These jams meander into stoned whimsey at times but the journey is never boring. Print edition only

Ishmael Butler delivers a mixture of swampy arrangements, surreal vocal production and vintage braggadocio feels distinctive, coherent, and fun

Ishmael Butler explores the cosmos within on a shadowy and uncharacteristically introspective new album

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Ishmael Butler is a cosmically liberated and confident virtuoso on one of this year’s rap achievements