Ka - The Thief Next to Jesus - FIRST Reaction/Review

[@jacobalamo5911]

Long Live Ka. One of a kind.

[@obatron1]

It’s crazy how many scrolls this man left us, but for this, THIS to be the album before he left us…man. I’m still bugging out on Orpheus vs The Sirens and that was 2018 KA. What a catalogue.

[@Definitionofill92]

Right! It’s sad but also pretty poetic

[@majadubois1]

I'm in shock....RIP KA....gone way too soon

[@Definitionofill92]

Way too soon, can’t believe it

[@coffey4555]

Rip KA 🙏

[@Baldedtoe]

Rhyme in Peace KA

[@Doctor_Beats]

I can’t stop singing this album’s praises. Bought it instantly. Just wish I was closer to NY to go to one of his meet-and-greet vinyl sales.

[@Definitionofill92]

Yeah I live in NYC, we’re spoiled

[@Doctor_Beats]

@@Definitionofill92 small detail, but I love that the name of the first track is the order of the four subject matters in hip hop he addresses.

[@besusshuttlesworth6166]

​@@Doctor_Beatsthat and seeing him perform are two things I really hope to do before I die 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@besusshuttlesworth6166my heart breaks for you bro RIP to KA!!!

[@besusshuttlesworth6166]

@maxwellsamuel3255 thank you brotha. I am personally devastated. I can only imagine how his close friends/family feel. RIP to an AMAZING ARTIST/MAN/HUMAN BEING

[@nGizzle]

I really shed tears on my first listen. God bless KA, letting us all heal through his craft

[@InspectahReese]

Greatest Pen in hip hop history 🫡

[@turqdeth]

Up there

[@will_cashgrow2294]

You isn't lying one bit 💯

[@recluse.4331]

My goodness Ka can just never miss. He puts you right into the scenarios that he pens to the pad. He’s more than an MC he’s genuinely one of the greatest Poets of all time.

[@Definitionofill92]

Yup! Incredible poet!

[@thenameisomari]

Well said. I remember listening to The Night’s Gambit the first several times and it was like Ka immersed me right into the cold world of Brownsville with his bars. Special, special artist.

[@will_cashgrow2294]

R.I.P. Brownsville KA 😢🙏 passed away 😢

[@Definitionofill92]

RIP!

[@amandasutton4056]

When this dropped this was my introduction to Ka..for me this album is a total spiritual/emotional experience...feels like prayer

[@besusshuttlesworth6166]

Omg pls listen to his whole catalog!!!! Greatest catalog ever in any genre!!! 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@amandasutton4056]

@@besusshuttlesworth6166 I'm on it!!!

[@amandasutton4056]

​@@besusshuttlesworth6166I'm on it!!

[@bowling4clarity817]

Ka is a genre unto himself . He writes with an intention and from an inspiration that's different from not just the rest of hip hop, but even from his lyric driven peers . His maturity with words is unmatched . And yes, i get it, musically, his "beat" selection is often not the stuff we would traditionally consider 🔥 instrumentals . If anything, Ka doesn't rhyme to beats as much as he narrates with sound arrangements as atmosphere . He's the epitome of ' this ain't gonna be for everybody ' but in my humble opinion he's the greatest writer of a man's evolution not just in rap but in literature in the last 20 years .

[@Definitionofill92]

This is the perfect description

[@will_cashgrow2294]

🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯

[@besusshuttlesworth6166]

Ka is my favorite artist of all time in any genre or medium and the way u just described his art and abilities was so spot on. I applaud u. I've often explained his music and place in the history of this a similar way 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@satyarthsingh2276]

The first track of this album is one of the best rap tracks I've heard in few years, this is what hip-hop's all about.

[@dor2an]

Unc you just put me on! Listening to his other projects right now!

[@InspectahReese]

Grief Pedigree and Honor Killed The Samurai are peak hip hop

[@MFMATY]

@@InspectahReeseCold Facts is something serious fr

[@will_cashgrow2294]

​@@MFMATYthat one in the Chamber (Chamber)

[@Doctor_Beats]

10 classic album run. Enjoy.

[@MultiLex101]

oh youve got alot to listen to. Dont for get yen lo, one of his best albums imo.

[@Austyn59913]

Ka is somehow still underrated I haven’t heard enough love for this album :(

[@Austyn59913]

said that right before you said severely underrated!!! facts!!

[@thenameisomari]

Yeah, it’s sad that he received far more coverage for his death than his music. I wished his art received that kind of recognition, especially when he was alive.

[@blvkmirror8388]

Ka is severely underrated 🔥🎵🎶💯🙏🏾👍🏾

[@thenameisomari]

17:30 “Back in the trap, getting snared is the baseline/bassline” 🔥

[@instcofelovr4]

for sure just put me onto Ka. love this vulnerability, so tough

[@Mon3y_Grip]

Ka is "HIM"...that's it that's all i can say

[@Definitionofill92]

1000%! RIP!

[@will_cashgrow2294]

In my humble opinion (only) Ka is Better than Roc Marciano. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Roc isn't as deep or intricate with his bars. (Layered) But Roc has more personality (Razzle dazzle) for example...in battle rap you have two kinds for battle rappers (you can compare them (KA and Roc with Battle rappers) their writing styles is similar) Ka is like a Loaded lux and Daylyt type Roc is like a murda mook to tsu surf type

[@Doctor_Beats]

Yeah I think of them in the same category, pen-wise. But their intent is completely different and the production choices reflect it. Love them both in different ways.

[@bowling4clarity817]

@@will_cashgrow2294 I get why people compare Ka and Roc , especially with their friendship . I'm as huge a Roc fan as I am of Ka . While they're both of the hushed monotone rhyme style over rare often darker and slower beats, their actual content is almost night and day . Roc is still heavy on the shot caller pimp posturing " car buying out the window, process the info..my chest is an igloo, your flesh is a menu " type rhymes , while Ka who is just as ill, but his offering of bars are of someone not impressed with superficial and flossy self portrayal . Ka is more about unpacking the cold pathology of why he used to pack heat or the residue PTSD of poverty and how he reconciles as an more enlightened man .He reveals his scar tissue in the most artfully dense way . Roc is still on rapper time, still about showing his fly he is and he's very comical in his slick talk .

[@will_cashgrow2294]

​@@bowling4clarity817🎯💯 Correct

[@will_cashgrow2294]

​@Doctor_Beats gotta disagree respectfully about both having similar pen 🖊 Nope. Roc Marci isn't as deep. Ka uses more schemes. Ka- The poet rapper, Roc a rapper. KA lyrics you'll have to really listen more, Roc...you can get his lyrics the first time

[@Doctor_Beats]

@@will_cashgrow2294I think we’re talking past each other a bit, I agree with both of you. I probably should’ve said something like the calibre of their pen, not necessarily the literary devices they’re using in their rhymes.

[@pleasure.93]

Gone too soon, he was one of my favorite rappers.