Yesterdays New QuintetBest Yesterdays New Quintet Albums Ranked

Stevie

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7.9

“You don't have to be a jazz elitist to be suspicious of a collection of soul standards reinterpreted by a self-taught drummer/loop digger. But in the case of the official release of the Madlib-helmed Yesterday's New Quintet's fabled *Stevie: An Instrumental Tribute to Stevie Wonder*, no such trepidation is necessary. The *Stevie* story goes: Madlib forms fictitious group, recreates classic sounds”

Angles Without Edges

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6.8

“When I was four or five years old, my parents decided they'd had enough of the city life and moved into a very rural area about 30 miles from Austin, exposing me to a completely new side of American culture. After a few years of adjusting, I eventually embraced simple living and, naturally, the music of the simpler people. Then, one day, while driving into Austin, my mother was flipping channels o”