1001 Albums Summary

I'm only a week into the user albums, but I already think this album is a better representative of 2020's music creativity than most of what was on the list. Besides Little Simz there wasn't much that I was blown back by. This was a really fun exploration in so many genres, while maintaining a hazy mystique that made it enjoyable to listen to even with the length being 2 hours.

I'm not as crazy about shoegaze as I hoped to be at the end of the project, but this is still a very good listen, even if it drags a bit for me at times.

Knew a few Clutch songs from a friend, great killer riffs, but man are the vocals a bit cheesy at times. Fun listen still.

Came into this one blind besides knowing Redbone, and tidbits about Donald Glover/Childish Gambino. There were so many shades of funk/R&B artists from past and present. I felt Anita Baker, Parliament, Funkadelic, Stevie, but most of all, there were so many songs that just reminded me of Sly and the Family Stone. The first 5 tracks are a phenomenal run, and even though it declines a bit on the midway through, the last two songs bring it back up. One of the best user albums I've heard so far, and I'd be curious to know where this ranks among the most prolific R&B albums of the 21st century.