“Ain’t Gon Get Mine” – Euclid Gray (Malaco 2008)

“Ain’t Gon Get Mine”
Euclid Gray
From the CD Unleashed (Malaco 2008)
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Euclid Gray is a different kind of gospel artist for Malaco, a record company whose stock-in-trade is typically the southern-hewn, soulful quartets and traditional groups.

Gray, who was part of R. Kelly’s Public Announcement and played Rev. Henry Oliver in Tyler Perry’s stage and DVD hit Meet the Browns, brings an urban and eclectic sound to The Last Soul Company with songs such as “Ain’t Gon Get Mine.”

From Gray’s sophomore release Unleashed, “Ain’t Gon Get Mine” opens with angry, buzzing guitars and is propelled by a strong and compelling RnB beat. Gray declares all the things he has that the devil cannot take from him, including his marriage, family, money, joy, blessings, anointing and sanity. Gray’s dreams are off limits, too: “Ain’t gon stop this hit from playing on the radio this time/Ain’t gon take this spot I’m claiming, Billboard number one is mine!” Then he gets into an aural wrestling match with Satan and sends the horned-one stepping away.