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- Summary: The hip-hop producer attempts a "pop" album for the first time on this third release, utilizing all live instrumentation and even singing on almost all of the tracks.
- Record Label: XL Recordings
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 28
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Mixed: 13 out of 28
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Negative: 4 out of 28
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The one-man result: breezy soul tracks with pop structures, chill vocals and a grab bag of flourishes recalling everything from McCartney to Prince.
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UrbSometimes the '70s feel gets feeling hella silly. [Mar 2007, p.96]
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Two skills he has mastered in the past, mood and texture, make this record especially good.
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RJD2 has made an record that simply doesn’t play to his strengths.
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It’s more work to listen to than any previous Rjd2 album; listening is a constant quest for the remarkable within the unremarkable.
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This is the sound of a fighter punching below his weight.
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For someone who has dazzled with his sonic imagination in the past, Rjd2 sounds very tentative here.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 4 out of 12
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GradyLApr 23, 2007
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JonLMar 4, 2007Very enjoyable. Definitely takes a diversion from his typic hip-hop/electronic routes, and it pays off nicely.
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IMeMar 13, 2007Don't read the reviews, listen to it. No one seems to quite understand it.
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MycroftWMar 13, 2007It's not as bad as DJ Shadow's last one, but as we were expecting the level of Ghostwriter or Saliva this is quite a dissapointment
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YJMar 25, 2007
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EricCApr 9, 2007pretty bad.
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JohnDMar 8, 2007
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