- Summary: Remixed by Jamie XX, R&B; and hip hop samples are added to Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 album I'm New Here, creating this latest release.
- Record Label: XL Recordings
- Genre(s): Electronic, Rap, Jazz, R&B;, House, Trip-Hop, Garage, Spoken Word, Pop/Rock, Experimental Ambient, Dubstep, Left-Field Hip-Hop, Dark Ambient, Electro, Jazz-House, Experimental Dub, Poetry
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 28
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Mixed: 3 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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Feb 23, 2011The real triumph of We're New Here is that it doesn't feel like an album-length remix. Instead, it's a collaboration done the way Scott-Heron's best team-ups always are: after the fact, with time to consider the everlasting gravity of the man's words and wisdom.
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Feb 28, 2011We're New Here is a psychedelic atlas with which we can all sonically voyage upon. A great way to start the year.
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Feb 18, 2011Throughout, Scott's old-soul narratives are reborn through Smith's atmospheric beats.
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Feb 22, 2011To its great credit it's high and low and all over the place. The dislocation works: the record has patience and breadth and almost zero pretension.
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MojoApr 6, 2011Hip-hop originator meets Mercury-winning button-pusher du jour. [MArch 2011, p. 108]
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Feb 22, 2011The duo lends each other gravitas and levity on this very curious but ultimately immersive LP.
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Apr 4, 2011While We're New Here is spooky, it's more chill-out mix than futuristic minimal-rave, and comes as a less interesting culture-clash than, say, The Dirtbombs doing covers of Detroit techno songs.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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