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Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings
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Positive: 55 out of 62
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Mixed: 1 out of 62
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Negative: 6 out of 62
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Oct 28, 2018
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Sep 10, 2018Powerful, moving instrumentation. That's the core of this album, as it was with with The Epic. Kamasi continues to provide music for an era that may not actually realize how special he really is. If you know... you know.
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The WireJul 13, 2018More than the spiritual feel of Impulse! releases by Sanders or Coltrane, this music recalls the groove oriented work of Turrentine, Idris Muhammad and Grover Washington Jr for CTI and Kudu. It’s warm weather music, made to be played through speakers propped in open windows, facing the street. [Jul 2018, p.58]
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Jul 2, 2018This is a healthy, diverse, multi-faceted music that should be approached critically in much the same way as any other genre.
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Jun 25, 2018A conceptual double album exploring earth (reality) and heaven (idealisation), is perhaps unlikely to sway the old guard, but it pushes forward with a purposeful vitality that was at times missing from his debut album, The Epic.