    80
    Sinclair's knack for storytelling, wordplay and a warm voice carry sufficient wit and energy to ride the jazzy undercurrent. [Apr 2014, p.81]
  3. Mar 31, 2014
    80
    The whole thing is delightful, as compelling as the artists celebrated by Flint’s finest
  4. Mojo
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    Mohawk finds him reaching an apotheosis. [May 2014, p.90]
  5. Q Magazine
    Mar 31, 2014
    60
    His septuagenarian's enthusiasm is undeniably infectious. [Apr 2014, p.119]
  6. The Wire
    Mar 31, 2014
    60
    As jazz-inflected triphop goes, it's not even anywhere near as inventive or risky as DJ Spooky's Optometry sounded back in 2002. [Mar 2014, p.60]