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"Jones plays and sings every note on this album, as well as assuming production duties. An ambitious decision - but one that could be too ambitious. Across the album's eleven tracks, it's hard to distinguish where one finishes and another begins; indulgent and frustratingly one-note, you can't help but wonder if another person had joined Jones on production whether the monotony could have been avoided ... It's exasperating, because the album could have been so much better. One can't deny Stimulator Jones' mad talent - he's clearly honed his craft, knows how to write songs, and is a brilliant multi-instrumentalist - but this limp debut shows just a glimmer of his true potential".

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"Stones Throws seneste signing beviser pladeselskabets fortsatte relevans - selv når han mimer 80'erne og 90'ernes urbanmusik og udnytter den historiske distances privilegium til at krydsbestøve genrerne på tværs af hinanden. Projektet kunne nemt have gjort sig skyldig i historieløs opportunisme, hvis ikke det var gjort med den grundighed og ydmyghed over for de oprindelige forlæg, som er tilfældet".

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"Highlights like "Together," "Soon Never Comes," and "Suite Luv" would snugly fit on mixtapes between older deep cuts similarly rich in low end and mellow in tone, from Dazz Band's "Heartbeat" and Tashan's "Read My Mind" to Mac Band's "Luv U 2 the Limit" and Tony! Toni! Toné!'s "Slow Wine." More importantly, they have their own character, exemplified by Lunsford's sweet harmonies and scholarly and skilled implementations of rhythms that range from boogie to G-funk. Lunsford's unforced sincerity and evident love for his inspirations enables him to sing lines like "Girl, you got me trippin' on you" without coming across like a Lonely Island-styled caricature or cultural interloper".

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