<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>k-os – FRESHEST FM</title> <atom:link href="https://freshestfm.com/category/k-os/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://freshestfm.com</link> <description>The most Important station the net</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:50:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://freshestfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-Freshest-FM-WHT-Logo-231x111-1-32x32.png</url> <title>k-os – FRESHEST FM</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Watch: The 2023 Juno Awards Pay Homage to Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/watch-the-2023-juno-awards-pay-homage-to-hip-hops-50th-anniversary/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/watch-the-2023-juno-awards-pay-homage-to-hip-hops-50th-anniversary/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:49:53 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[cadence-weapon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[choclair]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dream-warriors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ghetto-concept]]></category> <category><![CDATA[haviah-mighty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[k-os]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kardinal-offishall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maestro-fresh-wes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[northside-benji]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smiley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[snotty-nose-rez-kids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tasha-the-amazon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tobi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[videos]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/watch-the-2023-juno-awards-pay-homage-to-hip-hops-50th-anniversary/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just before announcing the 2023 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year, rappers Haviah Mighty and Kardinal Offishall took the stage to pay homage to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Offishall, sporting a De La Soul jacket, began with a shout-out to DJ Kool Herc, whose infamous party back in the Bronx back in 1973 […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>Just before announcing the 2023 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year, rappers <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/haviah_mighty" rel="noopener">Haviah Mighty</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/kardinal_offishall" rel="noopener">Kardinal Offishall</a> took the stage to pay homage to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.</p> <p>Offishall, sporting a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/de_la_soul" rel="noopener">De La Soul</a> jacket, began with a shout-out to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/dj_kool_herc" rel="noopener">DJ Kool Herc</a>, whose infamous party back in the Bronx back in 1973 is widely accepted as the birthplace of hip hop. Mighty followed highlighting different iconic locations integral to the expansion of hip-hop in Canada.</p> <p>After their short history lesson, Offishall welcomed Canadian hip-hop pioneer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/michie_mee" rel="noopener">Michie Mee</a> to perform her 1991 hit “Jamaican Funk.”</p> <p>Offishall and Mighty continued to pay homage to legendary Canadian hip-hop artists with Offishall detailing the history of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/maestro_fresh_wes" rel="noopener">Maestro Fresh Wes</a>, who appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/ghetto_concept" rel="noopener">Ghetto Concept</a>’s “Still Too Much,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/20-best-canadian-rap-songs-of-all-time" rel="noopener">one the best Canadian hip-hop songs of all time</a>. </p> <p>Hip-hop group <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/dream_warriors" rel="noopener">Dream Warriors</a> reunited to perform “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” from 1991.</p> <p>Offishall shouted out many key players of Canadian hip-hop from the 90s such as Ghetto Concept, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/saukrates" rel="noopener">Saukrates</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/swollen_members" rel="noopener">Swollen Members</a>, Dubmatique, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/k_os" rel="noopener">K-os</a>, among several more.</p> <p>Mighty took a moment to honour <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/choclair" rel="noopener">Choclair</a>, whose debut album went Gold in 30 days when it released in 1998. She then welcomed him on stage, while also shouting out her cohost Offishall for producing “Let’s Ride,” the song Choclair would go on to perform.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>Moving forward into the modern era, Offishall and Mighty honoured Canada’s more recent stars while also shouting out its rising stars too. Naturally, the two thanked <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/drake" rel="noopener">Drake</a> for what he had done for Canadian hip-hop but Offishall also highlighted Mighty’s highly celebrated discography.</p> <p>Mighty then listed a number of Canadian rappers making waves like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/cadence_weapon" rel="noopener">Cadence Weapon</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/tasha_the_amazon" rel="noopener">Tasha the Amazon</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/snotty_nose_rez_kids" rel="noopener">Snotty Nose Rez Kids</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/shad" rel="noopener">Shad</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/smiley" rel="noopener">Smiley</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/northside_benji" rel="noopener">Northsidebenji</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/essential-moments-pat-stay" rel="noopener">Pat Stay</a>, among others. </p> <p>Finally, Mighty encouraged the audience to give artists their flowers before it’s too late before welcoming rapper <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/tobi" rel="noopener">Tobi</a>, who would go on to win Rap Album/EP of the Year, to perform his recent hit “Flowers.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>The 2023 Juno Awards were held last night in Edmonton, Alberta.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/juno-awards-pay-homage-hip-hop50-anniversary">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/watch-the-2023-juno-awards-pay-homage-to-hip-hops-50th-anniversary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>The Best Moments From Drake’s All Canadian North Stars Show</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/the-best-moments-from-drakes-all-canadian-north-stars-show/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/the-best-moments-from-drakes-all-canadian-north-stars-show/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:22:58 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[article]]></category> <category><![CDATA[canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hip-hop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[k-os]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kardinal-offishall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nelly-furtado]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[octobers-very-own]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ovo-fest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rnb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-three]]></category> <category><![CDATA[toronto]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/the-best-moments-from-drakes-all-canadian-north-stars-show/</guid> <description><![CDATA[“This is the most important night of my life,” Drake told the sold-out Toronto crowd at the kick-off concert for his October World Weekend festival on Thursday night. He’s the biggest artist in the world, so you’d imagine he’s had many Important Nights™, but it didn’t sound like he was hyperbolizing. The show, dubbed “All Canadian North Stars,” […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>“This is the most important night of my life,” <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/drake" target="_self" rel="noopener">Drake</a> told the sold-out Toronto crowd at the kick-off concert for his <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/drake-announces-october-world-weekend-with-lil-wayne-nicki-minaj-more" target="_self" rel="noopener">October World Weekend</a> festival on Thursday night. He’s the biggest artist in the world, so you’d imagine he’s had many Important Nights<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />, but it didn’t sound like he was hyperbolizing. The show, dubbed “All Canadian North Stars,” was a four-hour-plus love-in featuring some of the most iconic names in the Great White North’s hip-hop and R&B history—fittingly taking place at History, the rapper’s venue. It’s music that The Boy himself clearly was a devout student of as a kid, along with a generation of old heads who grew up on these artists in the ’90s and early ’00s.</p> <p>“The streets we walk, the restaurants we eat at, the clubs that we go to, the way that we speak, the aspirations and dreams that we have were shaped by each and every one of these individuals for me,” Drizzy said, before handing it over to <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/rascalz" target="_self" rel="noopener">Rascalz</a>, Checkmate, <a target="_self" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/kardinal-offishall" rel="noopener">Kardinal Offishall</a>, and the gang to close out the night with “Northern Touch.”</p> <p>While the concert was meant to be an aperitif before October World’s headlining shows at the Budweiser Stage—Chris Brown and Lil Baby on Friday, and a Young Money reunion with Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj on Monday—for the noticeably older crowd at History, this was the main event. With performances by MuchMusic<em> </em>and Flow 93.5 mainstays like <a target="_self" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/maestro-fresh-wes" rel="noopener">Maestro Fresh Wes</a>, <a target="_self" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/choclair" rel="noopener">Choclair</a>, <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/k-os-mstrkrft-supernovas" target="_self" rel="noopener">k-os</a>, and <a target="_self" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/jully-black" rel="noopener">Jully Black</a>—along with some very special guests—the evening was an instant Canadian Heritage Minute. A night when the artists who paved the way for today’s Drakes and Weeknds finally got the flowers they deserved. Here are the best moments we witnessed at the once-in-a-lifetime showcase.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/drake-all-canadian-north-stars-best-moments/">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/the-best-moments-from-drakes-all-canadian-north-stars-show/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>k-os and KAGE E Travel Space and Time in “HOT BOY” Video</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-and-kage-e-travel-space-and-time-in-hot-boy-video/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-and-kage-e-travel-space-and-time-in-hot-boy-video/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:51:01 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[article]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[k-os]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kage-e]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music-video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[premiere]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-three]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-two]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vancouver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[videos]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/k-os-and-kage-e-travel-space-and-time-in-hot-boy-video/</guid> <description><![CDATA[ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets In their new music video for “HOT BOY,” Toronto rap OG k-os and his protege KAGE E explore Vancouver’s otherworldly beauty […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div><a href="https://www.complexcon.com/?utm_source=complex.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=article_widget" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p> <p class="copy">ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops.</p> <p class="sub-copy">Secure your spot while tickets last!</p> <p><a href="https://www.showclix.com/event/complexcon-2021?utm_source=complex.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=article_widget" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="buy-button"><button>Buy tickets</button></a></div> <div> <p>In their new music video for <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/k-os-kage-e-hot-boy" target="_self" rel="noopener">“HOT BOY,”</a> Toronto rap OG <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/k-os" target="_self" rel="noopener">k-os</a> and his protege <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/kage-e" target="_self" rel="noopener">KAGE E</a> explore Vancouver’s otherworldly beauty through an intergalactic trip across space and time.</p> <p>For the video, director Drew Lightfoot, the visionary behind k-os’ timeless visuals for “Sunday Morning” and “4321,” transforms Vancouver into a sci-fi cityscape full of motorcycles and UFO laserbeams. At the end of k-os’ 2004 music video for “Man I Used to Be,” we see him vanish into the depths of outer space. Seventeen years later, “HOT BOY” finally showcases k-os’ return to planet Earth with a 16-year-old KAGE E by his side.</p> <p>“It was surreal! Everything happened so fast but I definitely captured every moment and it was super great getting to meet k-os and everyone involved,” says KAGE E, who had never been to Vancouver prior to the video. “He was a huge influence on me and it was sick to be able to work on the video with him! We were doing something every second and ended up shooting right after I landed.”</p> <figure class="image"> <div class="fimage-container"><img decoding="async" class="article__rte-img" src="//www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 135 76"%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Artwork for K-os HOT BOY single featuring KAGE E" loading="lazy" height="480" width="640" /></div><figcaption><!-- -->Image via Tom Belding<!-- --> </figcaption></figure> <p>The 16-year-old rapper and k-os saw their friendship flourish through Instagram, when KAGE E sent the hip-hop veteran a song titled “Searchin” via DM. K-os instantly knew the two were lyrically in sync, and together they have a self-described “Batman and Robin vibe.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>Said vibe is especially present in the “HOT BOY” video, which includes a shot of the two rappers hovering across water on a luxury speedboat, heading towards a blue beam from what appears to be k-os’ spaceship.</p> <p>“I haven’t shot a video in Vancouver since “Top of the World” with the Rascalz featuring Barrington Levy. If you just point and shoot out here, there’s natural beauty everywhere including the people,” says k-os. “I really wanted KAGE E to experience the magic of Vancouver, as it blew me away when I had my first adventure here, especially the intangible vibe at nighttime. Drew Lightfoot and Devin Karringtem captured the eventide beautifully.”</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/k-os-hot-boy-featuring-kage-e-video-premiere">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-and-kage-e-travel-space-and-time-in-hot-boy-video/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Best New Canadian Songs: Shawn Mendes, dvsn, Skiifall, Boslen</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/best-new-canadian-songs-shawn-mendes-dvsn-skiifall-boslen/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/best-new-canadian-songs-shawn-mendes-dvsn-skiifall-boslen/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:30:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[article]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bebeboy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best-canadian-songs-of-the-month]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boslen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dvsn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[halluci-nation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jazz-cartier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[justin-nozuka]]></category> <category><![CDATA[k-os]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shawn-mendes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[skiifall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sonreal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-three]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/best-new-canadian-songs-shawn-mendes-dvsn-skiifall-boslen/</guid> <description><![CDATA[After an extended gestation period, Certified Lover Boy finally has a due date. Drake will drop his long-awaited project just before deadline to be a contender for Album of the Summer. Regardless, we’ve had plenty of music from the north side to keep us satiated in the interim. From newcomers to OGs, Canadian artists released a […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>After an extended gestation period, <em>Certified Lover Boy</em> finally has <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/drake-confirms-release-date-for-certified-lover-boy/" target="_self" rel="noopener">a due date</a>. Drake will drop his long-awaited project just before deadline to be a contender for Album of the Summer. Regardless, we’ve had plenty of music from the north side to keep us satiated in the interim. From newcomers to OGs, Canadian artists released a surplus of bangers to soundtrack the end of hot vax summer. Here are the ones our staff vibed with the most this month.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/best-new-canadian-songs-august-2021/">Source link </a></p> <p> <a style="display:none" rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/best-new-canadian-songs-shawn-mendes-dvsn-skiifall-boslen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>K-os on His New MSTRKRFT-Produced Pop Banger “Supernovas”</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-on-his-new-mstrkrft-produced-pop-banger-supernovas/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-on-his-new-mstrkrft-produced-pop-banger-supernovas/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:25:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[article]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disco]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[funk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hip-hop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[k-os]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mstrkrft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-two]]></category> <category><![CDATA[toronto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vancouver]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/k-os-on-his-new-mstrkrft-produced-pop-banger-supernovas/</guid> <description><![CDATA[He tried it. He couldn’t fight it. Now, five years after ditching the Toronto music industry to post up in the wilds of Vancouver, k-os wants to get back into the man he used to be. Kind of. Today, the Canadian hip-hop vet drops “Supernovas,” a tailfeather-shaking slab of disco-pop produced by Toronto electronic duo MSTRKRFT. After resurfacing […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>He tried it. He couldn’t fight it.</p> <p>Now, five years after ditching the Toronto music industry to post up in the wilds of Vancouver, k-os wants to get <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryAeRXArVHY&ab_channel=KOSVEVO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">back into the man he used to be</a>. Kind of.</p> <p>Today, the Canadian hip-hop vet drops “Supernovas,” a tailfeather-shaking slab of disco-pop produced by Toronto electronic duo MSTRKRFT. After resurfacing in May with the gritty, Kaytranada-helmed EP <em>Boshido</em>—his first new music since 2015’s bar-heavy <em>Can’t Fly Without Gravity</em>—k-os returns to his more pop-oriented roots (see: “Sunday Morning,” “Crabbuckit”) on this new track.</p> <p>Listen to it below.</p> <p>The rapper says the nucleus of the song was an old demo that he came across while driving one night. The track got him so fired up that he decided right at that juncture to go back to the 6ix to make more music. </p> <p>K-os now finds himself with renewed purpose and vision. Particularly, he’s excited about the state of Toronto’s current music scene, and how it’s become more inclusive than it once was. In that spirit, he plans to launch a new Instagram Live series through which he will pass on his wisdom and advice to younger Canadian artists in the game. Upcoming guests include Noah ’40’ Shebib, Chastity, and Rob Raco (who acts in <em>Riverdale </em>and is apparently a good drummer).</p> <section class="suitcase-ad"/> <p>We caught up with k-os over email to find out what’s been on his mind, and how he got back to <em>him</em>.</p> <p><strong><span><span><span>How have you spent the last five years?</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span><span>Toronto got a little too wurly for me, so I pressed pause and headed out West. </span></span><span><span>For the last six years, Vancouver has been homebase, where I have a group of friends that keep me smiling and honest. </span></span><span><span>The fresh air is sobering. </span></span><span><span>There’s a lot to live up to in Toronto, and I spent a couple years trying to remember why I even started making music in the first place. </span></span><span><span>Residing in Vancouver helps me appreciate Toronto and its influence on almost everything I do.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>It seems like most of us have at least 21 years of real life before we make our first record, and we bring those experiences to the table. If you succeed and you’re lucky enough to be born into the public as an artist, time speeds up and you may unfortunately find yourself making music off the fumes of a life experience that no longer exists. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Stardom tends to kill common real-life experiences, forcing most to become more and more superficial with every song they write or buy. Yeh… Rags to riches is cool</span></span>—<span><span>but very few are willing to leave the riches and go back to the rags, where the real songs exist. </span></span></p> <section class="suitcase-ad"/> <p><span><span>#RAGLIFE. T</span></span><span><span>hat is the life for me. </span></span></p> <p><strong><span><span><span lang="EN-CA">What’s the story behind “Supernovas”?</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span><span>It was a demo I made in Vancouver but I couldn’t figure out the lyric or melody till I was in a zone at the family farm. I put it away in the vault, but it came on shuffle when I was driving into the city one night. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>I literally pulled the car over like, ‘I</span></span><span><span>s this ME? WHAT! </span></span><span><span>Oh yeah… Wow, singing is fun!’</span></span></p> <p><span><span>I knew at that moment I had to write more music in Toronto, and I also knew I needed professional production help to make the song better than the demo.</span></span></p> <p><strong><span><span><span>What was it like linking up with MSTRKRFT for the track?</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span><span>I’ve known Jesse Keeler since we were kids coming up in the city. He was the first DJ I heard play trap music in TRon. I forget where we were… some bar on Queen Street… maybe </span></span>Czehoski.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad"/> <p><span><span>He and I hit it off and started hanging out, sharing music ideas and drinking at this spot The Boat in Kensington Market. </span></span><span><span>Linking up with MSTRKRFT at this point in my career was instinctual and vital. I called Al-P his partner first, though. Asked him to just lace me with the drums. </span></span><span><span>Al played Jesse what I did and they called me back asking to make it a formal collaboration.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Two weeks later we were in the studio programming, arranging, and they even convinced me to cut new vocals. </span></span><span><span>A VERY rare occurrence. Lol.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>They knew exactly what to do. I am grateful to call them brothers. </span></span></p> <p><strong><span><span><span>How would you say the Toronto music scene has changed since you first started out back in 2002?</span></span></span></strong></p> <p><span><span>Do you know the legendary story of Biff Tannen from the movie <em>Back to the Future 2</em>? </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Biff steals a sports almanac from Marty McFly in 2015 that lists the winners of almost every major sports championship from 1950 to 2000. </span></span><span><span>He then takes McFly’s DeLorean back to 1955, and gives the almanac to his younger self, advising him to bet on the winners to amass millions. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>When Marty comes back to the future it’s totally changed because Yung Biff ran the caper successfully and Hill Valley is now the city that Biff built. It’s biff centric. It’s LIT and Marty can’t believe his eyes. </span></span></p> <section class="suitcase-ad"/> <p><span><span>That’s exactly how I feel when I come back to TRon. It’s hella Biffy but a more hopeful, fun environment for everyone. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Toronto is not as ‘secret society’ as it was when I was coming up. Now everyone feels like they have a chance to ‘blow up’ and that makes for a healthier, more supportive musical art scene.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Even if that’s all an illusion… i</span></span><span><span>t’s an illusion everyone can use. </span></span></p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/k-os-mstrkrft-supernovas">Source link </a></p> <p> <a style="display:none" rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/k-os-on-his-new-mstrkrft-produced-pop-banger-supernovas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>