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  • Summary: The third full-length release from Seattle-based Kassa Overall features guest appearances by Bendji Allonce, Danny Brown, Theo Croker, Ian Fink, Francis And The Lights, Nick Hakim, J. Hoard, Vijay Iyer, Mike King, Lil B, Andrae Murchison, Laura Mvula, Tomoki Sanders, Shabazz Palaces, AnthonyThe third full-length release from Seattle-based Kassa Overall features guest appearances by Bendji Allonce, Danny Brown, Theo Croker, Ian Fink, Francis And The Lights, Nick Hakim, J. Hoard, Vijay Iyer, Mike King, Lil B, Andrae Murchison, Laura Mvula, Tomoki Sanders, Shabazz Palaces, Anthony Ware, and Wiki.… Expand
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Observer (UK)
    May 22, 2023
    80
    Animals continues seamlessly, using a raft of guest musicians and rappers, its rhythms shuttling between drum kit and electronica.
  2. AllMusic
    May 26, 2023
    80
    Ultimately, Animals is a compelling conversation between the creator and his psyche, his musicians, and listeners.
  3. Slant Magazine
    May 22, 2023
    80
    Rather than cutting and pasting samples and calling it a day, he skillfully weaves them together with improvisational live instrumentation. With Animals, analog and electronic, and past and present, are placed in an engaging dialogue.
  4. Mojo
    May 22, 2023
    80
    The result is a bold, career highlight that's dizzyingly inventive on the surface, with a powerful emotional undertow. [Jul 2023, p.87]
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  5. Uncut
    May 22, 2023
    70
    This middle ground between jazz and hip-hop is the crux of the record, ad while it's loaded with deft playing, rich production and complex compositions, the constant rotation of differing voices can often kill the flow and coherence of what is otherwise a meticulously crafted record. [Jul 2023, p.33]
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