On first listen, I like it but I haven't got the chance to get the full effect of it yet. For me, that means listening to the entire album either on my iPod or in the car while I'm driving. Luckily I have the perfect drive for it this coming Friday. But honestly there isn't much of his stuff that I don't like. I just wish that he dropped albums more often.
I didn't even know who he was until around '05 and even then that was entirely by accident. I spent the next few years trying to track down everything he did which wasn't easy since the majority of his music isn't available in stores. Life after Amazon (and to a lesser extent, iTunes) has made everything so much easier!