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Jesiah: On the bright side I'm not addicted to Crack Cocaine

Harley, sleep deprived and reading a book about Apollo: On the downside you could definitely afford on 

Jesiah: One Crack Cocaine?

Nathan to Jesiah: Hello drug dealer I’d like to buy one Crack Cocaine, please

Jesiah, to Nathan: Will that be debit or credit?

Nicky: I actually have a gift card 

“Babylon” by Jesiah

MG:

In the wake of LEMONADE, one persistent and misguided comment I’ve seen following Beyonce’s work of unquantifiable genius around like a deranged spectre is the “You can hear Ezra’s contribution to ‘Hold Up’ it sounds like Beyonce doing a Vampire Weekend song.” No. It does not. You can’t hear his contribution, you have no idea what he’s credited for contributing. It may very well be nothing more than the tweet she used for a lyric. In no way does “Hold Up” compare to anything Vampire Weekend did. But, to make Gatorade out of this misunderstanding, to the significant number of listeners clearly thirsting for Vampire Weekend electrolytes, “Babylon” is the sugary yellow bottled drink you crave. This, not “Hold Up,” sounds like Vampire Weekend’s use of isolated vocals, pop Biblical imagery, and a forlornness that can only be described as “Upper West Side.”

DV:

I can hear the Vampire Weekend comparison in Jesiah’s vocals: reedy and artless, like he’s figuring out how to sing as he does it, they definitely evoke at least early Ezra Koenig. I’m not sure the similarity goes beyond that, and the ways in which it doesn’t are the ways in which “Babylon” falls short.