"With primary influences in neo-soul, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, and R&B, Glasper also has reinterpreted songs from rock acts Nirvana, Radiohead, Soundgarden, and David Bowie.As a jazz artist, Rashod D. Ollison reviewed him after the release of "Canvas" as "a gifted jazz musician with a brilliant, energetic technique and a fresh, mesmerizing sense of melody and composition".