It Is What It Is (studio album) by Thundercat

It Is What It Is by Thundercat
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-04-03
Overall rank: 3,996th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 140 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2020 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (144th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,996th)
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Thundercat bestography

It Is What It Is is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Thundercat on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thundercat is Drunk which is ranked number 2117 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 781.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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65/100
From 12/27/2020 21:59
This thing sounds great, but other than something about a do-rag, I couldn't tell you anything else about this record. There's just no direction or thrust to this thing.
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From 12/08/2020 12:07
Risks being very samey, but it's a nice, original style. Just not sure it is good enough for a whole album.

"I Love Louis Cole" is a delight. Mostly because it is unlike the rest, yet it makes sense on the album.
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From 06/03/2020 01:21
"It Is What It Is is" never really settles on one concept or sound. One song will sound like a jazzy freeform and the next will be laid back funk. This variety helps the album by quickly moving on from the unsuccessful ideas but also prevents getting really invested in the good ones. The raw musical talent is what really holds the album together. Every instrument on here sounds fantastic. The most memorable song is easily the hilarious "Dragonball Durag". A scattered brained album but an enjoyable one.
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From 04/23/2020 15:26
Cohesive, inventive, entertaining and emotional. The grooves throughout the album are fantastic and the production is great. Thundercat's approach to addressing loss is poignant and very much in line with his character. The saddest parts feel even more affecting because of his humorous angle on things. "I Love Louis Cole" is my favorite song of the year thus far.
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From 04/15/2020 10:43
I like the dreamier, more experimental tracks. Great groove.
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From 04/04/2020 19:11
Jazz, soul, funk, disco, electronics. Fusion. All this merges and solidifies along what is probably the most ambitious project of Thundercat. Bass lines take you on a journey of rhythms ranging from dizzying extroversion to dark zigzagging. The Stoic title suggests a work thought under the improvised control of Brunner’s jazztronic feelings.
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