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One Day

What makes Jesse Abraham's "One Day" different than the hundreds of thousands of hip hip albums out there? That is the question I was getting ready to answer when I sat down to listen to the album for the first time and, to be honest, on that first listen I was not that impressed (I was tired and was caught off guard by the sound...my fault). But then as I listened more closely (read: actually paid attention to the music) I noticed something; this album was very good and actually does separate itself from most hip hop out there. No, I don't mean because of Jesse Abraham being a Jewish MC that questions the concept of God or any of the stuff on the surface. It is the sound of the album, the ability to craft infectious songs with meaningful lyrics that reference a wide variety of subjects while carefully selecting what vocabulary to use. You find out rather quickly (the first track actually) that Jesse has a love for words, which becomes evident as the album goes on. In reality it is more than just his love of words, it is his love and search for knowledge that comes out in this album

NYC hip-hop at its BEST

This is a true artist and he's made a real album here!! Well-rounded, thoughtful, witty and crazy creative. The beats are slammin and his lyrics are bananas!! One of the best albums i've heard this year. JA is the TRUTH!!!

Definitely worth a listen if you’re looking for something different

Imagine The Beastie Boys trio blended into a single entity, pumped full of 4 Lokos, and let loose with a humor-driven hip-hop philosophy built for spelling-out straightforward statements in every possible blend of Eyedea-esque (RIP) metaphors, similes, and non-sequiters that speak in completely slightly-understandable clarity and playful seriousness. If none of that makes sense, then you’ve caught the basic definition.

The EP is immediately striking, with tracks like “Spiderman on Vitamins” and “Ridiculous” being built around what seems a single-string strum on a Japanese Shamisen, urban stomp-clap combos, Tabla drums, sitar, and Andes flutes, while others such as “One Day feat. Eric Sosa” and “Connections feat. Jeanette Berry” work with highly trance based arpeggios and organic drum, as well, in the case of “Connections,” Ace of Base​ style hooks. Set that to the side, and you’re left with a continual purge of the unexpected, meeting tracks such as the !llmind-produced “Play On” that carries a more modern feel, best exhibiting the comparison of his style to Eyedea or El-P, and “Figure It Out feat. Fresh Daily” which hits more on the metaphor-drugged philosophical side, asking the grand question of “What are we all here for?” in the hook.

Throughout One Day, Jesse runs with a lyrical flow reminiscent of a slowed-down Fu-Schnickens and defibrillator-shocked Paid in Full Rakim that’s established on the opening bars of “Spiderman on Vitamins,” and is well-kept as the songs move along. Regarding lyrical talent, Jesse possesses a touch for humorous wordplay that implies purposelessness, though it seems the reverse, and his overall style seems somewhat of a neo-homage to hip-hop’s early beginnings. To give you an idea of Jesse’s rhyme style, here’s a few bars from the track “Figure It Out”: “Holla back/Have some challah, I’ll have half/Hallucinations in Holland, a holy holograph/Hallelujah/Holidays they all go fast/Hollandaise and halibut are all just but a hologram.” ...I’m not even entirely sure that the transcription is spot on, but I think it exemplifies what I’m trying to explain here.

The jostling roll throughout One Day is a difficult one to keep straight on, as the sound style switches throughout do their best to create a disorientation and vertigo effect, especially on a first listen. It’s nothing to aim at derogatorily, as Jesse’s a difficult one to judge when put into the usual definitions in hip-hop’s spectrum, and given the circumstance, the EP is more-so one of those figure it out for yourself collection of songs. There’s no doubt that a talent lies clearly in song, but the matter comes down to letting yourself try and understand it rather than simply brushing it off as absurd.

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