![]() ![]() DJ Spinz (cut it uppp!!) got on there, as did Southside of 808 Mafia for a song called "What If" that explores a multitude of "what if?" scenarios. "What if bill Clinton had never got head?" he raps. Boi-1da brought his usual magic on "Of All Things" feat. Presumably Gerald produced a few tracks himself. This list of producers is admittedly incomplete. "Big Sean record goes hard as fuck," I wrote in my notes. All three of these artists showed up big time, most notably Big Sean. Keyshia Cole (if you want to call her a big feature), Big Sean, and Chris Brown. Gerald recruited a young Australian lady named Grace to sing a hook (lot's of female hooks on the album) and Bebe Rexha lends her chocolate river of a voice to "Me, Myself, & I," the album's lead single. Interestingly, aside from Too Short, all these artists appear on the last 5 songs. "The features came in last second after all the meat and potatoes were in place," he said, and he chose who to invite to appear on the album with care.īay-wise, we have Too Short, E-40, Kehlani, and two up-and-coming singers, Marky Bassy and Quinn. Instead, Young Gerald opted for a tasteful salad of big features and small features while also keeping it true to the Bay. G-Eazy wisely avoided pulling a Troy Ave and seeking out the most popular names he could find to deliver guest features on his album. In the intro, he recites the same Dylan Thomas poem that Michael Caine recited in "Interstellar." “Do not go gentle into that good night… Rage, rage against the dying of the light." He then jumps into the second song, which is called "Random," and like many songs on the album, it's a banger but with a darker feel, a dark intensity that indeed conjures up nighttime images. The soundtrack to G-Eazy's album trailer (watch below) is actually the first two songs on the album. Grace), the darkness is present from the jump. Though the song that he felt best captured that horror vibe the best was track #9 (feat. Piano and foggy synths appear throughout the album and give it a cohesively dark sound. He explained that he wanted the album to sound like a soundtrack to a horror film and that he drew inspiration from the work of gothic specialist Tim Burton and horror auteur Wes Craven. "I wanted it to feel like dark, cinematic vibe," he said. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.G-Eazy said that he wanted the album to be like a soundtrack to a horror film. Keyshia Cole & E-40 5:30Įach record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.Īll items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging.
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