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Track Listing
1. Shadows Forever - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
2. Ahead of the Game - (with Blue Sky Black Death, featuring Blacastan)
3. Strikes - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
4. Threats - (with Blue Sky Black Death, featuring Chen Lo)
5. Away With Me - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
6. Even On Your Best Day - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
7. Take It Back - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
8. Lights Out - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
9. Nobody'll Do It For You - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
10. It's Still a Love Song - (with Blue Sky Black Death)
Album Notes
Don't let the title or packaging fool you. THE EVIL JEANIUS is not a remixed version of Jean Grae's collaboration album with superproducer 9th Wonder. Instead, the fast-rising West Coast production duo Blue Sky Black Death (Kingston and Young God) has raided the Babygrande files for 10 of Grae's choicest unreleased recordings and crafted impressively fitting beats around them. The production sounds vary from moody and darkly cinematic to soulful and upbeat. Kingston and Young God flip a loop from the Velvet Underground's "Venus in Furs" to create a mood of lurking menace on the album opener, "Shadows Forever." Elsewhere, the inspired use of church organs and an arrangement of gospel vocals make Jean's lyrical boasting on "Threats" sound like it's being delivered from the pulpit. Short but sweet, THE EVIL JEANIUS is an unlikely gem that stands among Jean Grae's best work.
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