Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Feb 26, 2025
    90
    List of Demands is both archival and of the present -- engrossing and energizing, to be blasted from every boombox.
  2. Mojo
    Feb 26, 2025
    80
    Born from Locks' work with prison inmates, the likes of Distance are intricately funky collages, not a million miles away from recent tracks by Billy Woods. [Apr 2025, p.84]
  3. Feb 26, 2025
    77
    Locks lets the past speak by keeping the grit and the grain in his samples, conjuring the dust of the archives. Like Madlib, another jazz-influenced samplerist, he leaves the seams in his loops and builds meta-rhythms from the clicks of his edit points.
  4. Record Collector
    Mar 24, 2025
    80
    Perhaps the strongest work yet from a unique talent. [Apr 2025, p.102]
  5. The Wire
    Feb 26, 2025
    80
    The music is smooth, the message is simple and the demands aren’t easy, but they’re vital. [Mar 2025, p.51]

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