Mala in Cuba

"That Mala frequently eclipses his collaborators here is no surprise-- after all, this is a Mala album. That they eclipse him the other half of the time is a good thing, too-- a sign that he's humble enough to let others take the lead. But when two admirable entities participate in a collaborative project, you expect to see two pairs of handprints pressed firmly into the concrete of the finished work. And too often here, one pair is missing".

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"Inviting music abounds, acting fine as wallpaper but more rewarding with active listening, and while the album first seems like the most fashionable, tasteful vacation postcard in the rack, it's the sentimental and wistful bits that resonate, sticking to the bones with a humility that's unexpected from a genre that often flirts with "too cool." Mala in Cuba is above all that, and if it isn't both the most purposeful and moving album to come out of dubstep, it's got to be at least one of the two".

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