His best work to date, by quite a wide margin. He has really developed his own sound on this one - the interplay between sample and playing is pretty seamless.
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Listened again while easing into this morning and there's something really musically rich about this release that is hard to put a finger on. It's a great listen as an album, start to finish, no skips. I'm tired of skits and spoken intros/outros/interludes but even those all work here -- I'm not skipping them.
There's also a positivity that feels very affirming right now - and ont just because of the spoken bits - but that might just be where I am/what I need. Hearing the musicians talking and playing off each other on one or two tracks furthers this too. It's clear he had a great time putting it together and it comes through in the music.
The Zo! collab, too, is so solid musically and feels similarly uplifting.
Hadn't copped physicals yet so doing that now if they're out there, it's well-deserved. Both of these will probably be near the top of my 2021 list.
Definitely the most straight-up hip hop of his recent releases. The beats on this are deep from top to bottom; the rapping is really good, maybe not exceptional, but with plenty of high moments.
But yeah, it's mostly about the beats and they're "I want instrumentals" good. (Which it looks like they might be prepping? They released one so far.)
Worth some listening time, for sure! And I love how every time I put one of these TBG records on I've been going back in and listening to the other recent projects in a row. Something nice about their energy.
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