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80
The result is a bold, career highlight that's dizzyingly inventive on the surface, with a powerful emotional undertow.
80
Animals continues seamlessly, using a raft of guest musicians and rappers, its rhythms shuttling between drum kit and electronica.
80
The rapper and drummer’s music is a modern, often jarring synthesis of hip-hop and jazz.
80
All jazz drama and velveteen underground rap, Animals is a glittering record also littered by features from top names in both fields.
80
Animals is a compelling conversation between the creator and his psyche, his musicians, and listeners.
70
This middle ground between jazz and hip-hop is the crux of the record, ad while it's loaded with deft playing, rich production and complex compositions, the constant rotation of differing voices can often kill the flow and coherence of what is otherwise a meticulously crafted record.
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4w
Kassa Overall's "Animals" goes softly hard.
The sound covered by Kassa in this LP is intriguing. While there is a smoothness and velvet texture present in trumpets and other instruments that come from the influence of Nu Jazz, there are moments when the drums border on the industrial, or even Trap-like.
But most of the moments here are just mellow and soft, never becoming empty or ambient, but rather in a more Neo Soul quality. And yet, the stripped-back vibe isn't limited to the ... read more
First time listening to a Kassa Overall album, I really didn't expect this album to be this good, the jazzy production to amazing and the features are all great, definitely one of this year's best albums so far
Favorite Songs: Clock Ticking, Make My Way Back Home, The Lava Is Calm, So Happy, Going Up
Least Favorite Song: Maybe We Can Stay
If you can, please give "Animals" a try. It's only 35 minutes long and you won't be disappointed.
Holy shit, this is good. Infusion of experimental rap, R&B and jazz to create (sometimes) anxious yet very chill and gorgeous experience. The features did great job even though I don't know 90% of them. Sometimes you can hear more rap, sometimes more ambient and sometimes more jazzy sounds.
For my first time with Kassa's work, I'm impressed and shocked how good it ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Anxious Anthony 0:09 feat. Anthony Ware | 66 |
| 2 | Ready To Ball 3:27 | 86 |
| 3 | Clock Ticking 3:36 feat. Danny Brown, Wiki | 84 |
| 4 | Still Ain't Find Me 1:46 | 83 |
| 5 | Make My Way Back Home 3:56 feat. Theo Croker, Nick Hakim | 88 |
| 6 | The Lava Is Calm 3:06 feat. Theo Croker | 84 |
| 7 | No It Ain't 1:28 feat. Andrae Murchison | 81 |
| 8 | So Happy 4:08 | 82 |
| 9 | It's Animals 0:33 | 73 |
| 10 | Maybe We Can Stay 3:58 feat. J. Hoard | 73 |
| 11 | The Score Was Made 3:07 feat. Vijay Iyer | 79 |
| 12 | Going Up 6:13 | 91 |
Total Length: 35 minutes
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1w
we finally get the first danny brown verse above a 5/10 in years and y'all immediately overhype it
Added on: March 30, 2023