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Sam Baker’s Album

Samiyam

Sam Baker’s Album

Album No2 from the LA-based instrumental hip-hop producer and Flying Lotus collaborator

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Brainfeeder
UK Release date
27/06/2011
US Release date
05/07/2011
  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Works within a fairly narrow set of methodological constraints, but within those, it demonstrates impressive ingenuity
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  2. 8.0 |   BBC

    Baker successfully applies his creativity to making funk-derived sample-based hip hop sound fresh
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  3. 8.0 |   State

    What Sam Baker’s Album lacks in variety it makes up for in cohesion and atmosphere
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  4. 8.0 |   The Fly

    A deeply enthralling, at-times deranged, record
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  5. 7.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    There really isn’t a single beat on the whole album that’s a weak spot
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  6. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Both dramatic and strangely placid, as though observing the chaos of urban life through tinted car windows
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  7. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    Compared to the futurist glitch work that's been released on Brainfeeder as of late, Sam Baker's Album sounds quite formalist in execution
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  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Tickles the pleasure zones with its goodtime swing and verve. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Although Samiyam’s skill cannot be questioned, there’s an underlying feeling that Sam Baker’s Album doesn’t quite hit the spot
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  10. 6.0 |   NME

    Samiyam has a knack for re-arranging a dissonant tangle of ideas into a psychedelic odyssey
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