I & I Survived

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I & I Survived
I & I Survived cover
Studio album by Bad Brains
Released November 26, 2002
Genre Dub, crossover thrash, reggae, ska
Length 53:54
Label Reggae Lounge
Producer Darryl Jenifer & Gary Miller
Professional reviews
Bad Brains chronology
A Bad Brains Reunion Live from Maritime Hall
(2001)
I & I Survived
(2002)
Live at CBGB's 1982
(2006)

I & I Survived is the seventh full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It is a mostly instrumental dub album featuring a large amount of reggae, ska, and dub elements with only occasional forays into hard rock and punk music, as opposed to their other albums which are the other way around. The voice of band vocalist H.R. does appear on the album, albeit in sampled form from previous albums.

The album includes new songs alongside completely revamped remakes of a few Bad Brains classics such as 1983's "How Low Can a Punk Get?", two versions of the Quickness classic "Gene Machine," and a dancehall reggae version of the usually mellow "I and I Survive." This is their first album in 7 years.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Jah Love (Jenifer, Miller)
  2. Overdub (Jenifer, Miller)
  3. How Low Can a Punk Get? (Jenifer, Miller)
  4. I & I Survive (Jenifer, Miller)
  5. Cowboy (Jenifer, Miller)
  6. Gene Machine (Jenifer, Miller)
  7. Ghetto (Ray Chinna Shim)
  8. Rally (Jenifer, Miller)
  9. September (Ray Chinna Shim)
  10. Ragga Dub (Jenifer, Miller)
  11. Gene Machine (remix) (Jenifer, Miller; remixed by Daryl Jenifer and Neil Robertson)
  12. I & I Survived (Shiner Massive Mix) (Jenifer, Miller; remixed by Will Fulton)

[edit] Personnel

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