Seventy minutes in length, it can be split in half and taken as two volumes that surpass what preceded it. In some ways - literally, for example - Choose Your Weapon is twice the album. Tawk Tomahawk provided a lot to absorb in its 35 minutes. The move worked, at least with Recording Academy voters, who nominated that version for a 2014 Grammy in the category of Best R&B Performance.
The young Australian avant-R&B quartet needed it more for visibility than for credibility. When Tawk Tomahawk was picked up by Salaam Remi's Flying Buddha, the label added a bonus version of 'Nakamarra' - the album's most direct, traditional song - with a Q-Tip guest verse.
