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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo12.4322
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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo12.4322
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"[A] tantalizing sketch-portrait of the artist amid an outpouring of hard beats and soul." New York Times "Besides being filled with Chappelle's hilarious sense of humor, the movie features life-affirming messages and great music by serious rap artists with political, socio-cultural and spiritual themes."USA Today "A joyous, inclusive spirit defines director Michel Gondry and Dave Chappelle's road-trip/concert film..." Rolling Stone 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The greatest American hip-hop has to offer convene to produce something monumentally joyful and entertaining and relatively egoless." Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "Chappelle is the perfect host, effortlessly improvising before and between acts....You won't just wish you'd been there -- you'll feel like you really were." Total Film "[I]t is something of a love letter to all things hip hop and New York....[T]he sheer enthusiasm of the musicians, often collaborating with each other spontaneously, lends the film a winning nostalgia..." Sight and Sound Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "BLOCK PARTY weaves music, comedy, stars and audience members into a funky and delirious vaudeville."Entertainment Weekly "[A]miable, electrifying....[The film] showcases the brightest lights of the hip hop and neo soul scenes..."Mojo12.4322
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[P]erfectly likeable..."11.98237
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Rolling Stone (pp.73-74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[T]here's lots of enlightened riff-rock and splashes of color....The band's singular groove is as self-sustaining as ever..."Entertainment Weekly (No. 819, p.84) - "[T]he disc hopscotches among a dizzying array of sounds and approaches..." - Grade: A-Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]ow they're changing...to folk-funk/hardcore-gospel! The fundamental is the intimacy gathered around Matthews' new frontporch growl."10.29689
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Spin (p.91) - "GROOGRUX is harder edged and more bottom heavy than DMB's usual fare....A fond, funky farewell."Billboard (p.53) - "[T]his eulogy is a celebration, and BIG WHISKEY is a dense, humid album that, befitting its New Orleans origins, shrewdly cuts its melancholy with exuberance and vice versa."Q (Magazine) (p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his latest effort almost shows signs of discipline: four-minute song structures and melodies that realise the benefit of economy."Paste (magazine) (p.58) - "[With] touching and tasteful tributes....The band takes some sonic risks and shows continued versatility on songs like 'Alligator Pie'..."10.29689
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JazzTimes (p.67) - "Dave Wilson elevates his game and blows with authority on this collection of originals and smartly plucked covers....The saxophonist showcases a bold sound, fertile ideas and fluid lines."9.64405
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Rolling Stone (p.106) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Two songs are addictive, the tear-jerker 'Black Rose of Texas' and 'Johnny Ace is Dead' a tragi-comedy powered by Steve Mugalian's backbeat and Alvin's burning Strat."Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he finale arrives as 'Two Lucky Bums,' a soft shoe shuffle executed with considerable charm by Alvin and his best friend, the late Dave Gaffney."Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Alvin is an old hand at painting vivid lyrical portraits, conjuring up images of a mythical Old West on the bounty hunter travelogue 'Murietta's Head'..."Uncut (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The songs are all about life, love, death, loss, money, justice, labour, faith, doubt, family and friendship....Brilliant stuff."8.482161
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JazzTimes (p.91) - "Pianist Burrell and percussionist Martin generate a powerful sense of directionality, infused with that ineffable combination of ease and thrusting impetus..."8.427383
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The Wire (p.65) - "[H]ere he creates something original from the ground between the darkly minimal curlicues of Mal Waldron and the Cecil Taylor-influenced frenzy of Don Pullen."8.427383
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Down Beat (p.65) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Brubeck, the master composer, has an informed point of view on each song, and develops his themes with elegance and rigor."JazzTimes (p.92) - "[T]he best tracks are those that never seem to grow old, the opening 'You'll Never Know,' the closing track, 'I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over,'...and 'Sweet Lorraine'..."8.427383
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