- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Release Date: Aug 14, 2020
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Aug 11, 2020He continues to fuse elements of hip-hop, R&B, funk, soul, and rock ‘n roll into his signature style. ... He’s won both of his Grammy for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” but his music is so different from most other entrants that he’s in a sense carving out his own genre.
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Aug 14, 2020Negrito creates a musical gallery in which each song is a well-crafted piece of folk art, bringing together fragments of genres to create something from the great unknown, something deeply provocative and enchanting. The answer to whether we’ve lost our minds yet is simple; at the end of this album, yes we have.
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MojoAug 11, 2020Negrito transcends his influences to create a new kind of hip, gritty, thought-provoking urban musical currency. [Sep 2020, p.83]
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UncutAug 11, 2020Raw, wild, beautiful and sometimes painfully human, the results are enough to make the world a little easier to beat. [Sep 2020, p.29]
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Aug 11, 2020He’s one of America’s most unique and unusual artists, exemplified by this original and compelling release.
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Aug 14, 2020Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? crackles with energy, wit, and passion, attributes that are worthwhile effective compensation for Fantastic Negrito's relatively streamlined attack here.
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Aug 14, 2020Unique and, indeed, endlessly fantastic, this album is the work of a man committed to his own vision, both for his music and for the troubled and broken world around him.
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Rolling StoneAug 11, 2020Modern electric blues as Prince and George Clinton would have it. [Aug 2020, p.73]