Name: Sassafras - Even In Heaven by Essential Media Group
Duration: 4 min 43 s
Description: The track that bridges four decades of funk and hip-hop. Global superstar Cardi B injects her latest hit, “Better Than You,” with deep soul by sampling Sassafras’s “Listen Dear” from their classic 1978 album. Featuring the genius of the Ingram family (Philly Soul royalty), this is where the vintage groove meets modern fire—a perfect marriage of timeless texture and unstoppable energy.

MY MELANCHOLY drips richly into my soul

Beat = ‘Scarecrow Beats - Stand Alone’

This one is about how it can be difficult to find your tribe, especially after going through a transformative experience.

On This Journey

Global superstar Cardi B continues to dominate the charts with her latest release, “Better Than You,” a bold anthem showcasing her trademark lyrical fire and unstoppable energy. Beyond its instant success with fans and critics alike, the track carries a unique musical lineage — it prominently samples “Listen Dear” by the acclaimed Welsh rock band Sassafras, bringing new life to a classic.

Originally released in 1978, “Listen Dear” reflects Sassafras’s signature blend of funk, soul, and melodic storytelling. By weaving the timeless groove and emotional resonance of the track into “Better Than You,” Cardi B bridges generations of sound — honoring the past while pushing hip-hop into the future.

Sassafras - Listen Dear

LOVE IS A WEAPON

The track that bridges four decades of funk and hip-hop. Global superstar Cardi B injects her latest hit, “Better Than You,” with deep soul by sampling Sassafras’s “Listen Dear” from their classic 1978 album. Featuring the genius of the Ingram family (Philly Soul royalty), this is where the vintage groove meets modern fire—a perfect marriage of timeless texture and unstoppable energy.

Sassafras - Even In Heaven

Explores Jung's Shadow Resistance—the internal struggle against limiting beliefs and internalised doubts. Doubt personifies as a "squatter in the rooms of my potential," dragging chains of inherited fear and family patterns. The song charts the journey from being trapped by self-limiting beliefs to learning doubt's language and translating warnings into "maps of resistance." The core Jungian insight: by confronting rather than avoiding our shadow doubts, we transform them from predators into guides, reclaiming our psychological territory until "my body: a country where his passport no longer works." From my upcoming book "Breakfast with Jung"  Chapter 2 The Shadow

All Of Me  (Lyrics)

Doubt slouches in, heavy-shouldered and gray
A squatter in the rooms of my potential
Unpacking memories like old, worn luggage
She whispers: "Remember your limits"
His voice, sandpaper against possibility
Drags chains of inherited fear
Each link a story I've swallowed whole
But I am learning her language
Translating her warnings into maps of resistance
My bones, a rebellion waiting
Doubt circles, predatory
Teeth of calculation, eyes of measured impossibility
He knows every locked door
Every bolted window of my hesitation
I stand, breath sharp as broken glass
Hands open to whatever comes
Doubt shrinks, retreats
A shadow growing smaller against the landscape of becoming
My body: a country where his passport no longer works
Belief, not a destination
But the first wild step beyond his maps
Beyond his maps

All Of Me

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Sonny Dub

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Essential Media Group LLC. is a South Florida based record label specializing in multiple genres encompassing all eras of Folk, Blues, Jazz, Classical, World, Rock, R&B and Pop including current Hip Hop, Dancehall, Reggaeton and Dance/Electronic Music.

Sassafras - Even In Heaven

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