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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from the Chicago drummer features 14 tracks from six recording session for 2018's Universal Beings.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Dec 16, 2020
    80
    Universal Beings E&F Sides is, therefore, not only a fine follow-up, but a visionary outing of its own that also stands as required listening for post-millennial jazz fans.
  2. Mojo
    Dec 16, 2020
    80
    It's McCraven's gift to integrate radical individuals into his inclusive sound design; exuberant groupthink in action. [Nov 2020, p.84]
  3. Uncut
    Dec 16, 2020
    80
    Several tracks sound like ruminative 1970s jazz breakbeats that have been sampled by hip-hop DJs. [Nov 2020, p.33]
  4. The Wire
    Dec 16, 2020
    80
    Universal Beings E & F Sides is explicitly more of the same for fans of the original double LP. [Oct 2020, p.57]