Artist – G. Love
Title – The Juice
Format – Vinyl
Label – Thirty Tigers
Recorded in Nashville with a slew of special guests including Robert Randolph, Marcus King, and Roosevelt Collier, ‘The Juice’ is indeed diploma-worthy. Co-produced and co-written with GRAMMY-winning icon Keb Mo’, it’s an electrifying collection, one that tips its cap to more than a century of blues greats even as it offers its own distinctly modern pop spin on the genre, mixing programmed beats and hip-hop grooves with blistering guitar and sacred steel. G. Love’s lyrics are both personal and political here, artfully balancing his appreciation for the simple joys in life with his obligation to speak out for justice and equality, and his performances are suitably riotous and rousing to match, with infectious call-and-response hooks and funky sing-along choruses at every turn.
The resulting mix of G. Love’s idiosyncratic style and Keb Mo’s old-school influence proves intoxicating on ‘The Juice,’ which opens with the shuffling, anthemic title track. “We got the juice / We got the love / We got the dreams / We had enough,” G. Love sings, setting the stage for an album all about recognizing your power to impact the world around you in ways both big and small. The infectious “Birmingham,” for instance, is an ode to perseverance when, while the funky “Go Crazy” cuts loose in the face of our maddening 24-hour news cycle, and the relentless “Shake Your Hair” rattles off a head-spinning list of modern ills before declaring “donate, don’t wait, spread love don’t hate.”
When G. Love sings about making the world a better place, he’s not just singing about politics, though, and ‘The Juice’ serves as a beautiful exploration of the ways we can brighten our own little worlds and the worlds of those we care about on a daily basis. The gritty “SoulBQue” is a celebration of community and friendship, while the rootsy “She’s The Rock” pays tribute to all the little ways lovers can lift each other up, and the breezy “Diggin’ Roots” spins cultivating a garden into a metaphor for the importance of tending to your home and family and neighbors.
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A1
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The Juice – 3:07
Featuring – Marcus King
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A2
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Soul BQue – 4:40
Featuring – Roosevelt Collier
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A3
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Go Crazy – 3:40
Featuring – Keb Mo
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A4
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Shake Your Hair – 5:18
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A5
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Fix Your Face – 3:15
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B1
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She's The Rock – 3:52
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B2
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Digging Roots - 4:26
Featuring – Ron Artis
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B3
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Shine On Moon – 3:22
Featuring – Keb Mo
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B4
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Birmingham – 4:23
Featuring – Keb Mo, Robert Randolph
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B5
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Drinking Wine – 4:13
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B7
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The Juice (Reprise) - :29
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