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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Canadian electronic producer Kaytranada features a guest appearance by TLC.
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  1. 80
    There’s some fatigue while listening to the slower tracks like ‘Shine Your Light For We’ – turning his laidback style into something mind-numbing, but these moments are pretty rare. .... Without special guests this time around, he doubles down on what he does best: directing the dancefloor with precision, patience and pure instinct.
  2. Aug 22, 2025
    80
    If this is the type of work Kaytranada can produce with no lyrical contributors, then this reviewer would happily have three more albums in this format.
  3. Aug 18, 2025
    80
    Even though it remains an abstract surprise album, Ain't No Damn Way! flows coherently, making for an impressively seamless addition to Kaytra's ever-expanding discography. Most importantly, the record's meaningful callbacks solidify that he has yet to lose sight of his creative North star.
  4. Aug 18, 2025
    80
    AIN'T NO DAMN WAY!'s 12 tracks are a cohesive joyride through Kaytra's earliest influences, indulging his omnivorous taste for rap, jazz and orchestral music through the connective tissue of house.
  5. Aug 19, 2025
    76
    AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! is consummately smooth, but it rewards close reading and detective work. Brilliant things are happening underneath the gleaming surface.
  6. Aug 18, 2025
    70
    While most of Ain’t No Damn Way! runs on house beats, it also works as casual listening; it’s an airy amble through dance music history, not a blaring EDM festival or a speedy night out at a Berlin club.