G-Eazy, Love is Gone (Remix) | Track Review 🎵

JAHMED joins G-Eazy and Drew Love on the remix of “Love is Gone,” a ‘woke’ protest song that originally appeared on The Beautiful & Damned.

“It’s hard to sleep these days / The sounds of all the screams keep me awake / Love is gone, love is gone.” “Love Is Gone” ranked among the best and most hard-hitting songs from The Beautiful & Damned, the 2017 double album by G-Eazy. Sure, banger “No Limit” was the song to beat, but “Love is Gone” runs deeper.  Amazingly, the song is quite relevant in the turbulent times of 2020.  But before we get to that, purely from a musical standpoint, the production work (Eazy and Dakari) is a selling point, featuring dusty, old-school drums, and set in minor key.  Drew Love blesses us with his beautiful, distinct, and soulful vocals on the aforementioned, thoughtful chorus.

Rather than relying on the shallow, G-Eazy focused on relevant political and social issues throughout “Love is Gone.” On “Love is Gone (Remix),” both of his verses remain untouched.  After hearing the song for the first time in a while, it’s easy to forget the amount of passionate, relevant points the rapper made about so many unfortunate and wrong things going down in America.  His first line definitely isn’t far-fetched: “Shit, the world is in flames.” His most powerful bars actually arrive on the second verse, led by ferociously denouncing President Trump:

“Everything not gravy, we can’t pretend it is
So I salute YG, fuck the president
‘Cause he a fucking racist supported by white supremacists
Fuck Donald, go back to just running businesses.”

Perhaps the language is rough, but G-Eazy actually captures the anger and frustration with incredible passion.  My favorite lyrics are the all-encompassing: “Until we all love each other, nobody benefits / Minorities and feminists, trans, gays, and immigrants…”

JAHMED adds additional relevance to the record in 2020 given the police brutality, racial injustice, and protests.  “They’re tryna hide the truth and give the bail to these pork rinds,” he spits on the third verse, continuing, “The proof is in the footage you ignorin’, what’s online / Y’all only love a nigga when he ballin’ up, courtside / We crying for justice, how you don’t understand the substance.” Expectedly, he speaks against Trump as well, references Kaepernick, and ends with the powerful, “So try to understand before you fuck up my community.”

Final Thoughts 

The original version of “Love is Gone” was pretty sweet, but the addition of JAHMED provides additional insight.  Furthermore, given the racially turbulent times, “Love is Gone” takes on brand-new life, and certainly is more meaningful now than it was in 2017.  Ultimately, “Love is Gone (Remix)” is a must-hear.

G-Eazy • “Love is Gone (Remix)” (Ft. Drew Love & JAHMED) • RCA • Release: 6.12.20

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