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  • Summary: The sixth studio release for the rap group features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes, William Hart, Scarub, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Snoop Dogg.
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  1. Sep 3, 2014
    80
    The beats and rhymes give life to a truly cinematic experience, as though the Souls had been airlifted from Oakland to a Hollywood soundset. It's a short trip geographically but a long player musically that's worth revisiting many times after your initial purchase.
  2. Sep 3, 2014
    80
    Like the album itself, the cast of guest appearances is minimal, yet praiseworthy for its originality.
  3. Sep 3, 2014
    80
    Fresh, crisp drums, creamy keys, luxuriant strings and timely flute and horn flourishes, each held together by a series of mood-defining bass lines, work to soundtrack this production, an inspiring foil that the record's MCs make certain not to waste on this grand testament to Souls' skill and staying power.
  4. Q Magazine
    Sep 3, 2014
    80
    The dense plot might be confounding on first listen but the MC's high-speed interplay and Younge's cinematic arrangements, recorded entirely live and analogue, make for a breathlessly entertaining masterclass in classic hip-hop storytelling. [Oct 2014, p.121]
  5. Mojo
    Nov 20, 2014
    80
    The Oakland outfit grasp the slippery concept of time with philosophical relish and an abundance of psychotropic imagery on this conceptual sixth album. [Dec 2014, p.93]
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