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H.I.S.D. – “Lando”

H.I.S.D. – “Lando”

What better way to start your weekend, than to listen to H.I.S.D.’s lead single from The Weakend, “Lando”?

From Peace Uv Mine:
Welcome to Space City…”
 
Questlove’s “group to watch…” H.I.S.D. returns with the first single ‘Lando’ from their forthcoming LP/Book project The Weakend.  Click the image on the left for your FREE DOWNLOAD or copy and paste [...]


David Dallas – Live at CMJ and “First Time”

David Dallas – Live at CMJ and “First Time”

The homie from down under David Dallas is headed to CMJ in New York, where he’s slated to perform twice:
October 20 @ Red Bull Space, 40 Thompson St. New York, NY (10:45PM)
October 21 @ Rose, 345 Grand Street, Williamsburg / Brooklyn, NY (Midnight)
If you’re in the NY area, it’ll be worth it/ New Zealand’s finest!
Also [...]


DJ Protege – “Corner Store Hero” Mixtape

DJ Protege – “Corner Store Hero” Mixtape

A pretty star-studded mixtape, featuring Houston’s own K-OTIX…

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David Dallas – Some Heat From Down Under

David Dallas – Some Heat From Down Under

The homie David Dallas from New Zealand hit me up with a couple of new bangers from his new LP, “Something Awesome”. The album is available on iTunes. As a matter of fact, it was #1 on the Australian iTunes charts its first week out. Enjoy!
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KO & Friends – New Flava

KO & Friends  – New Flava

Rappers I Know “New Flava” Digital Single & Video

There’s a movement going on at the bottom of the map. If you haven’t paid attention, then you’ve been missing a modern renaissance taking place in Houston, Texas. If you take a look back over the last few years, most of us have been involved in or [...]


KO Presents: “The Reckoning”

KO Presents: “The Reckoning”

The good people of The Legendary KO aka K-OTIX have released “The Reckoning”. This is an 8-track project that features some of the most aggressive, hard-hitting music that we’ve done to date. It also features special appearances by D Rose, The Niyat, Michele Thibeaux, Flow Factory, and Lower Life Form. This is basically a snapshot [...]


KO Weekly #21 – The Reason – FULL ALBUM

KO Weekly #21 – The Reason – FULL ALBUM

For the last several months we’ve been bombarding you with news about the release of our new album, The Reason. Well – it’s here! To show our appreciation to everybody that’s supported us throughout the years, we’re giving away the album before it goes up for sale on our site and iTunes!
This album has been [...]


KO Weekly #20 – Noise and Destiny Videos

KO Weekly #20 – Noise and Destiny Videos

This update took a little longer because we  have a bonus-sized video for you! This week, we premiere two videos in one: “Noise” from our new album, The Reason, and “Destiny” featuring Hero and Rad.
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KO Weekly #15 – The Greatest

KO Weekly #15 – The Greatest

We proudly present the first official single for our new full-length album The Reason. We gave you a video preview of “The Greatest Show On Earth” last week, and now we’re giving it the download treatment – along with the instrumental.
On the flipside, there’s a bonus track that we recorded over Lower Life Form’s cover [...]


KO Weekly #13 – D Rose & KO pt 2

KO Weekly #13 – D Rose & KO pt 2

Like we told you last week, D Rose has an album (Taster’s Choice) coming out soon, and it’s already an early contender for one of the best albums of the year! (Seriously, no bias.)
As you already know, KO is featured on the album. You heard “Safe Bet” featuring Big Mon last week. This week, you [...]


KO Weekly # 12 – D Rose & KO pt 1

KO Weekly # 12 – D Rose & KO pt 1

We had the pleasure recently of working with D Rose on his long-awaited solo debut, “Taster’s Choice”. We’ve ben collaborating for some time now, dating back to the Ethos project in 2003, where he was featured on a couple of our tracks. After years of putting in work with other groups, including The Foundation, he’s stepped [...]


KO Weekly #11 – Seedz Of Chaos

KO Weekly #11 – Seedz Of Chaos

This week, we take you back to our first collaboration ever, a posse cut with one of the crews that got started the same time that we did, and served as an early inspiration to a lot of our work. Seedz Of Soul, featuring the one and only DJ Cozmos, got down with us on [...]


KO Weekly #10 – Reflections

KO Weekly #10 – Reflections

This week we take a trip back in time to visit a track that pre-dates just about everything we’ve released, and probably should have come out at the time. “Reflections” came around during one of our most productive periods in the mid 90s as we were gearing up for Spontaneity.  Like hundreds of other songs [...]


Weekly #7 – Cozmosis Pt. 3

Weekly #7 – Cozmosis Pt. 3

The third installment in a series highlighting some of the tracks that we’ve worked on with DJ Cozmos. The first is “I Can’t Help But Fall In Love With You” by D Rose featuring Big Mon. The other is “Like They Used To” featuring D. Randle, Big Mon, and Kay.
 
D Rose feat. Big Mon – [...]


KO Weekly #6 – Happy Valentine’s Day

KO Weekly #6 – Happy Valentine’s Day

This week we present a special Valentine’s Day mix courtesy of the one and only Leondre “Luscious” Jones…
 Track Listing:

Pimp University (Spontaneity, 1997)
Harlots (Spontaneity, 1997)
Love Song (Universal, 2001)
You / Me (The Black Album, 2002)
For The… Part 1 (48 Seasons, 2006)
For The… Part 2 (48 Seasons Deluxe, 2007)
Clap Ya Hands featuring Kay (The Reason, 2008)
Love Me Down produced [...]


KO Weekly #5.2 – European Union

KO Weekly #5.2 – European Union

We finish off the week with some videos highlighting our collaborations with some very talented producers from the other side of the pond.
First up is DJ Kut-O, who hit us up for a collaboration on his “Astigmatic” release. The video was shot and edited by his crew right before we took the stage in Poland. [...]