The compilation contains a few recognizable nuggets of previously-released material, all of which are slightly altered from their original forms. The whole thing's relatively unpolished and awkwardly tossed together, but FlyLo's wide-ranging ideas make him one of the rare artists whose jettisoned demos can rival his peers' carefully-crafted albums. Unlike FlyLo's albums, which each seem to contain a distinct vibe, Ideas+drafts+loops houses a plethora of styles, from stoned hip-hop to avant garde jazz to trip-hop and back again.
The entire hour-long compilation is available to download via both Mediafire and/or Sendspace. Today, to celebrate reaching 300,000 Twitter followers, FlyLo tweeted links to a free download of an outtakes compilation entitled Ideas+drafts+loops, which features contributions by The Underachievers, Earl Sweatshirt, Shabazz Palaces, Baths and Thundercat, the latter of whom assists on a remix of Kanye West's 'Black Skinhead' (above): “ is that new lp out early or late 2014 brah?”I'm looking at a tracklist. During a Twitter Q&A session yesterday, Flying Lotus revealed that his new album is nearing completion:
