I honestly tried my best on this one. I must have listen to the entire album for 5 or 6 times, with pauses, day and night, but nothing exceptional came to me... It truly sounds like an experimental album. I don't have anything against experimental albums but 'Drunk' goes way too far. Some tracks ring a bell inside of me and turn out to be catchy, funny, devilish or all three at once.I honestly tried my best on this one. I must have listen to the entire album for 5 or 6 times, with pauses, day and night, but nothing exceptional came to me... It truly sounds like an experimental album. I don't have anything against experimental albums but 'Drunk' goes way too far. Some tracks ring a bell inside of me and turn out to be catchy, funny, devilish or all three at once. Thundercat successfully manages to reunite amazing artists to help him through his project. And we all have to admit some of them just save the track they are invited on. Some moves are really ingenious and jazz pieces are sometimes greatfully included in the tracks.
Still 'Drunk' appears to me as an *effing* endless project. Thundercat voice doesn't change a single time. Always remains creamy and soft, but so soft it strangely becomes painfully boring. Ok, the guy can "rap", sing and whistle but I'm sorry to inform you that that's not enough to satisfy me. Once again, other artists bring some variety in this mess, thank god. Another thing is that 'Drunk' has absolutely no continuity. The sequencing of the tracks is such that they seem to have been produced without any link between them. We are just toss in this indescriptible mess of notes, sounds, bursts of voice and instruments until death, madness or the loooong-awaited end of the album comes to free you from this pile of musical rubbish.
Please don't get me wrong: I think 'Drunk' is a cool album. Just for people who are consuming a lot of drugs and/or are as crazy as Thundercat. Unfortunately it's not my case. It constantly feels like i went too far out of my comfort zone on this one. As I said I made an effort to listen to this album (and many times), but it feels like the album just didn't make a single step in my direction and chose to remain wierd, distant and sometimes even causing me severe headaches. It balanced several times between 'ok' and 'awful' kind of art. That's regrettable. However I can't wait to listen to other albums of Thundercat, hoping this one was the strangest and the most experimental one. In this case everyone deserves a second chance.
(I just noticed I was the first negative written review on 'Drunk' so I hope my opinion will enlighten more people than it will drive them crazy)… Expand
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