Jamie Lidell

Looked out for new vibes!!! Like this album very much.

This is by far his best album.

Title says it all. Bought this when it came out and haven't listened to anything else since. Be sure to catch him on tour this Spring. Man's a force of nature.

Yes! The best album of 2013 and year quite begin yet. I was so exciting expecting the new album from my favorite male performer and it was a mind blowing when the album came out. I didn't expected that he would be so funky, so funny and so unpredictable. The best Soul/R&B/Funky guy from this generation. Worth the U$ 9.99 totally!

With all the 80's inflections and nuances (check the intro on "I'm Selfish" and notice Madonna-esque dream synth line), it's hard to believe this album came out in the 21st century. If you sequence "Big Love" after Stevie Wonder's "Love Light in Flight", you'd swear they were cut from the same cloth, not to mention the former's nod to Janet Jackson's "Pleasure Principle" with that drum intro. While there are too many Prince moments to point out, "You Know My Name" owes more to funk outfit Cameo and Morris Day (yeah, I know Day was largely created by Prince..) than the Purple One. The only exception to the whole 80's motif is Why Ya Why. Honestly, this is the worst track on the album. Not sure if it would be better placed on another Lidell LP, but it just comes out of left field, which usually isn't a stretch for the Englishman to begin with. "So Cold" sounds very much like it was inspired by Steely Dan with Prince synths on the bridge, then diving into the kind of vocal spazzardry (think wizardry mixed with spazz, albeit briefly) we've come to expect from the "Phil Collins of the 21st century". "Blaming Something" is some of the warmest funk Lidell has cooked up. I've dug Lidell since "Multiply" dropped, and more specifically enjoyed all the musical changes he displays on each album, even if most times the efforts come off as homage to a larger great, the kind that Lidell has no problem emulating. In his own funky way.

A fantastic album from Mr. Lidell. Sonically funky, multi-layered and complex--and the beatboxing! Can't wait to see him live!

This is an explosion of synths - it's like a darker version of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack as re-imagined by Prince and George Clinton. It is very, very funky.....if you're a Jamie fan that followed him through "Compass", you'll probably love this - it's more accessible and up-tempo than Compass, but still goes in some odd directions, with some songs ending very differently than they begin. If you're only a fan of Jamie's neo-soul work on Multiply and Jim - this album probably isn't for you.