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- Summary: The multiple Grammy-winning R&B/soul singer returns to the Stax label with an album featuring guest appearances from such artists as Gary Clark, Jr., Estelle, Anthony Hamilton, Mayer Hawthorne, Luke James, Sheila E., and Vintage Trouble.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Jazz, Soul, Urban, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Southern Soul, Soul Jazz, Memphis Soul
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Jul 8, 2013El-P has never sounded more scathingly unhinged as an MC. Killer Mike, who brought an urban philosopher’s mind set to “R.A.P. Music,” conjures that same level of intensity when he rains down insults alongside his new sidekick.
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Jun 27, 2013Sound the Alarm is the sound of summer.
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Jul 8, 2013They’ve refined their scope to create an album that you want to blast out of your car, your house party--or ideally a boombox having been transported back to a street corner in Eighties New York.
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Aug 8, 2013For every step back, however, there are two steps forward: most of the tracks find Jones collaborating with some hot young artist.
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MojoAug 9, 2013Jones's playing is inventive throughout, comparing favourably to his work with the M.G.'s. [Sep 2013, p.86]
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Jun 27, 2013Iz and Bobby Avila (aka the Avila Brothers) produced and co-wrote the bulk of the tracks, and those are the most successful. It would have been smarter, though, to use them for the whole album, as the smattering of generic blues jams and guest showcases seem tacked on and out of place.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013True, the Estelle-sung can't Wait sounds out of place, but elsewhere this is an estimable example of making things just like they used to. [Sep 2013, p.99]
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