Stylistically, Big Bud's second full-length was in fine form. A loose, not unnecessarily noodly free flow of barely audible Latin drum'n'bass, percussion-heavy jazz, and Middle Eastern beats, with New York's Weldon Irvine (Mos Def, Nina Simone, Talib Kweli, and Hi-Tek) adding louche soul and interspersed small talk to the affair. But Late Night Blues, at least its first half, was infatuated with its own hyper-scholastic jam structure, stubbornly adding to the pseudo-intellectual pretenses of middle-age jungle. While disc two relied more on pure-flavored drum'n'bass, which worked in its favor, it couldn't save the whole thing from an irritatingly wearying academia.
Late Night Blues
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Late Night Blues Review
by Dean Carlson
Track Listing - Disc 1
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1 | Big Bud feat: Weldon Irvine | 05:12 | Amazon | |||
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Big Bud feat: Les Lyons | 06:05 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 06:05 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 07:54 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 06:09 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud feat: Paul Gordon | 07:21 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 08:40 | Amazon | ||
8 | Big Bud feat: Weldon Irvine | 06:16 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
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Big Bud | 09:39 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 07:54 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 08:05 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 07:42 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 07:31 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 08:05 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 09:15 | Amazon | ||
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Big Bud | 10:07 | Amazon |