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Mixed or average reviews- based on 60 Ratings
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Positive: 35 out of 60
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Mixed: 3 out of 60
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Negative: 22 out of 60
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Jun 3, 2015Sounds like Gnarls Barkley from hell. If this passes as music today, I'm afraid of the future. This is some of the worst drivel I've ever heard. The electronic from "Malukayi" is stuck in my head and that's not a good thing at all. Pretty sure the critics are either paid off or they have no taste in music
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Aug 12, 2015This album is very interesting. I've never heard anything like it. I totally understand where people are coming from saying that the voices are annoying. Your enjoyment to this music directly correlates to your acceptance of new sounds.
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Jun 25, 2015I don't see why the hate for the album. It's ok, but I'm pretty much neutral on this one. The beats are nice, but the vocals can be annoying at some points which is what makes the album nothing really special. It's sometimes thrilling, but as whole it could've been much better. 6/10
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Jun 9, 2015
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Jun 23, 2015An album that will appeal to fans of both Congolese soukous and Adrian Sherwood's industrial-dub On-U Sound label. It's a pity neither Loketo or Kanda Bongo Man in their heyday opted for dubby nocturnal sounds, but its here for those who waited. A near masterpiece.
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Aug 14, 2015From the rock of “Nganshé” to the roll of “Coco Blues,” two forward-looking cosmopolitans (plus friends) craft new directions in urban sound.
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The WireJul 27, 2015The album is imbued with the expectant, febrile energy that comes with having forged ahead into unknown spaces with out the means or desire to backpedal. [Jul 2015, p.58]
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Jul 14, 2015It may be titled From Kinshasa, but this record could easily be from the future.