80->70
I think this album is probably a step down for Quadeca after what seemed like an insane rise in quality starting with from me to you. Its still decent just feels like it tries to do too much.
75 -> 85
This was my second Roots album after things fall apart. I think at the time whilst I knew I was listening to a great album I was somewhat disappointed by the drastic change in sound between the two albums which were a sum of the smaller changes of the 5 or so albums between. After listening to those albums and coming back, I have come to appreciate the sheer versatility of the Roots over their near two decade long run.
I will say I still have some smaller issues with this album. I ... read more
Honestly I thought this would be a joke but it seems he took it pretty seriously so I guess I should also take it seriously. It's always risky doing an album thats entirely covers of well established songs. It makes the whole thing only take on any real value if the songs on the album are worth listening to over the originals. This is a very difficult thing to do in general, but is made especially difficult with how popular most of these songs are and I think theres some successes and ... read more