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89
A love story from before the country was born reverberates in a rock/jazz/funk fest from a man who makes the most of his second chance.
80
Love conquering all can sometimes be a hackneyed notion, but here Fantastic Negrito makes it feel earned.
80
He zips past previous genre assumptions, ripping up any blueprint for how a blues album should sound on this daring and audacious release.
80
While White Jesus Black Problems is certainly an album that prompts further discovery of its deeper layers, it is also liberating in its musical profundity.
80
Fantastic Negrito's recent discovery of his head-spinning heritage has sparked this wild psychedelic soul suite, mixing his ancestors' impossibly defiant love with America's enduring slavers' mentality.
80
A potent artistic tour de force, White Jesus Black Problems' message is ultimately a simple but life-affirming one: love can conquer all.
80
A blues musician at heart, Fantastic Negrito remains prolific as a songwriter that avoids categorization. White Jesus Black Problems is no different in this regard.
80
White Jesus Black Problems is a wide-ranging sprawl of sound. On a purely musical level, it's all over the place in the best possible sense.
Venomous Dogma - 3/5
Highest Bidder - 4/5
Mayor of Wasteland - 3/5
They Go Low - 5/5 ❤
Nibbadip - 4/5
Oh Betty - 4/5
You Don't Belong Here - 3/5
Man with No Name - 4/5
You Better Have a Gun - 3/5
Trudoo - 3/5
In My Head - 3/5
Register of Free Negroes - 3/5
Virginia Soil - 5/5 ❤
an album steeped in socio-political rage mining the sounds of gospel, funk, and rock to rather fruitful ends.
Fun Blues Rock album, pretty underrated here when compared with other albums with more ratings
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Track List
| 1 | Venomous Dogma 5:31 | 77 |
| 2 | Highest Bidder 3:34 | 80 |
| 3 | Mayor of Wasteland 0:49 | 69 |
| 4 | They Go Low 3:42 | 87 |
| 5 | Nibbadip 3:47 | 78 |
| 6 | Oh Betty 3:56 | 80 |
| 7 | You Don't Belong Here 1:07 | 72 |
| 8 | Man with No Name 3:30 | 87 |
| 9 | You Better Have a Gun 3:32 | 76 |
| 10 | Trudoo 3:37 | 80 |
| 11 | In My Head 3:23 | 74 |
| 12 | Register of Free Negroes 1:21 | 68 |
| 13 | Virginia Soil 3:10 | 86 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
Year End Lists
| #11 | / | Sound Opinions: Greg Kot |
| #73 | / | PopMatters |
| #76 | / | Albumism |
Added on: February 10, 2022