Available as import Amazon iTunes. She worked on it with hip hop producer 9th Wonder and intended to release it in , but the album leaked prematurely and spawned various pirated versions of the unfinished project. The idea of a seamless, flawless album is contrary to the nature of Jean Grae's entire career so far. The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP Archived from the original on October 11,
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Jean Grae had firmly built a cult following and a quiet reputation as one of the most underrated MCs.
The Evil Jeanius This page was last edited on 23 Septemberat None of 9yh are terrible, but none of them do much more than take up space next to Jean Grae.
Except that was also the year Jeanius was originally meant to debut. After an accident that could have ended his career, folk blues artist Charlie Parr recovered and recorded an album comprised largely of older tunes. The 10 Best Electronic Albums of Maybe 9th Jeanus is working towards that by giving the album one essential sound: The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP Jfan Allan Poe's 10 Best Stories. The other part of the point is sheer love and nostalgia for a bygone era filled with interesting, memorable hip-hop.
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And in a way, it did. Doug Clifford and Stu Cook look back on the bright-burning Creedence Clearwater Revival Woodstock set from Augustand talk about the decision to get off the road after 25 years as Creedence Clearwater Revival. But it's still an album likely to be identified as a 'classic' by those who consider themselves 'in the know'.
Neither has done anything to damage that notion of being an overlooked genius. The album was released on July 8,on Talib Kweli 's Blacksmith music label.
Jean Grae: Jeanius
But like it or not, it's the MC as much as the DJ who defines the forward face of an album, and on Jeanius Jean Grae seems, as always, intent on fighting. Credits adapted from Allmusic. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Revisiting our best electronic albums fromwe find these records have stood the test of time. God's Stepson Black Is Back!
Popmatters is wholly independently owned and operated. Jean Grae Jeanius Label: Views Read Edit View history. Remington of The Washington Post felt that 9th Wonder is "not at his best, and as a result the album is merely great rather than classic", jexn concluded that Grae "proves that she's one of the best MCs alive" with Jeanius. She stands near the best MCs of all time in that regard.
That notion of classic albums fits more closely with his past -- the way he overhauled Nas's God's Son as a re mix CD and, like here, replaced Nas with himself on the cover ; the way Little Brother framed their albums, especially 's The Minstrel Showas capital-A Albums. Since then, both have added credits to their discographies and further cultivated a true hip-hop-head following, without becoming big stars.
Archived from the original on October 11, The latter track, though, is one of several on the track that pairs Grae with an MC jeaniys presence is forgotten as soon as he finishes, or at least as soon as Grae utters a syllable. The 10 Best Electronic Albums of Revisiting our best electronic albums fromwe find these records have stood the test of time. Electro duo the Juan MacLean release a flat collection of previously released house singles on The Brighter the Light.
She worked on it with hip hop producer 9th Wonder and intended to release it inbut the album leaked prematurely and spawned various pirated versions jeam the unfinished project.
Articles with short description Articles with hAudio microformats. As an MC, she also sounds most comfortable when she's fighting.
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