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Aug 19, 2016And The Anonymous Nobody is still an impressive new installment in what has been a largely-unblemished career run.
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Aug 26, 2016While and the Anonymous Nobody won’t resonate with everybody, it’s still a glimpse into who De La Soul are today, where they’ve been, and what they’ve learned.
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Aug 26, 2016Skits and the odd miss accepted, and the Anonymous Nobody… is a grand achievement. Regardless of whether their next project requires outsourced funding or not, De La Soul fans worldwide will just be happy if the group can keep up these standards while never forgoing their wayfaring creativity.
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Sep 1, 2016While they exceed expectations on these non-assisted tracks, De La Soul also more than hold their own against their superstar guests.
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Sep 7, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody is an album that, though lacking in congruence, displays De La’s staying power.
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MagnetNov 16, 2016This is a mature work. [No. 137, p.54]
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MojoAug 5, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody is another stroke of inventive brilliance from ever-humble, non-showboating masters of the long-playing arts. [Sep 2016, p.92]
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Aug 26, 2016And The Anonymous Nobody is a more than worthy edition to their legacy, proving how relevant this treasure of a band is.
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Sep 6, 2016Middle-aged rap has rarely sounded more grown, with all the mixed-blessing perspective that comes with it. Anonymous Nobody is kind of a downer, but sometimes that’s what you need, especially when the optimism’s just below that melancholy surface.
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Aug 26, 2016It sounds great while it’s playing and means nothing except that it sounds great and will sound just as great 10, 20, 30 years from now.
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Q MagazineAug 5, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody delivers. [Sep 2016, p.104]
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Sep 1, 2016The end result sure looks promising from the moment you hit play, with over an hour of music and 18 tracks to look forward to, the kind of full length project all those [Kickstarter] backers have demanded.
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Aug 26, 2016Tracks like the loopy "Snoopies" (with David Byrne) and old-school throwdown "Whoodeeni" (with 2 Chainz) are glorious bug-outs, but the urban cautionary tale "Greyhounds" (echoing Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," with Usher on the hook) is a reminder that De La are often more powerful when they're less goofy.
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Aug 22, 2016The strength of and the Anonymous Nobody... remains how it holds together as a complete, cohesive listen.
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Aug 26, 2016An eclectic genre mashup with an enviable roster of guests, And The Anonymous Nobody… bristles with creative rebirth and more than a touch of hard-earned, “we’re back” braggadocio.
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Aug 25, 2016[A] sparkling, multi-faceted comeback album.
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Aug 19, 2016There are certainly more strong points than weak points to be concentrated on here. All the tracks that centre around Posdnuos, Trugoy and Maseo see De La Soul at full strength with their rhymes as sharp and playful but seemingly wiser than ever before.
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Aug 5, 2016Exhausting, ridiculous and full of life, De La Soul still do it like no-one else.
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The WireOct 21, 2016Judging by the music on And The Anonymous Nobody, their sights are set firmly on the future. [Sep 2016, p.49]
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UncutAug 5, 2016Broad in scope, and naturally playful, this is a spectacular, fresh as the proverbial, triumph. [Sep 2016, p.73]
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