Nearly every album released in 2020 will be viewed through the lens of the pandemic and the context of the times. So many encapsulated the feeling of melancholy that such a vast majority of the world could relate. It Is What It Is though, is perhaps a more true reflection of the year that was. By no means perfect, often unfocused, disorienting, emotional and a stylistic rollercoaster. Thundercat’s latest is 2020 in a record, warts and all. TRACKS PLAYED: ‘Lost In Space / Great Scott / 22-26’ ‘Interstellar Love’ ‘I Love Louis Cole’ ‘Them Changes’ ‘Dragonball Durag’ ‘Miguel’s Happy Dance’ ‘Funny Thing’ ‘Overseas (feat. Zack Scott)’ ‘Existential Dread’ ‘Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, Childish Gambino)’ ‘How I Feel’ ‘King of the Hill’ ‘Fair Chance (feat. Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B)’ ‘How Sway’ ‘Unrequited Love’ ‘Me and my Bass Guitar [Victor Wooten]’ ‘Too High [Stevie Wonder]’ ‘It Is What It Is’.

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