2 New Songs!! "Face Drop (Remix)" and "4Ever"

Check out these new heaters!! Watch out for "The All-American Reject" coming soon!!

KOB ft. Trey Songz - SUCCESSFUL (Remix)

STARTING TODAY I WILL BE DROPPING NEW MUSIC UNTIL MY NEW MIXTAPE "The All-American Reject" IS RELEASED!! =) ENJOY!!

-KOB

Featured Kob!

Check out the short review of "Million Buxx" at TooKnown's WellKnowns..... good looking out guys!!
KOB - Million Buxx CRAZY LYRICISM TooKnown's WellKnowns

Feelin' like a "Million Buxx"!!

^^ Track 19!!



"Million Buxx" w/ Maino and Swizz Beats is spreading, more hot music to come!!! It's time!!

Maino - Million Buxx ft. Kob, Swizz Beatz FREE DOWNLOAD!!


Shout out to DJ Lexus and DJ Mystro and Hear-It-First.net!!

New Gorilla Zoe (catch him Aug. 1st @ Visage)

New video from my boy Gorilla Zoe. Check him out performing live August 1st at Visage Nightclub. I might just be on that show too :)

Thoughts...

Here's my current facebook status... I feel it's important that people outside of my facebook friends read this message. I'm in a good place and ready to take action...

Sleep Time. Interesting day... I see what it is though... I see what I need to do. Lots of love to everyone supporting me and giving me these looks... I will never forget anyone that's helped me on this journey... This EP is going to be something special, and I won't sleep until every ear in Minnesota has been tuned into what I have to say on these beats. Believe in me friends, family and fans... I won't let you down.

Let's make magic happen....

Kob album coming August 2009 I promise.

Get at me if you wanna get involved... promotion, production, features, anything!

E-mail: musicbykob@gmail.com

New SLAUGHTERHOUSE video!!!

Here's the first official video from Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5'9", Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz)...



The KRS-One sample was dope, Joey on Joell got off a lil' bit too.... good look!

Cay Riss "Wonderful"

Check this video out by local dude Cay-Riss it's called WOnderful... it's on some other shit... lol it's kinda dope tho. Holler

Grin-ding!

I'm so bad at my blog lol. I'm never on this mafucker.... and then I am... and then I'm not... ha I'm hard at work on my exclusive EP to be released within' a month baby! I apologize for my being away, but I got twitter so don't miss me!! TWITTER.COM/THEKOBLINE lol neways...

we've had a few of these conversations lol... shoutout varmah hahahah

Fresh in my Fred Castle...

I'm fresh, so fresh In my Fred Castle... Just picked up some gear from my guy Conor over at Fred Castle Clothing, a super dope clothing line based here in Minneapolis.. Do you remember my MPLSLOVE shirt? That's Fred Castle. So yeah, check me out tonight @ the b96 Homegrown Showcase (Bogart's In Apple Valley, Free cover!) rockin' my new Land of 10,000 Lakes shirt. Chyea.

Best I Ever Had... Hmm...

The video dropped last night... yawn..... this dude only rapped like 2 lines the whole video... it was just boring... I liked the visuals tho ;-)

Kob - Best I Ever Had Freestyle coming soon... doing something different on it...

"Kinda A Big Deal Freestyle" w/ KiddRicc

http://sharebee.com/6e43f6f9

Went in with MDK aka Kiddricc last week and knocked out this joint (the new Clipse single ft. Kanye West).. watch for more collabs with me and Kidd...

I'm kind of a big deal!!!

This was one of the worst performances I've ever seen... so sloppy... they say Drake had a torn ACL but even without that... Wow... I hope it doesn't hurt this dudes career...

Run Minnesota.... yupp

RIP MJ and Farrah... Check this joint out I found on worldstar... there are a few friends of mine spittin' in this video... they puttin on check em!!

Chris Brown gets away with it... basically...

E! News Online:
The Chris Brown-Rihanna reunion show turned out to be a bust.
Brown scuttled the long-awaited court showdown between the former flames as he copped a plea today and managed to avoid jail time for their now infamous Feb. 8 altercation.
The 20-year-old singer pleaded guilty to felony assault and was put on five years' probation and ordered to enroll in a anti-domestic violence program. He must perform 180 days of community and must have all his travel vetted by a probation office.

This is ridiculous. How can anyone support him in this. It's beyond me.

This video is so funny... Slaughterhouse is definitely my favorite group lol

The Slaughterhouse Rules from jeff on Vimeo.

Drake Interview

Check it out... Drizzy Drake in the UK

New music???

It's been a long time comin' since y'all have been given any music... so I was searching through my cd collection and found a few tracks I thought I'd leak... most of 'em are pretty old, but are still hot.. FREE DOWNLOAD!!


Kob - Steppin Out Fresh
This one was produced by Lunchbox of Team Voltron, an original Mill City Collective member... Hot!! On some different shit... check it out....

Kison ft. Kob - Still Strong (Remix)
Produced by Rahki. This is a song from Minnesota singer Kison that I hopped on... I'm diggin' it!!

T-Pain ft. Kob, Lil' Wayne - Studio Love (Remix)
Every rapper, singer, producer and musician wants to "Make Love in the studio".. I had to add my 2 cents...

Marco Ayusoft. Kob - Tailbone
Mill City Collective artist Marco Ayuso's dance banger... Produced by Kob aka ME!!

Kob - Can't Say I Ain't Kob (I'ma Do Me)
Produced by Brian the ER for Team Voltron. Just some more different Kob shit.. see some different sides of me, you know??


Holler!!! The Cakeeater coming soon!!

New Bow Wow...



This record's kinda hot... lol I like the Paris Hilton parody

Summersummersummertime

MIXTAPE IS COMING! THE MIXTAPE IS COMING!! Yes, it's true, the new Kob mixtape is on it's way... it's called The Cakeeater... you should be excited!! Check me out in this video at Visage from February. Shoutout to Easy Money!!!

Some Drake and Some Local

I just keep watching the rise of Drake... ha I need to catch up, this man is setting the bar for alot of emcees!!! Check him killin' the hook on this joint..




So apparently I been sleep 'cuz this dude Prof is the truth... Another white dude from the southside of the Minneap with his own swag... check this shit out, it's nuts... Local hip-hop whatup??

See me perform for FREE-99!!!

What it do??? This wednesday I'll be performing live with the legendary Unknown Prophets at Karma.. the best part?? The show is 100% free!! I'll be going in hard this time around, got something new and special for y'all..... you should come check it out...

Also, I'll be posting new music ASAP.. the leak is beginning cuz I got a hell of a mixtape on the way!!! Come fucks with me!!!

myspace.com/musicbykob
twitter.com/thekobline
youtube.com/cakeohbeetv

in case you forgot! :)

85 degrees in the Lou :)

I'm comin' live from St. Louis, MO at the UFO aka the Trak Starz studio... just got up after a good night last night... 'bout to get it in some more... got some big big things on the table... lol anyway..



^^^THE SECOND SONG ON THIS VIDEO IS SOOOOO DOPE.. PUT IT IN THE BAG... BANGER... LOSO IS BACK!!! Even though the verses are kinda wack... The-Dream is really that deal..



^^^^This dude right here is gettin it in AKA he's ACTIVATING that shit!! That's right... Activate is the '09 "Get it in".... get familiar!!



I always kinda liked Jacki-O for some reason... I used to ride to school with my big brother L and he'd always have some new music.. and I liked Jacki-O.. she Activatin' it on this one!!

I'm bout to post some more shit later...

Check out thisis50.com...Em comments on Asher finally... maybe someday I will lol...

THIS JUST IN..

Check out my guy Brian Larson's photoshop work... this dude is NICE with it!!! Went to High School with him... check this shit out for real!!!! Click the picture for more samples...

Iron Solomon.. the other, other, OTHER white rapper..

Iron Solomon is a beast... lol check out what he got to say about Ashton Roth etc...

Oh google...

Ha I found a small blog entry via Google about me... check it out, dude had some good things to say!!

http://stuffaboutminneapolis.tumblr.com/post/89055578/so-as-i-was-leaving-cub-foods-in-crystal-this

We Like Her!

Whatup it's late as hell but I just found the new OFFICIAL video for Young Money's "Every Girl" check it out, Drake snapped, so did Jae Millz...

This is why I'm hot!

So in my never-ending quest to perfect my rap skills, I've come to enjoy watching the "Grind Time" battles on Worldstarhiphop.com, especially frequent battler Jonny Storm. This is his latest battle, and is one of the best I've ever seen. The multi-syllable rhyming in this shit is crazy!!!


Jonny Storm vs. High Collide Pt. 1


the Overtime Round!


that shit is crazy!! holler at me... i got Kob/Yung LA tickets, ur lame if ur not there lol

Yung LA and Kob, less than a week away!!

Whatup world, I'm out here grindin' as usual. I got this show coming up with Yung La, that is going to be sooo crazy. My little sister is bringing a baseball team's worth of people from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, so it should be tight! The last time she saw me perform was the day BEFORE Invisible Man was recorded... it's been a while lol. If you haven't seen me perform, I suggest you get on that, 'cuz it's quite the experience!!! SO... Visage, April 9th, Kob & Yung LA... tickets are only 15 dollars... hit me up on any of my sites to get some, or go to Twinstown (Brookdale Mall or Maplewood Mall), Urban Lights (Pascal & University in St. Paul), Urban Exposure (Northside) or Indietickets.com/// check me out baby!!

A taste of the Big Apple..

What it do??? I'm back in the Minneap after a three-day trip to New York City.. it was my first time there, and for anyone who hasn't been there... New Yorkers get it in. I have this theory of why Minnesota hip-hop isn't really on like it should be: Slow Motion and No-Motion are infectious. I think when people around you are working hard and grinding, it inspires you to do the same. I think the opposite is also true, so I'm gonna try to get some momentum and infect it to the Minnesota hip hop scene!! Shout out to all them other MN emcees that are doin' it though... Anyways I was in Manhattan with the legendary DJ Warrior and my road manager Varmah. We first went to Rockstar Games (makers of Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club), where DJ Warrior had gotten song placement for a few artists on Midnight Club: Los Angeles. We then went to The Source Magazine and chopped it up with Mecca, one of the main writers. We went back to the hotel, got changed, and went to the Foundation Magazine DJ Day at Club Touch near Times Square. We did a lot of networking with some sick mixtape DJ's like DJ Smallz (Southern Smoke series), Superstar Jay and many others. I also ran into two emcees I knew of. One was Portland emcee Lil' Fats who I had listened to from time to time when I was younger, and monster New York battle-emcee and Smack DVD regular Math Hoffa. We chopped it up and me and Math gonna do a couple joints together, dope right?

Anyways, the next day we went to powerful booking agent Mark Cheatam's office at CAA and discussed potential tours when the next single drops (yeah, that's right, my new and Trak Starz produced single ft. Tydis is right around the corner!!). We visited SRC (home of Akon, Shotelle, Asher Roth and others) as well. It was an incredible trip and I want to go back for sure.

Anyways, I got some new tracks posted on the music player!!

Oh and I got some shows coming up...

Kob & Yung LA @ Visage in Minneapolis on April 9th. Tickets only $15.

ATG DJ's Party @ Visage in Minneapolis on March 21st.

More as well but will post on the events page later.

Peep the Twitter, it's clowns.

Hit me up man.. or woman lol... I'm on these sites like everyday!!

Holler.
Kob

P.S. Team Voltron coming very soon.

Mini-Apple/Big Apple

What uppppp??? I been waiting for the official press release.. but I can't wait anymore.... your boy is a Trak Star!! :) Anyways, I'm off to NYC tonight for a photo shoot and some meetings.. holler!! :)

hahaha!

"INVISIBLE MAN" PROMO VIDEO!!

Check it out...

Long time no see???

What it do Kobspeak... huge things poppin.. been so busy... ill post a nice long story as soon as i get home tonight... but check this video from October... rockin it at myth... one of my best shows

K.O.B PERFORMANCE

Something 4 your ears..

So I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, and they asked me why I don't ever have any new music on the internet. So for the next few weeks I will be leaking select mixtape joints from the past few years to give you guys a chance to hear little bit of my versatility and growth. So this first one is called "Calendar Freestyle" of me just gettin' off to Lil' Waynes "Money On My Mind" from Summer 2007. Enjoy!!

[Click above picture]

"Cake Oh Bee": Facebook Me!

I rocks it! Whatup Kobspeak readers, I'm back like I left something... I did. My blog... lol.. anyways I did two shows last week, one Monday the 19th with Gorilla Zoe at Karma and one Tuesday the 20th at Axis.... the Zoe one was packed and the Axis one got real live...here's a few shots from my show last week at Axis.



Kob and Medic (Producer, Team Voltron)



I like my fans lol...



Rockin' it! (I do not condone gang representation in my pictures lol)



Face Oh Dot (Producer, Team Voltron)


I'll have more news soon!!

My president is black! My lambo is clear lol!!

What's going down?? just updating y'all on another show I got coming up, the Barack Obama Inauguration party on Tuesday January 20th at Axis Nightclub. I'll be performing with a couple other artists to celebrate this day in history, including T-Storm, Rayshan, Young Bishop and Sumbody!! Check your boy out!!

Gorilla Zoe. Kob. January 19th. Karma. CHYEA!!

Check your boy out.

TC Hip-Hop Awards..

So before I comment... make sure you vote for me as "Next Up" at the TC HipHop Awards!! http://www.myspace.com/tchiphopawards

So this is the.... third year, I believe, of the Twin Cities Hip Hop Awards... and I'm finally nominated for an award, the... coveted (lol) "Next Up" Award.. I've never really known how to feel about this award show and its system. The nominees are chosen by a group of rappers, producers, promoters etc... the problem with this system is that there are so many beefs and bias' in local rap that it's hard to say if anyone is fairly nominated in the first place. I've noticed, as the years have gone by, that the awarded artists are sometimes questionable... that if an artist does bigger, out-of-town work yet isn't active on the local scene from a networking standpoint, they aren't recognized... it seems as though an artist can easily become "too big" for the TC HipHop Awards. Shouldn't "Artist of the Year", "Album of the Year", etc., be awarded to the biggest best and brightest?? I'm not saying certain artists don't deserve it... I just feel like the system is too skewed and messy.

Then... to my own case. The "Next Up" award... I'm happy to be nominated for an award, I've been rapping for about ten years so I feel like it's long overdue... but what exactly does "Next Up" mean?? The nominees are usually new, unknown artists who are just starting to become decent rappers.. so what are these artists "Next Up" for? Next Up to be relevant in the local scene?? Next Up to me means "Next to get on" as in the Next (or really in Minnesota's case, the first!) to put Minnesota on the map in the industry. Either definition is wrong in a way. You don't see established, industry-noted artists like Fic, Million Dollar Kid, Muja Messiah, Doomtree etc as "Next Ups".. though I believe those are some of the artists on the cusp of industry-relevance... You see artists like "Dee Bomb" as a Next Up. If anyone is (or isn't) familiar with "Dee Bomb", check out his music at hisMySpace Page. He is one of a few sub-par artists that have been nominated for this award, and certainly Dee Bomb isn't "Next Up" in the industry... so what exactly does this category imply??

As far as me? I believe I'm in that group of artists who are "Next Up" in the industry.. I'm working with A-List and B-List artists and producers... so I'm not really sure what this nomination means to me. I guess it depends on what it means to everyone else...

So take a second out of your day and vote "Kob" as "Next Up" at myspace.com/tchiphopawards

STREET FIGHTER: THE NEW MOVIE!!

OH SHIT!! JUST FOUND THE PREVIEW FOR THE NEW STREET FIGHTER MOVIE ON WORLDSTARHIPHOP.. CHECK IT!!!

Kob: The 2009 Edition

Guess who's back??? Mr. Kob a.k.a. Cake Oh Bee a.k.a. Mr. Invisible Man a.k.a. etc etc I'm here seven days late to present to you KOBSPEAK '09!!!! lol it's pretty much the same format, though you'll notice a rise in interesting blogs lol.. I'm pretty amped for '09 I've got three mixtapes in the works, one of which is with the legendary DJ Warrior of the Cali Untouchables.. I've got some other big things popping, but I'll let that wait 'till it's set in stone before I reveal it to you!! I have one, maybe two new singles coming out, both produced by The Trak Starz. This year you will see the emergence and presence of both the Mill City Collective and Team Voltron. There will be songs soon from Mill City artist Marco Ayuso as well as lots of new tracks from myself- K.O.B. you know what it is!!

I've got a few shows coming up.. here is my current schedule...

MONDAY, JANUARY 19th :: The Gorilla Zoe After-Party :: Karma Nightclub....
Check me out, performing live at Karma Nightclub at the Gorilla Zoe After Party. The doors open at 10pm so you can come directly from the I Am Music Tour at Target Center!! Hosting and Performing is Gorilla Zoe and also performing... KOB! Come have a good time and party with special invited guests Keyshia Cole, T-Pain, Keri Hilson and LIL' WAYNE!! Tickets are $15 GA and $25 VIP... Get your tickets at Vitalculture.com

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th :: Barack Obama Inauguration Party :: Axis
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15th :: L.I.B. Ent's Valentines Party :: Visage

All these shows are in Minneapolis, I'll post more info when I get it!!