Caught Up In This Illusion

Artists: Juicy J , Endea Owens
Label: Trippy Music LLC
Release Date: 15/08/2025
Type: album
Tracks: 12

With the release of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, Juicy J demonstrates a truly surprising level of creativity and vision. The project is, the author confesses, an "instrumental album with me singing and rapping on a couple of tracks, my true art and my emotions". True, because it is a genuine jazz album where the velvety sounds of sax, piano, guitar, and others make you forget the surrounding reality during the listening. Above all, the main instrument is the double bass of Endea Owens, a young jazz promise whose mentors include names like Ron Carter and Marcus Belgrave, in addition to having collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Diana Ross, Jon Batiste, and Dee Dee Bridgewater. "I create a lot of conscious music", says J, "just like during my early days with Three 6 Mafia, I used to rap about conscious themes. I feel comfortable on this album; I listen to jazz almost daily, all day long". Among the tracks where rap takes center stage there is ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฑ-๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ with Black Thought and Cory Henry, which highlights the vicious cycle that violence brings to lives and neighborhoods: “๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ' ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ / ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ / ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ' ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ [...] ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ' ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ / ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ”. In the title track, the MC believes that projects like this can help heal this negative trend: “๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ / ๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช / ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ / ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด”.

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Tracks
3 - I Miss You PJ - 03:24
6 - Detroit Red Vibes - 02:54