A few newer songs but a nice mix of older tunes as well. Band is on point and James mostly sounds strong and inspired here.

Surprisingly, nothing from "While You Were Sleeping" which, though it had a few duds, was the last album from him that really resonated with me.

I'm not sure we needed two versions of Blackmagic or Park Bench People but I'm not even complaining. One of the versions of the latter has him reciting two different Dead Prez verses to surprisingly good effect!

I will go on record to say that I absolutely loathe "I Found a Love" which is featured here and was on his most recent studio album. It's too sugary and schmaltzy in all the wrong ways. (And I have a very high tolerance for sugary and schmaltzy when done right.)

But yeah, this is will get some spin for a while and if a physical is released I'd probably grab it.


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~