Good Things marks a shift in methodology from personal to political for Aloe Blacc, who refers to the project as his 'report on present conditions'- the misappropriation of wealth, pillaging of resources, a universal lack of compassion, and for many the struggle to survive. Ethereal production from Truth & Soul's Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman mask a foreboding undercurrent in which Aloe crafts lyrics both thoughtful & thoughtprovoking. I Need a Dollar, Green Lights, Hey Brother, Miss Fortune, Life's So Hard, Take Me Back, Femme Fatale, Loving You Is Killing Me, Good Things, You Make Me Smile, If I, Mama Hold My Hand, Politician (Reprise)
