An early form of was the length of a double album -- a large mass of brief tracks that, for , possibly signified nothing more than his fifth Flying Lotus album. As the producer and keyboardist spent more time absorbing and shaping the recordings, the title, initially comic in meaning, gained emotional weight while he was provoked to consider his mortality and the losses he has been dealt, including the deaths of his father and mother, his grandmother, his great aunt , and creative collaborator . The completed consists of 19 tracks averaging two minutes in length that are intended to be heard in sequence from front to back. Its flow is even more liquid than that of , though the sounds are more jagged and free, with roots deeper in jazz. once again works extensively beside longtime comrades and pulls new collaborators into his sphere. All of them -- bassist and vocalist , drummer , saxophonist , and many others worthy of mention -- help him push jazz, R&B, rap, and electronic music forward at once. Most striking and powerful of all is "Never Catch Me," easily the longest cut. An album's worth of ideas and a whirlwind guest appearance from rapper are condensed into its four sonically rich minutes. The tone dramatically shifts with the following "Dead Man's Tetris," a sinister concoction of melodic bleeps and gunshot effects involving as , and also , in which , , and are all part of the afterlife fantasy. Previous releases have their bleak and elegiac moments, but they're central here, highlighted by "Coronus, the Terminator" (an / duet), "Siren Song" (fronted by ' ), and "Obligatory Cadence." The instrumentals range from playful, as reflected in titles like "Turkey Dog Coma" and "Turtles," to the distressed likes of "Tesla" and "Moment of Hesitation," with the latter two both anchored by 's feverish percussion and 's glimmering/flickering piano. It all plays out in a kind of elegantly careening fashion. It concludes with "The Protest," where and softly sing "We will live on forever" like a defiant mantra. Like his great aunt, and his great uncle has created exceptionally progressive, stirring, and eternal art. ~ Andy Kellman