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Ya-Ka-May - Galactic
  • Band Name: Galactic
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2010
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80 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Heavily influenced by hip-hop, rock, blues, funk, and jazz, the New Orleans "Bounce" quintet Galactic enlists vocal legends for its sixth studio effort. These include Rebirth Brass Band and Irma Thomas, as well as such up-and-coming Bounce artists as Cheeky Blakk, Big Freedia, and Sissy Nobby.

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    The funkateers have infused YA-KA-MAY with an abundance of varied flavors as they skillfully back a wide range of NOLA musicians, from legendary artists such as singer Irma Thomas and producer-composer Allen Toussaint, to young rappers Katey Red and Sissy Nobby....The result is an often very tasty musical, uh, stew.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Galactic's Ya-Ka-May is a pungent musical fusion, adding hip-hop to mardi-gras funk, with help from a cast of local luminaries. [Apr 2010, p.86]
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  3. NOW Magazine
    40
    Galactic's Ya-Ka-May works as a concept album, but its execution ranges from grating to tolerable.

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