| Pardon My French | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jahari Massamba Unit |
| Cover: | Jahari Massamba Unit - Pardon My French.jpg |
| Alt: | Green and red figures raising their fists |
| Label: | Madlib Invazion |
| Producer: | |
| Next Title: | YHWH Is Love |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
Pardon My French is a 2020 studio album by Jahari Massamba Unit, a collective name for American hip hop musician Madlib and American jazz drummer Karriem Riggins. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that his release "is an exploration and statement of Afro-futurist jazz refracted through hip-hop, vanguard, Eastern and Latin influences, and funk" that is "extremely listenable as a mind-blowing experiment to encounter and absorb". Steven Loftin at The Line of Best Fit, rated this album an 8 out of 10, calling the music "an expressive jazz tour de force" that is an "endless offering" to both casual and close listeners. Pitchfork Media's Jay Balfour rated this work a 7.0 out of 10, stating that "it’s exciting to hear a musician like Madlib untethered from the moment, and a testament to Riggins that he can create this type of space in the first place" and critiquing that while the album "is not always immediately gratifying... it’s always moving towards something".
All songs written by Otis Jackson and Karriem Riggins
Jahari Massamba Unit
Additional personnel