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.