I’m so amped they dropped a video for this. I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman is one of my favorite tracks off K-os’ latest album “Yes!” – which is in the running for my favorite album of 2009. This track features fellow Canadian hip-hop superstar Saukrates.

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  Review Date: June 10, 2009
  Website: K-os Website
  Label: Crown Loyalist Recordings

K-os “Yes!” Album Review
K-os is an artist who is just constantly evolving. His first three albums, each a classic in my mind, showed K-os on a different musical journey. And after where he took his last effort, “Atlantis: Hymns for Disco,” I couldn’t really imagine what he had left in him. Where could K-os possibly go next? Well, with “Yes!” K-os has proven that his evolution is not yet complete, and that he is incapable of making a less than spectacular album. And even better for HHL followers, “Yes!” seems to be more hip-hop based than his past couple of albums. (more…)

Official music video for 4 3 2 1, a track from k-os’ new album “Yes!” – which I’ve been bumping nonstop for like 2 weeks now.

This week’s hip-hop quotable is k-os’ Mr. Telephone Man from his latest album “Yes!” It was very difficult to pick just one track to feature from this album, as I have a different favorite pretty much every day, so I chose Mr. Telephone Man for my hip-hoppers that want k-os to rap more. This track has a dope beat and a couple dope verses, and I’m still trying to figure out what it means – though I do have a couple theories. Maybe you can help? Click below to listen to the track:

And be sure to follow along with the lyrics after the break. (more…)

His new album is called “Yes!,” but K-os could just as easily have called it “Home!,” because that’s where the rapper and singer has been headed for at least a year: Home to hip hop, and home to Vancouver, a city he had never lived in but that suddenly last summer revealed a claim on him that he couldn’t refuse. (more…)

This is a remix of K-os’ Sunday Morning, one of my favorite tracks from his classic album “Atlantis: Hymns for Disco.” Remixed by Fashawn for his upcoming mixtape “Higher Learning.” Click below to listen:

PEACE. Every year, Hip-Hop Linguistics creates two lists. One list contains the top hip-hop albums from major mainstream, underground and independent record labels. The other list contains the top hip-hop albums from minor independent labels and unsigned hip-hop artists. The first list contains artists you’ve likely heard of, while the second list contains artists you’ve probably not heard of.

This is that first list – the overall top picks for 2007. The list below represents the best albums hip-hop had to offer in the year 2007 from what we consider major record labels – whether mainstream, underground or independent. We highly recommend checking them all out! (more…)

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  Review Date: February 22, 2007
  Website: K-OS Website
  Label: Emi Int’l

K-os “Atlantis: Hymns for Disco” Album Review
Well, K-os has done it again … “Atlantis: Hymns for Disco” is his third classic album in just three tries, and has solidified his spot as one of my top ten emcees of all time. He is one of very few rappers who has the unique ability to blend opposites so easily. He is both serious and fun. Both conscious and perplexed. Both classically-influenced and currently-influential. Both hip-hop and bigger than hip-hop. His music goes beyond any genre, and represents the true correlation that can exist between artist, soul and sound. (more…)