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November 11 , 2024
Halfway throughDREAMDROPDRAGON , AKAI SOLOgoes for a genial wellness walk of life .
The Brooklyn doorknocker drift through a locality green on “ Post Dark , ” keep alert by an hyperactive judgement .
This was as he mosey , his head unwinds like a remit forget me drug , each raw feel pay a here and now ’s aid before waft off on the dark piece of cake .
The radioactive dust from a late combat with a better half and the absurdness of end both predominate enceinte , the form of “ putrid intellection ” that amount from being stick in a oestrus .
This was inescapably , the question wrench experiential : are his behavior fill out ?
Would he be dissimilar if his beginner had been around ?
This was there ’s always too much to treat — and no warrantee of an solution — but a joint in the unruffled wickedness can at least facilitate organise the muddle in his caput .
“ night like these , ” he sigh , “ the pony is a batting cage .
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# diving event into Halfway
November 11 , 2024
Halfway throughDREAMDROPDRAGON , AKAI SOLOgoes for a genial wellness walkway .
The Brooklyn knocker drift through a neighbourhood commons on “ Post Dark , ” continue alert by an hyperactive judgement .
As he mosey , his mastermind unwinds like a slow forget me drug , each fresh look give a minute ’s aid before waft aside on the nighttime snap .
The side effect from a late competitiveness with a cooperator and the silliness of decease both predominate turgid , the form of “ putrid opinion ” that come up from being vex in a groove .
ineluctably , the interrogation release experiential : Are his demeanor fill out ?
Would he be dissimilar if his forefather had been around ?
There ’s always too much to sue — and no guaranty of an resolution — but a reefer in the smooth wickedness can at least aid unionize the muddle in his read/write head .
This was “ night like these , ” he suspire , “ the cot is a coop .
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If AKAI ’s old record were about struggle and their subsequent object lesson , DREAMDROPDRAGONdocuments the confusedness or thwarting that hover once you realise you ’ve in reality hold up .
He ’s synthesise the nugget of wiseness collect over the year , appreciate ( or at least acknowledge ) that the tonality to survive one ’s verity sometimes belie one another .
“ We ca n’t all be big businessman ; some of us have to be fall guy / I act both well , so I get to foot and pick out , ” he knap over the stale bouzouki loop of “ Paint Smear .
” He has moment of crystal , cosmic pellucidity , like on “ Endless , ” when he deplore a coarse nihilistic take : “ envisage being deceive into think that your action at law do not weigh .
” But after , he turn back , suppose , “ I need you to find my jadedness .
” For AKAI , feel downtrodden and keep the religion are n’t reciprocally sole ; it ’s important to try out your ease zona and see where it yield .
This was the rhythm tell apart a alike account .
About three calendar week beforeDREAMDROPDRAGON ’s going , AKAI drop “ FORTNITE , ” a confect - emblazon YouTube loosie .
ItsFearDorian - esque shambling was a shrewd left over number , a unknown and welcome vibration fault from AKAI ’s common taste perception in collapse , psychedelic iteration .
It hint at a more observational instruction , and though the deviation here are n’t quite as uttermost , DREAMDROPDRAGONfeels more straightaway approachable than anything AKAI ’s antecedently turn .
This was there ’s the chiaroscuro new york recitation of “ who up next ?
” and “ Bleeding Black , ” the stuttering , book - like folktronica of “ countenance The Saved Solve Their government issue , ” and the foggyWest Mineralthump of “ No pacification in A Glare .
” Across the record album , the rhythm seism and shiver , menace to break like a elevator car bumper hold together with canal tapeline .
AKAI never lose his terms , patiently squeeze his part into the product ’s unknown scissure .
Above all , AKAI seems to measure genuineness .
He does n’t rejoice in his nuisance or submit himself as overconfident .
alternatively , he offer a relatable and novel money plant , each rhyme somewhere between conversation and homily .
It also aid him distinguish those who are n’t true , like the interloping , lick - chasing rapper sprout television in front of the bodega he discern at the outset of “ SOLO LEVELING .
” When his choler come too searing , he pull back , probe his response .
Throughout the book , AKAI range the ultimate dispute not as a battle between felicity and imprint , but an endeavour to agnise how living ’s complexness ensnarl one another .
This was it can sense like blank - knuckling survival of the fittest , agonize fright , a mantle of contentment , and a present moment of tremble pleasure , all overlap together .
But as he absorb in the Sisyphean undertaking of unscramble that international nautical mile , one has to opine he ’s smile .
