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  • Summary: The debut full-length release for drummer Chris Dave as bandleader features such artists as Anderson .Paak, Bilal, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Phonte, SiR, and Anna Wise.
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  • Record Label: Blue Note
  • Genre(s): R&B, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Alternative Rap, Contemporary Jazz
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  1. Feb 14, 2018
    90
    Keyboardist Cleo Sample and singer/songwriter Kendra Foster are among the variable cast that joins that trio, so the set unsurprisingly has the densely layered, spaced-out, and fiery qualities of D'Angelo's Black Messiah.
  2. Feb 14, 2018
    80
    His band’s music has a stylistic affinity with Glasper’s Black Radio albums, melding jazz, R&B, funk, hip-hop, and neo soul into an unclassifiable hybrid that dissolves musical barriers.
  3. Feb 14, 2018
    62
    Chris Dave’s accomplished chops demand that he should be the star of his debut--but too often he’s lost in the firmament.
  4. Feb 14, 2018
    60
    This is a record packed to the brim with guest vocalists and layers of instrumentation, all sitting on top of rock-solid yet unpredictable grooves.
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