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JEAN GRAE

JEANIUS

By COLIN ASHER

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GENRE | HONEST MCS

VERDICT | BOOTLEGGED BEATS

RELEASE | 7.8.08

LABEL | BLACKSMITH

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Finally. Recorded in 2004, Jeanius was shelved after being leaked online, leaving fans waiting ever since. Like all Jean's work, Jeanius is rife with double entendres, delivered with a pugnacious, smoky flow. The album isn't her finest, though—it's quite uneven. But Jeanius is worth buying, if only to hear Jean rip lines like "I'm leaving them bleeding and gasping / Like they're Jesus on wood." Besides, if you copped the bootleg four years ago, you owe it to her.


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My Top 10 of 2008

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Every loopy music scribe this side of the sun makes a year-end list to ensure their consistent, low-paying listening didn't go to a complete waste. Here's mine, with some off-the-cuff comments to sound all snarky-like and videos to boot. These are in no particular order, fwiw:

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By dayvidday on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 2:06 pm

 

Hard to believe, but unfortunately, not the least bit surprising:

 

"After receiving billions in aid from U.S. taxpayers, the nation's largest banks say they can't track exactly how they're spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it."

 


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By Media Farm on Mon, Dec 15, 2008 6:13 pm

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Barney has his own website

 

Can you imagine if this were the Bush administration's only job?

 






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