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"Albummet føles som det bedste af jazz, funk og Thundercat. Der er kun en smule r&b, hiphop og soul at spore i et flot sammensat album ... Det klæder Thundercat og Flying Lotus, der som sædvanlig hjælper produktionen på vej, at droppe rap-versene undervejs ... et skarpt og bedårende album, der gør sig godt til rejser ind i fantasiens verdensrum".

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"Thundercats fjerde album sætter tyk streg under hans store potentiale og uforlignelige evner på bass. Men mækrværdige genrevalg, klichéfyldt lyrik og programmerede trommer, forhindrer ham i blive forløst for alvor".

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"The bandleader's latest disc concerns itself thematically with the heights of love and the depths of longing ... Memorable guest verses from Childish Gambino and Ty Dolla $ign add some welcome seasoning, while the album's closing title track marries floating harmonies and funk: the perfect conclusion to an album full of celestial moments and bassy underpinnings".

"This album certainly is the culmination of all Thundercat's previous creative trajectories, as if everything has been leading to this point".

"Caught at his creative peak between "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" and "Africa", the restrictive LP format meant many of the songs gushing from the veteran singer-vibraphonist at that time remained in his vaults. In 2004/05, BBe corrailed two selections on two stellar sets; out of print for years, they've been repressed, and can't be recommended highly enough. Slinky session royalty grooves welding funk, soul and disco, atronomical vocal performances from Merry Clayton and Carla Vaughn, plus, of course, Ayers' superlative vibraphone imbue gems like "I Just Wanna Give It UP" and "Brand New Feeling" with an intoxicating allure that could never be mistaken for anyone else ... Pure gold".