{{Short description|American rapper}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kinetics | image = | image_size = 350px | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | origin = [[New York City, New York]], [[United States of America]] | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | years_active = 2009–present | website = {{URL|http://www.kineticsandonelove.com}} | birth_name = Jeremy Dussolliet }}
'''Jeremy Dussolliet''', known professionally as '''Kinetics''' is a rapper and songwriter based in [[New York City]] who has been releasing hip-hop projects since 2008. He has collaborated with [[R.A. the Rugged Man]], [[Skyzoo]], [[Remedy (rapper)|Remedy]] from [[Wu-Tang Killa Bees]], [[Termanology]], Accent, the Unknown Prophets and others, but is best known for his work with friend and longtime collaborator, NYC producer [[One Love (record producer)|One Love]]. In 2009, [[Kinetics & One Love]] started releasing experimental hip-hop projects and writing and producing for other artists.
==Early life== Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and raised in the [[Hudson Valley]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He started writing poetry and rapping in high school but did not release any original music until he met Tim "One Love" Sommers – a drummer, producer and DJ at Cornell University, where the two were both students.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The two started working on songs together in 2007, with One Love handling the production and Kinetics providing rap vocals. In 2008, Kinetics released a free seven-track EP online, which helped the rapper first develop a small buzz in the New York area. One Love produced two songs off the project and played keys on a third.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} A popular song on ''The Kinetics EP'', "High Noon," addressed a real incident in which Kinetics was sliced in the face by an opponent’s box-cutter during a rap battle in a club parking lot.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
After the release of ''The Kinetics EP'', Kinetics & One Love decided to form a group and start an artist project together. The first Kinetics & One Love album, ''Fading Back To Normal'', was released in 2009. That album contained the Kinetics & One Love original, “Airplanes,”<ref name="warnerchappell1">{{cite web|url=http://uk.warnerchappell.com/song-details/WW009806896000 |title=The Global Leader in Music Publishing | Warner/Chappell Music |website=Uk.warnerchappell.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref><ref name="ascap1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/playback/2010/06/action/Kinetics_OneLove.aspx |title=Kinetics & One Love |website=Ascap.com |date=2010-06-11 |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> which was later bought by [[Atlantic Records]] and re-released commercially as the second single of rapper [[B.o.B|B.o.B's]] debut album.
In the summer of 2012, Kinetics released his first mixtape entitled ''With A Little Help From My Friends'',<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.bbook.com/music/blackbook-premiere-kinetics-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-mixtape/ |title=BlackBook Premiere: Kinetics' 'With a Little Help From My Friends' Mixtape - BlackBook |website=Bbook.com |date=2012-07-10 |accessdate=2017-03-09 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> featuring guest appearances from R.A. the Rugged Man, Remedy, [[Nitty Scott]], Dylan Owen, the Unknown Prophets and Lower East Side-based rapper and poet Accent. On August 28, 2012, Kinetics & One Love released their second album entitled ''[[You Are Not Alone (Kinetics & One Love Album)|You Are Not Alone]]'',<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.vibe.com/article/v-premiere-kinetics-one-love-still-dreamin-feat-termanology |title=V Premiere! Kinetics & One Love "Still Dreamin" (Feat. Termanology) |website=Vibe.com |date=2012-08-16 |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Erika Ramirez |url=http://www.billboard.com/column-the-juice/kinetics-one-love-song-premiere-in-my-own-1007898152.story#/column-the-juice/kinetics-one-love-song-premiere-in-my-own-1007898152.story |title=Kinetics & One Love Song Premiere: 'In My Own World' Feat. Yung Joey |publisher=Billboard |date=2012-08-27 |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> with guest appearances from Termanology, [[Wynter Gordon]], Nitty Scott and Accent.
Since 2013, Kinetics has been featured on tracks by [[Neon Hitch]], King Deco and Accent as well as the chorus of “No Reservation” by BK Brasco, [[Timbaland]] and [[Pusha T]]. In 2014 he took a hiatus from releasing projects, however, to focus on songwriting for other artists.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He is currently managed by Nullah Sarker of Hourglass Entertainment and Lava Music Publishing.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
==Musical style and lyrical content== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=March 2017}} Kinetics has described his musical style as east coast cypher rap fused with a pop songwriting approach to choruses, production and overall presentation – especially in his collaborations with One Love. Characteristic elements of his rapping include strings of multisyllabic rhymes, alliteration, double-entendres and extended metaphors. He also likes song-long story tracks, often ending with twists or grand revelations. The song “Michelle,” for example, is a coming of age story about an immigrant girl living in the Bronx in the 1970s - doubling as a metaphor for and personification of the genre of hip-hop, in the spirit of rapper Common’s "[[I Used to Love H.E.R.]]" He has also noted film director [[Christopher Nolan]] as a major influence on his storytelling style (specifically the aspects of time distortion in narratives and twist endings), and sometimes calls himself "hip-hop's Chris Nolan."{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
Kinetics & One Love often focus on mankind's future decisions its ability to react to technology and overpopulation. Technology and computers have become such prevalent themes in their music that Kinetics & One Love have adopted alter egos as alien computer programs and often refer to themselves as robots and cyborgs in their songs. Kinetics has frequently referenced the scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla.
==Songwriting credits== Together with his producer and writing partner One Love, Kinetics has cowritten for a variety of artists including B.o.B, Pitbull, Eminem and [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]] and [[Madison Beer]] making his commercial debut in 2010 by penning the chorus to B.o.B's Grammy nominated, platinum selling single "Airplanes" featuring Hayley Williams of [[Paramore]].<ref name="warnerchappell1"/><ref name="ascap1"/>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Artist !! Album !! Track |- | rowspan="2"| 2010||rowspan="2"| [[B.o.B (rapper)|B.o.B]]||rowspan="2"| ''[[B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray|The Adventures of Bobby Ray]]'' || "[[Airplanes (song)|Airplanes]]" (Feat. [[Hayley Williams]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2011/most_performed_songs.aspx |title=ASCAP 2011 Pop Awards: Most Performed Songs |website=Ascap.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=2012-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009004523/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2011/most_Performed_Songs.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/bobairplanes.htm |title=B.o.B. - Airplanes featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore and Eminem - Review of the second single from B.o.B |website=Top40.about.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919104733/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/bobairplanes.htm |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2010/08/05/rockville-songwriter-pens-bobs-hip-hop-hit-airplanes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921084950/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-08-05/entertainment/bs-ae-music-rail-0806-20100805_1_dorm-room-airplanes-pop-radio|url-status=live|archive-date=September 21, 2010|title=Rockville songwriter pens B.o.B's hip-hop hit, 'Airplanes' - Baltimore Sun|date=September 21, 2010}}</ref> |- || "Airplanes pt. II" (Feat. [[Hayley Williams]] & [[Eminem]])<ref name="ascap1"/> |- | rowspan="2" |2013 || [[Hook N Sling]] & [[Chris Willis]] || Single || "Magnet"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stoneyroads.com/2013/09/hook-n-sling-chris-willis-magnet |title=Hook N Sling & Chris Willis - Magnet · Stoney Roads |website=Stoneyroads.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925161637/https://stoneyroads.com/2013/09/hook-n-sling-chris-willis-magnet/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- || [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]|| Single || "[[Find Tomorrow (Ocarina)]]" (Feat. Wolfpack & [[Katy B]]) |- | rowspan="11" | 2014 || rowspan="7" | [[Neon Hitch]] || rowspan="6" | ''301 to Paradise'' || "Intro" |- || "Gypsy Star" |- || "Red Lights" |- || "We Can't Stop" <ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/09/11/neon-hitch-miley-cyrus-we-cant-stop-cover-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914171558/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/09/11/neon-hitch-miley-cyrus-we-cant-stop-cover-video |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |title=Watch Neon Hitch Dominate Her Ska-Tinged Cover Of Miley Cyrus' 'We Can't Stop' (VIDEO) - MTV |website=Buzzworthy.mtv.com |date=2013-09-11 |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> |- || "Subtitles" (Feat. Kinetics) |- || "Some Like It Hot" (Feat. Kinetics) |- || ''Eleutheromaniac'' || "Yard Sale"<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://creemmag.com/neon-hitch-kinetics-and-one-love/ |title=creem magazine | Neon Hitch x Kinetics & One Love |website=Creemmag.com |date=2014-11-19 |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=2017-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045943/http://creemmag.com/neon-hitch-kinetics-and-one-love/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|[[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]]||rowspan="3"|''[[Dollhouse (Melanie Martinez EP)|Dollhouse EP]]''||"Dollhouse" <ref>{{cite web|author=Rachel McRady |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/voice-alum-melanie-martinez-releases-haunting-dollhouse-single-watch-the-music-video-2014102 |title=Voice Alum Melanie Martinez Releases "Dollhouse": Watch Music Video! - Us Weekly |website=Usmagazine.com |date=2014-02-10 |accessdate=2017-03-09}}</ref> |- || "Carousel" |- || "Dead to Me" |- ||[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]||''[[Globalization (album)|Globalization]]''||"This Is Not A Drill" (Feat. [[Bebe Rexha]]) |- | |[[Christina Grimmie]] |''ADORE EP'' |"Cliche" |- | rowspan="12" | 2015 || rowspan="2" |Clarity||Single||"Sharks In The Swimming Pool"<ref name="billboard1">{{cite web|author=Jason Lipshutz |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/clairity-velcro-song-premiere-6627391/ |title=Clairity 'Velcro' Song Premiere: Listen/Stream |publisher=Billboard |date=2015-07-13 |access-date=2017-03-09}}</ref> |- |''Alienation''||"Velcro"<ref name="billboard1"/> |- ||[[Katy Tiz]]||Single||"Whistle (While You Work It)"<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.idolator.com/7589170/katy-tiz-whistle-while-you-work-it-video-animation-live-action |title=Katy Tiz's "Whistle (While You Work It)" Video Is An Animated/Live-Action Blockbuster: Idolator Premiere |publisher=Idolator |date=2015-04-16 |accessdate=2017-03-09 |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724212915/https://www.idolator.com/7589170/katy-tiz-whistle-while-you-work-it-video-animation-live-action |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | rowspan="8" |Melanie Martinez | rowspan="8" |''[[Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album)|Cry Baby]]'' |"[[Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez song)|Cry Baby]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/melanie-martinez-cry-baby-video-7256361/|title=Melanie Martinez Gets Delivered by a Doctor in a Rabbit Mask in 'Cry Baby' Video: Watch|website=Billboard.com|access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> |- |"Dollhouse"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/voice-alum-melanie-martinez-releases-haunting-dollhouse-single-watch-the-music-video-2014102|title=Voice's First Breakout? Melanie Martinez Releases Haunting New Single|website=Usmagazine.com|date=10 February 2014 |access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> |- |"[[Sippy Cup (Melanie Martinez song)|Sippy Cup]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/07/melanie-martinez-sippy-cup-music-video-premiere-watch/|title=Melanie Martinez Slips Into Surrealist Mayhem In Arresting 'Sippy Cup' Video |website=Spin.com|date=2015-07-30|access-date=2016-09-12}}</ref> |- |"[[Carousel (Melanie Martinez song)|Carousel]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2014/10/18/her-source-i-melanie-martinez-talks-carousel-american-horror-story-more/|title=Her Source I Melanie Martinez Talks 'Carousel,' 'American Horror Story,' & More!|date=2014-10-18|website=The Source|access-date=2016-07-27|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922063239/https://thesource.com/2014/10/18/her-source-i-melanie-martinez-talks-carousel-american-horror-story-more/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |"Alphabet Boy"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2016/06/melanie-martinez-alphabet-boy-video|title=Sing Along to Melanie Martinez's Dark 'Alphabet Boy' Video|website=Fuse.tv|access-date=2016-09-12}}</ref> |- |"Milk and Cookies" |- |"[[Mrs. Potato Head (song)|Mrs. Potato Head]]" |- |"Mad Hatter" |- |[[Jasmine Thompson]] |Single |"Do It Now" |- | rowspan="5" |2016 |King Deco |Single |"Castaway"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/king-deco-releases-castaway-exclusive-listen-6897226/|title=Trop-Pop Newcomer King Deco Releases Sunny Anthem 'Castaway' (Exclusive Premiere)|website=Billboard.com|access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |[[Sophie Beem]] | rowspan="3" |''Sophie Beem EP'' |"Skyline" |- |"Sleepless/City Kid" |- |"Nail Polish" |- |[[The Lonely Island]] |''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Soundtrack'' |"Incredible Thoughts" (Feat. [[Michael Bolton]]) |- | rowspan="3" |2018 | rowspan="3" |Madison Beer | rowspan="3" |''[[As She Pleases]]'' |"Fools" |- |"Tyler Durden" |- |"Teenager In Love" |- |2023 |Melanie Martinez |[[Portals (Melanie Martinez album)|''Portals'']] |Milk of the Siren |}
==Discography== * ''The Kinetics EP'' (2008) * ''Fading Back To Normal'' (2009) (collaborative project with producer One Love) * ''With A Little Help From My Friends'' (2012) * ''[[You Are Not Alone (Kinetics & One Love album)|You Are Not Alone]]'' (2012) (collaborative project with producer One Love)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://kineticsandonelove.com/|Kinetics & One Love official website}}
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