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80
While their debut may not present the immersive experience offered on recent projects by fellow Warp artists Flying Lotus, Clark, Rustie and even Eno/Hyde ... it doesn't cut corners or dumb down any of its vocal talent, which is certainly a tall order for such a project.
11y
80
Melding genres are one thing, but celebrating them is another thing entirely, and Future Brown succeeds in achieving their goal of a carefully wound declaration of musical independence.
11y
80
On the collective's self-titled debut, Future Brown successfully spotlight this myriad of influences over 11 tracks of futuristic musical hybridity.
11y
80
This timely set from four style-hungry producers recalls Elliott's turn-of-the-century heyday, with post-national street beats and an army of fresh MCs and singers. It feels like a genuine next-generation moment.
11y
70
Snip a few of the duds and maybe Future Brown would be one of the most consistently interesting and understandably weird debuts of the year.
11y
68
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but Fatima Al Qadiri, Nguzunguzu and J. Cush have delivered a surprisingly solid record with a global outlook and more than a few surprises up its sleeve.
11y
65
If the project’s sense of purpose seems a bit scattershot on paper—it’s about everything and nothing, partying and post-postmodernism, global street music and the New York art world, commodity fetishism and basketball—that ambiguity is even more apparent in sound.
11y
60
Despite their name and prevalent use of sonic histories from many of the world’s coolest cities, Future Brown’s self-titled debut is not a work that progresses these sounds into utopian futures, dystopian futures, or really any future.
11y
50
The issue is in direction, and the real issue is that there doesn’t seem to be any.
11y
50
The mere thought of a project with this wide a scope is tantalizing, but the results are stilted and clinical more frequently than they are energizing.
11y
A debut that really doesn't live up to the expectations, nor to the power of the names involved. What many expected to be a genre-bending project ended up turning into a would-be mainstream collection of songs that goes from latin-music to hip-hop to cheap dance music that despite its high pop appeal, doesn't impress.
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Track List
| 1 | Room 302 2:59 feat. Tink | |
| 2 | Talkin Bandz 3:59 feat. Shawna, DJ Victoriouz | |
| 3 | Big Homie 3:15 feat. Sicko Mobb | |
| 4 | No Apology 3:22 feat. Timberlee | |
| 5 | Vernáculo 3:08 feat. Maluca | |
| 6 | Dangerzone 3:45 | |
| 7 | Speng 3:02 feat. Riko Dan | |
| 8 | Killing Time 3:33 feat. Johnny May Cash | |
| 9 | MVP 3:35 feat. 3D Na'Tee, Tim Vocals | |
| 10 | Asbestos 2:59 | |
| 11 | Wanna Party 2:43 feat. Tink |
Total Length: 36 minutes
