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RJD2's Since We Last Spoke is a difficult transitory record between masterworks. What initially sounds like a sleep-inducing trip-hop record evolves through repeat listens into a sound collage of moody sketches driven by understated melodies. It features RJD2's debut on vocals (one song a cover of Labi Siffre), foretelling his move away from instrumental hip-hop into beat-heavy pop.

A nice distraction.