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  • Summary: The latest release from the R&B artist was inspired by Detroit and features contributions from such artists as Dennis Coffey, Dan Kroha, Matthew Smith, and Jim White.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Jul 1, 2016
    80
    Raw in places, expansive in others, and rife with Williams’ patented street-corner-talking, pimp-swagger style, I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City is as good a postcard for the Motor City as you’ll likely find all year.
  2. 80
    The funk is solid in this one.
  3. Jun 20, 2016
    80
    The nine sizzling tracks here may fly by, but reveal a true pioneer still firing on his much-abused cylinders.
  4. Jun 6, 2016
    70
    I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City makes it clear Andre Williams still has a lot on his mind, and time hasn't dulled his impact one bit.
  5. Magnet
    Aug 2, 2016
    70
    He's back again, doing what he's always done--speak his shattered mind while some band choogles in the background. Mostly they supply adequately sweaty R&B and P-Funk-meets-AC/DC riffing. [No. 132, p.61]
  6. 60
    It’s hard to imagine that after a few spins, most won’t file this with Williams’ other similarly styled albums that, even with his distinctively wacked-out approach, are starting to sound routine, if not flat out lazy.
  7. Jun 6, 2016
    60
    I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City largely plays to his strong suits. Around the album’s halfway point, however, things begin to run off the rails.