Good vs. Evil - KXNG Crooked
Good vs. Evil

Good vs. Evil is the third album by KXNG CROOKED, released on November 11, 2016 through Apple Music, SoundCloud (streaming only) and Spotify by the independent record labels RBC Records and Entertainment One. This project marked Crooked’s second release in 2016, following the collaborative album STATIK KXNG with producer Statik Selektah. Two singles, ”Shoot Back (Dear Officer)” (featuring Tech N9ne) on October 21 and ”Welcome To Planet X (We’re Coming For You)” (featuring Eminem and The Observer) on November 4, were previously released to promote the album. A ‘Deluxe’ version with six untitled bonus tracks was released on the same date of the release of the normal version, also through Apple Music, SoundCloud (limited streaming to half a minute), and Spotify. Notable features on the album in chronological order include producer Just Blaze on the intro track ”A Just Message”, Eminem on the second track ”Welcome To Planet X (We’re Coming For You)”, Xzibit on the third track ”Dem People”, Tech N9ne on the tenth track ”Shoot Back (Dear Officer)”, and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA on the fourteenth and concluding track of the album, ”Puppet Master”. Crooked and Matthew Markoff were credited as executive producers. General producers included the following: Lavi$h, Beat Busta Beats, Young Jordan, Aktive, Chucky Beatz, Claudio Audio, Soundsmith Beats, Deborah’s Son, Klasiq, and Lew Jay. In a exclusive interview with XXL on October 20 regarding ”Shoot Back (Dear Officer)”, Crooked explained the concept behind Good vs. Evil and the title of the album with the subjects pointing towards modern-day problems such as police brutality, government corruption, and class discrimination: I’m the type of person who feels other people’s pain more than average. I’ve been that way my whole life. It’s a gift and a curse. With Good vs. Evil I decided to create a world where the victims of police brutality, government corruption and class discrimination fought back; but not through silent protest—but through violent protest. Sometimes you have to shake people up and shock them into paying attention. Imagine if Mike Brown, or Philando Castile survived the officers shooting them and went straight to the studio to record an album. What would they say? How wouldn’t they feel? Good vs. Evil was generally well-received by music critics and fans alike, most notably for its ”direction, dark beats and narrative skills”. HotNewHipHop gave it a rating of 4.7 out of 5. HipHopDX gave it a 4.0 out of 5, calling it a ”well-executed and carefully crafted album” with ”raw emotion" that “captures the critical nature of the need for action”. On Apple Music, the project has a five star overall rating with six individual ratings, while the ‘Deluxe’ version has a four and a half star overall rating with thirty-one individual ratings. A sequel to Good vs. Evil was self-released on December 8, 2017.
Distribution of songs on Good vs. Evil by producer