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Those looking for
full-on raps from start to finish will be thrown several curves on Thy Nation
Come. The Jos artist and producer is
defiantly heretic. Those of you with a little rebel in you should pop it on
full volume and close your eyes. Musically, Thy Nation Come is avant garde-
fascinating and very powerful. Jesse
Jagz created this record with love and as far as he is concerned, critics can
go to hell. The album creates a new era of thinking and challenges the whole
industrial Nigerian hip pop. The production is head-spinning with plenty of
romance with reggae.
Thy Nation Come is the
sound of a man just doing what he loves without no boundaries. Jesse Jags intent arrives on the third song, during a song called “Bed Roses.” It involves two quotes: “If you want to give
birth to stars, start fucking the sky” and “there is no bitching around when
I’m feeling forsaken.” The line are used by Jagz to say if “I’m gonna reach a
bill, take a different route.” He is creating a class for himself. He continues to rap on that song “Now this is
how we r gonna determine the best.J town flow until infinity yes.”
What is new is his
disregard for conventional rap. The best of them, “Desire” is a rhythmic
aggressive jam, very potent yet commercial. Being a Jesse Jags product, TNC is
a brilliant career re-birth. Every single track has a maximum impact with Jag’s
lyrics focused and articulate. On "Mamacita", a mid-tempo jam with a chorus for the ladies he say “my music is the definition
of what brilliance is.”
TNC weighs a ton and full of mouthiness as Jesse rap on “God on the Mic”: “I’m the rod that will strike/Make way for
the god on the mic/His sword is full of light”. The feeling and lyrics on this
song is jarring and the production is rich as ever. Jesse embodies extraterrestrial and sounds
poetic and revengeful with “Fallen from the sky like a discuss, a god has
fallen from Olympus.” “God on The Mic" is elegant hip pop delivery and very
impressive. “Steady Going” is another song where Jagz show how comfortable he
is with his craft and the vibe is super-chill. You will definitely “Get around.”
The guest appearances
don’t come until the second half of the album. The most impressive are with
9ice and Brymo. The former gives a nostalgic feeling about how a brilliant artist
he could be considering the below par outings he has had in the last 6
months. 9ice and Brymo’s cliché produce
two outstanding records on the album. The collaborations are an inventive kick in
the head that reach beyond the norm.
Listening to the
album in one sitting is a gripping experience and truly is unlike anything
else. Cohesion and audacious intent are at a finest on Thy Nation Come. Each
song is cautiously created and bolted into its right place across the album.
Jesse jagz deliveres a monster and we all have to deal with it now. Thy Nation
Come is a multi-layered body of work that definitely be debated all summer.
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