One of the things I really enjoy about the disc is that it gets back to that chill vibe on a lot of the songs. At least, musically, that's the case. Despite some continued work with some rappers, this disc is also a far cry from the hip-hop feel and owes much more to singer-songwriters and jam bands (perhaps as evidenced by his performing at Bonnaroo). One of the breaks in the laid back feel is on the track "Brother Lee," a quick, tense song delivered with a sense of urgency. A nice treat is the grooving funk instrumental "Awe" toward the end of the disc.

Lyrically, there's some pretty intense material; at least, that's what I'm getting out of it. As with the music, the lyrics are delivered in a poetic singer-songwriter style, so it's entirely possible I'm completely missing the point on some of them. "Friendly Fire" it's pretty direct in its repetition of "They say help is on its way/They shot him down/and he was innocent today." "Brother Lee" strikes me as a song about the effects someone's shady dealings are having on the rest of his family, and "107 Degrees" comes off as an indictment of the government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina.