For 26-year-old 's deservedly hyped third album, loosened the reins and set out to make , which his label, , promoted as a space opera of sorts. More of a long-playing, cohesive listen than the prior year's excellent , which felt like a collection of insular, -inspired beats, evolved into a forerunner of his own personal genre. On this, his most far-out release to date, he incorporates a thicker amount of live instrumentation (horns, strings, bass, guitar, and even harp) with his laptop manipulations, and branches away from hip-hop. Call it futuristic fusion, if you will, but the result is much more ahead of the curve than, say, 's (though it shares some similarities) and more on par with a or a release. That is, it's left of center. plays a huge part, and draws deeply from his lineage, but he also dips into past-prime electronic and dance styles. , , and all take shape alongside blips, strings or soundtrack orchestration, courtesy of and arranger . As a mass of shape-shifting layers, the album mutates constantly throughout the tracks, in a dense soundscape that sometimes feels palpable and at other times becomes liquid, rife with bottomless possibilities. is an instrumental genre-jumping journey for head-bopping intellectuals, and the meditative melodies by vocalists only add to the experience. ~ Jason Lymangrover