The Dream is Over…

The multitalented, multifaceted, poetic student of life formerly known as Random Abiladeze has been reborn as Rasar Thejeli, and the The Dream Is Over is the seven-track first release (free download at www.rasar.bandcamp.com) under the Sacramento MCs new moniker. The album is more than a nod to the last line of John Lennon’s “God.” Beyond its title, the album exists as a victorious ode to Rasar’s personal spiritual voyage toward a new consciousness. Featuring an appearance from Lennon himself, in addition to samples of Bruce Lipton (leader in perception-biology theory) and vocals by Sacramento singer/songwriter Stevie Nader, The Dream is an experiment in existentialism that still rocks hard. Rasar exhibits superhuman breath control and an impressive vocal mastery of complex multisyllabic one-and-a-half-time rhyme patterns throughout the entire EP. The title track leads off the album with Lipton exclaiming, “Where’s the random nature of that process? … Evolutionary changes are always adapting to the environment.” The creation of Rasar could be said to be the result of such an evolution. The MC delivers his most electrifying lyrical composition on “One Reason,” spitting: “Deleted the demons/ increasing the peace/ for my breathing isn’t depleted/ if you got a problem with the God in me/ then please release it.” The dream is over, and Rasar is not sleeping.