Any sort of familiarity with this album/artist, or are both entirely new to you? Yes, I've heard the album before, on my Albums of 2017 thread. Quite liked it, if I remember.
Expectations (if any): I kind of expect to remember how good it was/is
Initial impression: Nice breezy soul feel to this
Favourite track(s): (Note: I'm ignoring any "tracks" of forty seconds or less duration, for either category. Can't judge on so short a listen) “A Fan's Mail”, “Lava Lamp”, “Show Me the Way”, “Jameel's Space Ride”, “Drink Dat”, “Inferno”
Least favourite track(s): “Walk On By”, “Friend Zone”, “When I'm Going”
Overall impression: Perhaps not quite as good as I remember, given that I was coming from a position originally of not knowing anything about the album or artist.
Chances of listening to further material from this artist? Thought it would be quite high but not so bothered now
Rating (not mandatory): 6/10
Comments: Not bad. If I had any complaints it would be that almost all of the songs are too short, some below a minute, which makes it hard to really judge them. You're just getting into something when suddenly it's over. Mind you, there are a lot of tracks (23) so I'm not really sure how I would have dealt with it had all or most of those been three minutes or more. Maybe Thundercat is just giving us exactly as much as we need, utilising that old showbiz maxim: “leave 'em wanting more”! Or, you know, not. Definitely nice to hear the two legends again on “Show Me the Way”, though I could live without Kendrick sticking his face in on “Walk On By”, which sadly, he did not. Got to be honest though: the last few tracks have just kind of walked on by themselves, slipped by more like. No idea what they were. “Jameel's Space Ride” is at least interesting, if very short. The album finishes a little weakly, if I'm honest. Kind of lost interest there towards the end. Definitely too long, a lot of filler.
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