Boygenius hangs tight as number one for the third week in a row and the only new record to make it to the top 10 is El Michels Affair & Black Thought’s Glorious Game.

“It seems so obvious. Black Thought—a soulful, GOAT-discussion MC who feels right at home over live instrumentation after 30+ years with The Roots—links up with Wu-Tang-covering soul group El Michels Affair, helmed by original Dap-Kings member and prolific collaborator Leon Michels. It seems so obvious, in fact, that fears of well-trod cliché on such a project would be understandable. But as Glorious Game proves, sometimes it’s best not to overthink things. Sometimes it’s best to just delight in the work of artists who have definitely put in their 10,000 hours and still feel a visceral passion for this glorious game.” - Under the Radar

In the years following The Sophtware Slump’s release, it has been showered with abundant praise, and is often held up as the band’s finest work. Though it’s a record that is rooted in anxiety, social isolation and a near-opiated resignation as the new century heralded a tidal wave of change, The Sophtware Slump still stands a glittering, rewarding listen. It’s a solid lesson in how the weaving of a range of widely different instrumental flavours can coalesce into something very special. - Guitar.com