Suggested Listening: K-Os “Yes!”

Canadian rapper, singer, artist K-Os has been filling up my rotation for years now.  On April 14th he’ll add  another album to the collection.  Yes! is the new one and it’s follows the path of genre hopping MC.  The majority of the album is GREAT though there are a few wrong turns in there for me – the two side by side tracks that incorporate popular rock songs “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman” (rewrites Phantom Planet’s California) and “Uptown Girl” (uses the riff from Shocking Blue’s “Love Buzz” – which was also notably covered by Nirvana).  Besides that little stumble for me the album is right on par with his previous release.  I do notice there is a considerable amount more hip hop beats and rhymes on Yes! than I remember on past albums.  Usually there’s an influx of folk, soul, and r&b thrown around in there, but they mainly come about in the music rather than the singing.  Luckily K-Os is a fab lyricist and MC so the album never falters and finishes very strong with tracks like “Whip C.R.E.A.M.” and “The Telephone Man”.  My favorite on the album is the lead single “4 3 2 1″.  Everything clicks with this one – lyrics, beat, music – all good.

mp3: K-Os – 4 3 2 1

mp3: K-Os – The Aviator