All People

The majority of the album was recorded in Hunters Point, with some of the mixing occurring while the band was on tour.^[8][9] The album continued Franti's turn toward pop music; he had concluded that a pop song could be as comforting and meaningful as a protest song.^[10] For the first time in his career, Franti worked with outside songwriters and producers, including Sam Hollander, the Matrix, and Adrian Newman.^[11][12] Franti recorded around 35 songs and listened to the rough mixes while doing his morning yoga, to ensure that they were properly "inspiring".^[13][14] He also wanted the tracks to incorporate dance influences, with some geared toward club play.^[15] "Say Goodbye" is about the murder of Trayvon Martin.^[16] A version of "11:59" was written around 2003; Franti finished the chorus for it after surviving a ruptured appendix.^[17] K'naan guested on "Earth from Outer Space".^[18]

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[18]
The Buffalo News	[19]
PopMatters	7/10[20]
Postmedia Network	[21]
RapReviews	7.5/10[22]
Rolling Stone	[1]

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Postmedia Network called the album "an infectiously sunny synthesis of pop, reggae, hip-hop and indie-folk."^[21] Rolling Stone noted that "Franti's peace 'n' love MO has veered toward full-on jam pop for several years now, so mainstream-y anthems like the Euro-disco title track are really no big leap."^[1] Bass Player labeled All People Franti's "most heavily produced, studio programmed album yet".^[23] The Buffalo News deemed it "sun-soaked pop music with feel-good, bumper sticker-style wisdom presented as insightful commentary."^[19] The Kansas City Star said that Franti "evokes an array of resemblances, some vague, some strong: to Bob Marley, G-Love, Everlast, UB40."^[24] Tucson Weekly opined that while "the message of universal equality [of the title track] is spot-on and encouraging, Franti's rap-bridge lyrics about rocking everywhere can be terrible."^[25]