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Thundercat - Drunk
Posted: 2/18/2023 by Hunter Rowe ( See All) Show: Wednesday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM(2017) This is an excellent album before I say anything else. Thundercat has a lot of skill with vocals and instrumentals. However, the most significant problem area for this album is its overall bloated feeling that it has.
With a runtime of 51 minutes in 23 songs, the album feels like it overstays its welcome part of the way through. Had this album been two releases it may have felt more refreshing for a full listen.
The biggest cause for the stagnant feeling is that many songs borrow from a very similar style of sound coupled with a similar type baseline from Thundercat. This causes songs to feel like they blend together in a sense that makes it hard to differentiate one track from another.
Some of these songs have amazing songwriting but other times it feels like listening to a high schooler making music about generic high schooler topics. However, the features make up for some flat lines as they provide a nice refresh from the Thundercat vocals while managing to keep with the style such as Kendrick Lamar in Walk On By and Wiz Khalifa on Drink Dat.
Sonically this album is one of its kind with a lot of funk-inspired riffs and jazz fusion sounds that pull you in. It is no shock that tracks like Them Changes became massive on video-sharing apps like Tiktok as they are able to easily get into your head and make you want to move along to it. If there was one way to describe the sounds this album pulls it's comparing this to Coltrane or Davis with a more modern setup of instruments allowing itself a funky yet complicated style of sound that is nice to play in the background of things.
I liked this album a lot despite these minor flaws. It definitely feels better in a casual listening sense but still can keep a listener interested for a while and there are good standalone tracks in this album. I would call this album a 7/10 as while parts didn't blow me away there was a lot to take away from this album.
Favorite Tracks: Lava Lamp, Bus In The Streets, and DUI
Least Favorite Tracks: Tokyo, and Friend Zone
Recommended If You Like: Funkadellic, Kendrick Lamar, Silk Sonic, Acid Jazz
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