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Negrito creates a musical gallery in which each song is a well-crafted piece of folk art, bringing together fragments of genres to create something from the great unknown, something deeply provocative and enchanting.
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He’s one of America’s most unique and unusual artists, exemplified by this original and compelling release.
80
Raw, wild, beautiful and sometimes painfully human, the results are enough to make the world a little easier to bear.
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3y
80
Negrito transcends his influences to create a new kind of hip, gritty, thought-provoking urban musical currency.
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3y
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Fantastic Negrito stands unashamedly shoulder to shoulder in the company of Marvin Gaye, Prince and Sly Stone. There’s also more than a splash of George Clinton’s mighty Parliament-Funkadelic mob about Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?, such is the breadth of quality on offer.
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Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? crackles with energy, wit, and passion, attributes that are worthwhile effective compensation for Fantastic Negrito's relatively streamlined attack here.
70
Unique and, indeed, endlessly fantastic, this album is the work of a man committed to his own vision, both for his music and for the troubled and broken world around him.
Fantastic Negrito is his own genre. No one fuses different elements of hip-hop, R&B, funk, soul, and rock the way he does. His timely socio-political lyrics just add to that signature style. Some of this record is a little out there for me but damn, the stuff that works REALLY works. It's a refreshing and passionate album and I recommend it.
A lot of artists have ideas of creating exciting, funky blues rock but not many can bring these ideas together with such precision and ferocity as is showcased throughout this record. It's a well-constructed, fun bunch of songs, some which are funkier and heavier than the others but the whole way through i felt a sense of danceability and grooviness embedded within the layers on each track. Overall a really cool album that provides a solid, enjoyable listen and the replayability value is high ... read more
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Track List
- Chocolate Samurai
- I'm so Happy I Cry (feat. Tank and the Bangas & Tarriona 'Tank' Ball)
- How Long?
- Shigamabu Blues
- Searching for Captain Save a Hoe (feat. E-40)
- Your Sex is Overrated (feat. Masa Kohama)
- These Are My Friends
- All up in My Space
- Justice in America
- King Frustration
- Platypus Dipster
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Added on: July 18, 2020