"Pianist Glasper has perfected the art of creating live jazz grooves that sounds like hip-hop samples, inviting big-name rappers to perform on them. Here, informed by the BLM movement, the lyrics on his third 'Black Radio' LP are often mournful ... Sometimes the mournfulness is sublime: "Why We Speak" is a blissful piece of neo-soul featuring Esperanza Spalding and Q-Tip, while Lalah Hathaway and Common lead a deliciously slow and soulful Tears For Fears cover".