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- Summary: The second album from South African artist Spoek Mathambo includes hip-hop, R&B, native African, electronic, and rock elements on the debut with the Sub Pop label.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Electronic, Rap, Garage, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Alternative Rap, International, Dubstep, African Traditions
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Positive: 20 out of 25
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Mixed: 5 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Apr 10, 2012The music suits because it's also dissociated‑-beaty enough to keep your foot tapping and your subconscious involved, but devoid of the escapist joy that is the miracle of so much Afropop produced from equally horrendous daily struggles.
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Mar 19, 2012It's a blistering, at times thoughtful, scattergun grab-bag of magpie musical styles and broken beat rhymes that somehow hangs together with irrepressible energy and invention.
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MojoMar 23, 2012[An] equally engaged, energised follow-up [to 2010's Mshini Wam].[Apr 2012, p.94]
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Jul 27, 2012The album is certainly worth a spin for any music enthusiast who wants to further expand their already-eclectic listening tastes.
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Mar 14, 2012A nervy urgency courses through all of the album's experimental tangents.
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Mar 14, 2012It's got piles of ideas, some biting M.I.A.-style hooks, and all the grimy vibrancy of a night out in Soweto.
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Mar 14, 2012It is a wearying listen, overcrowded and too loud and too harsh, and to engage actively with it is to feel your knuckles whiten with effort.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Nov 20, 2013
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Apr 3, 2012
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