In an industry built on instant gratification, originality has been thrown out the window and replaced with that one sure shot homerun. Instead of experimenting, an artist is more prone to play a chess game to see what others are doing first, and then try their own rendition of it.

The “conceptual album” is probably an A&R’s worst nightmare due to the fact that a radio single might not materialize, but with 88-Keys’ The Death Of Adam, it doesn’t look like he cares if label heads sleep good at night or not.

Co-executive produced by Kanye West (who’s also featured on the project), 88-Keys recruits the likes of J*Davey, Redman, Bilal, and Phonte Coleman of Little Brother to tell the tale of a man chasing down a woman which ultimately leads to his demise.

The album covers the first encounter leading all the way up to “Adam” sealing the deal. Kanye West locks down the sexual part of the storyline with ‘Stay Up! (Viagra)’; “Man this is classic/call her National Geographic/her ass is African, but her eyes so Asian/plus the waist-in, time’s a wastin’/this some good p*ssy dawg, please don’t waste it” while Phonte handles the lack of condom use with  ‘Close Call,’ “Sexin’ all day and all night, sh*t is ill/so she switched from the pack and started taking the pill.”

Redma n takes his comical flow right to the free clinic with ‘The Burning Bush,’ and lines like, “When I pee, it’ll hurt/I feel victim to a freak in a skirt/like Adam was fooled by Eve, and it worked” aren’t too far behind.

The Harlem-born producer ends his Hip-Hop version of the biblical saga with songs like ‘Ho’ Is Short For Honey’ featuring Kid Cudi, the ‘No I Said I LIKED You,’ interlude, and ‘M.I.L.F.’ featuring the always-elusive Bilal. When producers release an album to showcase their full talent with hand-selected artists rhyming over their production, the outcome can go two ways: It can either be good exposure for the artist and producer, but sometimes the beat and MC aren’t on the same page.

With The Death Of Adam, 88-Keys managed to pair everything in its rightful place, while creating a screenplay from the holy book straight the studio. Taking the real role of a producer, and delegating what needs to go where in order to coincide with his soulful sounds, The Death Of Adam is a smooth fable from the beginning right to—“The End.”