This is possibly my favorite Ka verse. He took it from the gutter to paradise. The range of complexities and emotions in this single verse is phenomenal. He always wrote on a level nobody else was on. His ideas were far from simple, but he delivered them in a way that anyone with an open mind could comprehend. Brilliant without ever talking down to his listeners. The sincerity is unmatched too. It's evident how much he felt every syllable he uttered. Hate to make comparisons, but lyrically he was the Gil Scott-Heron of MC's in my opinion. Emotionally, he was the Donny Hathaway. As an artist from my generation, I think he was the heaviest we had. I hope his music continues to find a bigger audience. I know it isn't designed for everybody, but it's something this world needs to hear.

Recently got into Ka this month and there has not been a day where I haven't played Descendants of Cain. His pen game was truly a gift from god holy f***.

It's a shame I can't get this s*** on vinyl

My one single The Thief Next To Jesus CD will probably be my most prized hip hop possession.

I bought the audio files off him and saw him post that shipping off vinyl and s*** took too much of his time.

None of us knew what this meant at the time.

When his estate started selling his leftover physicals, I had to snap just anything up.

One of the greatest albums period

Love how you speak on Ka and his work

Been spinning Yen Lo a lot since Ka's passing, special special work

Thank you. I swear his works made me a better person. Man just had a beautiful mind.

mood

Took me a year of listening to Reloaded before Ka clicked for me. Listened to this song dozens of times but it hit me like a brick once I figured out Ka’s entendres. I ran to Ka’s two other joints to see if he was doing this on every song lmao

not aware if its already common knowledge or not but unwittingly watched Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) by Hideo Gosha last year n realized a lot of HKTS' excerpts are sampled from it; {good film}.

Also, the line, "Loss of a fight means loss of a life to a samurai" was taken from the Shaw Brothers flick Five Elements Ninjas. I grew up on Kung Fu Theater and all those old school flicks and recognized that dialogue right away. Iconic line!

Still hurts ngl

genuinely

It's crazy tho.. his presence on songs is so visceral ...

"When I zone and you alone it’s like both of us in the room"

Was thinking about how I never got to see him perform.

I think that was a rare honor.. it seems like the 2014 Pitchfork Festival was the last time he really ever performed

His album titles are so evocative

Yay, Mr White. Yay, Science!

I don't disagree, but where you got jay elec and his Farrakhan hotep raps

I'm so confused (in general, but also by this post and who was tryna s*** on him)

racist ass NY post attempted a hit piece on him the week of Honor Killed The Samurai drop for being a fire captain with anti cop lyrics, it was a big deal at the time cus ka was very lowkey until then and didn't talk about it, and they basically tried to expose/cancel him with a cover pic, his station number, exact location and everything. it was nasty as hell even put his exact salary too. s*** didn't stick either lmfao they couldn't stop excellence

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