White Jesus Black Problems
by Fantastic Negrito
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. Glide Magazine
    Jun 2, 2022
    90
    His most career-defining album to date. ... The cliché “love wins” is the essence of this project, which results in both an audio and visual album. Watching and listening to both creates quite a searing, provocative impact.
  2. Uncut
    Jun 20, 2022
    80
    White Jesus Black Problems fizzes with indignation and exults in contradictions. [Aug 2022, p.25]
    All this publication's reviews
  3. AllMusic
    Jun 3, 2022
    80
    Love conquering all can sometimes be a hackneyed notion, but here Fantastic Negrito makes it feel earned.
  5. Exclaim
    Jun 3, 2022
    80
    While White Jesus Black Problems is certainly an album that prompts further discovery of its deeper layers, it is also liberating in its musical profundity.
  6. American Songwriter
    Jun 2, 2022
    80
    He zips past previous genre assumptions, ripping up any blueprint for how a blues album should sound on this daring and audacious release.
  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 2, 2022
    80
    White Jesus Black Problems is a wide-ranging sprawl of sound. On a purely musical level, it's all over the place in the best possible sense. [Jul 2022, p.82]
  8. Mojo
    Jun 2, 2022
    80
    A potent artistic tour de force, White Jesus Black Problems' message is ultimately a simple but life-affirming one: love can conquer all. [Jul 2022, p.94]
    All this publication's reviews

Awards & Rankings

59
#59 Best Album of 2022

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. ReSiWi
    Aug 31, 2022
    9
    To begin with, Fantastic Negrito‘s new album, “White Jesus Black Problems”, is a fascinating mix of styles. Here, Rock meets Soul meets BluesTo begin with, Fantastic Negrito‘s new album, “White Jesus Black Problems”, is a fascinating mix of styles. Here, Rock meets Soul meets Blues and the early 70s. The album’s first track “Venomous Dogma” gives you the impression (wow!) that Paul McCartney‘s wings are back again and are now playing some sort of jazzy rock music and somehow you hear John Lennon singing in the background.
    Nibbadip reminds you of the high times of Tina Turner and her abusive hubby. The parents of the beautiful song “Oh Betty” could have been Golden Earring’s “Radar Love” and Canned Heat’s “On the Road again” - I simply love the keyboards here. “Trudoo” is a fast tune that catches your attention with a pumping bass and a super cool rhythm guitar like in the 70s.
    “Virginia Soil” starts with a laid back slide guitar and then the chorus line keeps repeating “ freedom will come“ like a spell - and finishes with a banjo and an organ that reminds you of Billy Preston‘s instrument when he helped out theń Beatles in the studio.

    Each song on this album is a masterpiece and makes you curious which song will follow next. You never get bored and want to skip a song, because you don’t like it. In short: “WJBP” is an excellent album, a masterpiece!    … Full Review »
See all user reviews »