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- Date Released: January 19, 2010
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Psychedelic Rock, Hip-Hop
- Label: RJ's Electrical Connections / The Orchard
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After an excursion into singer-songwriter territory and a stint racking up film and TV production credits (his "A Beautiful Mind" is the opening theme for Mad Men), RJD2 returns to the winning sound of his post-DJ Shadow dusty-grooved instrumental hip-hop. Opener "Let There Be Horns" is an exuberant shot across the bow — an impossibly funk...After an excursion into singer-songwriter territory and a stint racking up film and TV production credits (his "A Beautiful Mind" is the opening theme for Mad Men), RJD2 returns to the winning sound of his post-DJ Shadow dusty-grooved instrumental hip-hop. Opener "Let There Be Horns" is an exuberant shot across the bow — an impossibly funky loose jumble of breakbeats punctuated by late Miles-sounding keyboard stabs and, well... horns. The production on Colossus is impressively layered and warm. Incorporating vocals from a variety of guests (Kenna, Phonte of Little Brother and more), the album plays like an impeccably-curated mixtape of decades-old funk and soul. An assured, welcome return to form. -
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Let There Be Horns |
4:10 |
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| 02. | |
Games You Can Win (Feat. Kenna)
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5:27 |
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| 03. | |
Giant Squid |
4:08 |
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| 04. | |
Salud 2 |
0:50 |
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| 05. | |
The Glow |
4:27 |
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| 06. | |
A Spaceship For Now |
3:16 |
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| 07. | |
The Shining Path (Feat. Phonte Coleman)
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4:09 |
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| 08. | |
Crumbs Off The Table (Feat. Aaron Livingston)
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4:05 |
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| 09. | |
A Son's Cycle (Feat. The Catalyst, Illogic & NP)
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4:06 |
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| 10. | |
Tin Flower |
3:48 |
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| 11. | |
Small Plans |
4:33 |
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| 12. | |
Gypsy Caravan |
2:13 |
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| 13. | |
The Stranger |
4:00 |
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| 14. | |
Walk With Me |
5:25 |
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14 Total Tracks, 54:37 Total Length
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