The Ocean - everything's great

When to Listen: When you want to chill
Accesability: Accessible
TLDR: A dreamlike walk around the spoken word asking what do our dreams mean?

Deca is a Hip-Hop/Rap artist that defies definition a bit. Instead of hard beats you often find in mainstream hip-hop he gravitates to more dreamlike music, with intelligent beats and clever lyrics. The Ocean is a constant 30 minutes of delivery, and relaxation, as he explores the themes of of dreaming.

Opening on the album is "Night Preparations" - a 37 second intro to set the intent of the album - to relax into sleep. What follows is 30 minutes of strong flows, and interesting lyrics celebrating dreams and their meaning. In a world where everything can feel cold and analytical- its nice to have an album that celebrates the creativity and bizarreness of our subconscious.

Cut across the album are interviews he conducted with friends, exploring and stating their dreams, these interviews serve as a backdrop to the album, creating cohesion and purpose to his songs. For instance in "The Ocean" people speak of being trapped in mazes, where in his preceding song "Salome" he talks about being trapped in a relationship. Similar in "Dreamscapes" people talk about magical worlds, to then be followed by "Angle Butter" which is deep dive with a strong lesson, your dreams only come true if you do something. But its not just the lyrics that make this album, the beats often counterbalance the message in meaningful ways, that aim to reflect the underlying tension in the artists message. he uses beats to create space and across the album this feeling of being lost at sea, often bring lyrics back to analogies of boats, seas, and floating.

And this is where the name sake of this album comes to be - the ocean is an album about exactly that - being lost at the sea of your mind, the dreams you have the realities you face and overcome. Not through force, but through a soft push and provocative dance Deca takes us on a journey of our subconscious - the good and the bad. He makes us think about life is as we float through existing and reminds us - in the end "everything's great"