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The SourceDec 19, 2013Allowing Cee Lo to exercise his eclecticism while staying within the boundaries of GM is pivotal to this album's originality and is pulled off in a way that only they could make happen. [Sep 2013, p.101]
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Sep 23, 2013This warm, wonderful record is a joyous, head-spinning delight.
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MojoSep 19, 2013So out gores the vintage, spiritual sound of 1995's nourishing debut Soul Food and in comes a job lot of dizzying electronica, schizoid stylistic shifts, screeching strings, sonorous sub-bass and beats verging on hi-NRG. [Oct 2013, p.90]
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UncutSep 5, 2013The result is both an ambitious concept album and a glorious booty-shaker. [Oct 2013, p.68]
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Aug 30, 2013The result is a set of gripping, euphoric grooves carrying raps that indicate a new-found maturity.
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Aug 27, 2013For those willing to experiment, Age Against The Machine serves as both a piece of art and a rewarding risk in an age where established artists are fearfully playing it safe.
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Aug 27, 2013At the very least, the record proves Goodie Mob can still bring the thunder 15 years after its heyday. The bangers on Age Against The Machine aren’t as jagged or as menacing as most of Soul Food, but they make up for it with speed and polish.
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Aug 29, 2013Even when AATM feels like it is coming straight out of left field, it is highly entertaining.
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Aug 28, 2013One of the more redeeming qualities is that the album gets more enjoyable with repeated spins, allowing the listener to pick up on minor details that may have been missed before. Although they are elder statesmen by today’s hip-hop standards, Goodie Mob proves to be wise and aging with grace.
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Sep 3, 2013Age Against the Machine isn’t a seamless reunion--it’s too messy, too bloated (18 tracks, not a single necessary interlude), too Green-centric to feel like a pure collaboration. But in a way, those Perfect Imperfections come with the territory. Even at its worst, it’s a Machine built with fascinating craftsmanship.
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Sep 9, 2013The album falters in spots because of the disparity of its urges. Age Against the Machine seems to want to ease Cee-Lo back into the Goodie Mob’s world while not-so-gently tugging them into his.
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Q MagazineJan 27, 2014An adult in every sense, Goodie Mob are clearly now fully-grown. [Oct 2013, p.102]
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Sep 5, 2013Cee-Lo looms large over the album: perhaps the reunion took place on his terms, but the imbalance of ideas here is frustrating.
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Aug 27, 2013Like Soul Food, Age Against The Machine tries to succeed in being different and innovative. At times, the results are disastrous, but the album always remains interesting.
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Aug 27, 2013They thug it up with T.I., rock galactic funk with Janelle Monáe and rap "kiss my intelligent ass" over a Moody Blues sample. The Mob are happily out of step with 2013 hip-hop, going so far as to have nice songs about women.