Sound Ancestors (studio album) by Madlib

Sound Ancestors by Madlib
Year: 2021
Release date: 2021-01-29
Overall rank: 6,091st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 96 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 2020s (284th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,091st)
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Madlib bestography

Sound Ancestors is ranked 2nd best out of 39 albums by Madlib on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madlib is Shades Of Blue which is ranked number 4203 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 340.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 96 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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70/100
From 03/12/2021 03:52
(Efficient, beautiful and incredibly well produced instrumental hip hop album. Maybe it’s not generally my cuppa, but nonetheless it made me a fan for a few hours as I listened to this on repeat.)

Overall I found this to be a good, engaging and replayable instrumental hip hop album. Generally this genre is one I tend not to listen to. That might explain why this may be the highest profile release of the year so far amongst music nerds that I haven’t dived into. But based off my limited experience with the genre and the legend who is making this art, I can say that I really enjoyed the flow and artistry of this album.

The vocals and the spoken bits were all consistently well integrated into the song, the beats were never too loud or over the top but they did consistently create a nice sonic atmosphere. And the flow and length of the album was exactly what I wanted.

It also makes me wanna go back and listen to his back catalog of solo albums. I know he has some classics over the years.
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65/100
From 02/06/2021 11:13
Maybe it's because I was too excited for this and set the bar too high, but I sadly found it a bit underwhelming, it left something more to be desired. I fail to see how this comes even close to his best work. Still, there were some great moments, like the self-titled track.
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80/100
From 02/02/2021 10:29
Great, eclectic record. Really interesting use of rhythms and samples. Not a bad listen
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From 01/30/2021 13:59
Has good moments but generally boring.
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