Its beats are its greatest strength, for sure. The samples, ambience and industrial beats are very well-done. Michael Franti's performance is a bit of a mixed bag, with some of his deliveries reminding me of the 'epic movie trailer' voice. Despite how great the instrumentals are, the songwriting isn't engaging enough for an album that's over an hour long. Some songs dragged on and the record loses some of its momentum after the midpoint. If I were to give a rating now, it'd probably be in the mid to high 70s, but a relisten or two could change that. Edit: Just finished a relisten, this grew on me. It's still longer than I would like, but it's not as slow and bloated as I thought. Franti's flow grew on me too, but I'm still not too fond of it.
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