An album release from One Son has a way of giving off a unique breed of honesty and throughout the unfolding of the record, you get glimpses into backstories and personality, all done with such descriptive detail lyrically that you get caught up in a lot of what's being said which I think is not only refreshing but alluring.
The I Got This album is absolutely riddled with character and each track serves almost like a chapter in the artist's life to an extent. There's a story to be told with each song and a point of view to be given so as the record plays through you start to pick up on what it's all about to the point where you start to feel like the songs are connected almost like a concept album would be.
One of the things I love about this record is the lyrical phrasing that's pulled off and the eclectic songwriting and production approaches because there are no two songs that sound alike.
One Son is joined by Big Fella, J75, Nola, Honey, and Olawale throughout the record and I feel like the collaborations and teamwork done here are part of how the album comes through with such an extensive and vast sort of tonality along with how diverse it actually feels.
The production of this record plays a major hand in how progressive it actually feels because being able to cross old school with new school vibes, bring in subgenres that let the songs bend in and out of other styles, and come through with beats, since, keys, and bass lines that have a certain kind of edginess to them becomes a stable sound of the record quickly.
The album spans 8 tracks and is about 25 minutes long and it's very worth listening to every song on the record. I suggest listening to the record in full because if you only listen to one or two tracks, you may get a slight gist of what you can expect but you're not getting anywhere near the full spectrum of what the album has to offer as a whole.
You also get songs that have a warm pop undertone, R&B influences, and some colorfulness, and although the songs may feel different production-wise from track to track, still have a confluence and connection between each one.
One of the things about this record that pulls you in is its authenticity. A lot of these tracks come from real places in terms of the lyrics and how they are approached. He can put together songs that have a great hook that lets certain sections of tracks bounce around in your brain for hours or even days after they've ended.
Even with that, there's a lot of realness and self-awareness going on throughout this album and I think that that's a big part of what the record is actually about.
This is an outstanding hip-hop record that doesn't follow specific social or societal tracks. It is created for the sake of creating it. Because the artist needed to make it happen.
This is hard to explain in writing, but you can feel this throughout the record.
This is what I mean by authenticity. The artist is giving pieces of himself with these songs.
This is a rap and hip-hop record that involves other genres, charisma, gusto, edginess, and realness, but still manages to make things addictive.
This record will hit you a certain way because it is made with fewer boundaries than you may be used to. I think that's really why this record stands out so much. Both musically and lyrically, performance-wise on all parts, stands out and has fewer walls built around it than the norm.
Take a listen to this as soon as you can and again, try and listen to the whole record from front to back because that's the best way to do it.
Remember where you heard it first.
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