Cain, a farmer, offers grains of rice while Abel, a shepherd, offers livestock. In the Book of Genesis 4, verses 2-5, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve who attempt to earn God’s favor with sacrifices. Descendants of Cain examines this concept further by leaving Greek myths behind and settling into the Old Testament, particularly the story of Cain and Abel. KA understands his wants clash with the harsh realities of New York living both past and present. By the album’s end, KA doesn’t share Kratos’ lust for vengeance he’s a god of war tired of the spoils who wants to give power to the people and fade into his peace of mind. The Sirens makes it easy to imagine him on a holy throne. KA’s words have always sounded like edicts from above and Orpheus vs. He wears his ideals like a Spartan helmet on songs like “ Hades” and “ Oedipus” to protect himself from the swelling emotion of Kev’s death (“ Might not ever recoup from that shit,” he admits on “Hades”) and to contain his remaining pride in his Brownsville upbringing (“ Apparently we ain’t family, you can’t relate”). The distribution of wealth and resources is KA’s golden fleece. “ I want compassion from the highest food for the lowest / Cures for the afflicted rooves for the homeless / Direction for the misled heat for the coldest / Love for the lonely Peace for the soldiers.” –KA, “Golden Fleece” He takes this mentality a few steps further in the middle of “Golden Fleece ” with a list of demands: He chalks all his labors up to being a hero “ on that Argo” for his people. Songs like “ Argo” and “Golden Fleece” sift for heroics in the wreckage of KA’s memories. Near the end of the first verse, KA attempts to dissuade his nephew from following in his footsteps before condemning himself to his fate: “ Committed in living in these hard bars I’m doin’ years.” “ Weight of the world on my shoulders, ain’t drop it yet,” he sighs on the song’s hook.
KA equates the post-traumatic stress of his life in the streets with Atlas’ eternal burden. This effect rings strong on “ Atlas,” named for the Titan forced to carry the Earth on his shoulders for all eternity. His standard ghostly register expands further here like an EMP blast. Animoss’ production leaves plenty of dead space for KA’s vocals to echo off the walls.
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