James d'Apice, Journalist

"There's drama. There are alarms. There are marimbas."

"Bring It Out Of Me is how the best dance music sounds today. Guard Down is how the best soul music should sound tomorrow."

"If you're still selling pop records in your 50s, why change the formula?"

"When we look back on what summer 2015/16 sounded like, we may say it was this album."

"Our host's vision becomes clear. He is a rap custodian; an elder statesman here to educate and inspire."

"The C-bomb is no longer as shocking as it once was."

"Our host revels in the searing heat of big drums and shrill melodic stabs."

"Rodeo, at its height, is a realisation of the sound Ye predicted in 808s."

"This sounds like the music aliens dance to."

Our host wears his world-weariness lightly