Product Description

One of the most respected MC's in hip-hop (and arguably the most fearsome female), Jean Grae teams with renowned indie producer duo Blue Sky black Death for the watershed release: Jean Grae: The Evil Jeanius. The Independent music world's finest burgeoning producer duo, Blue Sky Black Death, have collaborated with and/or produced for a who's who of such underground acts as Guru (of Gang Starr), Mikah 9 (formerly of Freestyle Fellowship), Wu-Tang affiliates Hell Razah & Holocaust, Jus Allah (Jedi Mind Tricks) & many more Brooding
production meets Brooklyn-based bravado in this one of a kind creative pairing.

Track Listing

1. shadows forever
2. ahead of the game feat. Blacastan
3. strikes
4. threats feat. Chen Lo
5. away with me
6. even on your best day
7. take it back
8. lights out
9. nobody'll do it for you
10. it's still a love song

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104864 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Customer Reviews

4½ stars - "Put your thinking caps on, I rap smarter."
To be completely, I had absolutely no clue who Blue Sky Black Death were before hearing about this collection, which they produced in its entirety. But I must say that their production is very impressive. They mix a lot of live instruments and samples, and the work is often very scattered...in a good and interesting way. It's also very multi-faceted and it creates an environment for the rapper, which is often lacking in hip hop music. The duo provides an unbelievably ominous backdrop on "Strikes," where Jean, our protagonist, is waiting inside a diner trying to escape the police after she kills a man in her own defense. The opening track, "Shadows Forever" is also very dark. And "It's Still A Love Song," a continuation of the fan favorite "Love Song" from Jean's debut, The Attack of the Attacking Things, has production to match the optimism of the rapper, despite what she's been through in her love life. Which brings us to, who in my opinion, still remains the star of the show (even though this album is filed under BSBD as the artist): Jean Grae. This woman is criminally underrated while the fact of the matter is, she puts in more work (and better work) than the "greatest rapper alive" himself, Lil' Wayne. There are still albums and album's worth of material left to be released from her catalog, and it has all proven to be quality stuff. Jean's rhymes here are just as fierce as they are on any other project and and that's really all that needs to be said. Her stories, her insights, her punchlines, her dises, her pompous self-declarations... are simply ill. She, in my opinion, is the greatest rapper--male or female--that we have at the moment. It's time to show some respect. Buy this and the rest of her catalog.

Beautiful!
I absolutely love Jean, and this album really, really impressed me. Her flows are way smooth and the production is tight. It all blends together beautifully. I'm a chick, so of course I dug #10 the follow up to Love Song.. Go buy now, what are you waiting for???

Pure Jeanius
Honestly this album is disgustingly amazing...This is the Jean Grae I've been needing to hear since This Week came out...and she is on point on this album. And BSBD production is excellent, but more importantly, BSBD and Jean sound good together.
Hip Hop is waking up out of H.E.R. coma.
Peace