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...
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.
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Hit me up man.. or woman lol... I'm on these sites like everyday!!
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!!
It's been another whirlwind of a few weeks.. I was in Hawaii for the Hot Import Nights tour (whatup Honolulu??) Dec. 4-6... it was a blast and the weather was beautiful!! It was eerie leaving on Dec. 6th.. the day before the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, and the airport being a half mile away from the site.. it was interesting. Fun fact... General Walter Short (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Short), who was in charge of military installations in Hawaii at the time of the attack, was my great-great uncle... cool, right?
Unfortunately, while in Hawaii, we recieved the sad news that our good friend Jeremy "Slugger" Preston, passed away at the young age of 32.. Slugger was one of the most genuinely friendly and caring people I've ever met, and he touched the lives of anyone he crossed paths with. It's gonna be tough to go through life without getting a phone call of "What's your deal kid?".. He was a happy guy that would've given anything he had to make someone else happy, even someone he barely knew.. Slugger, we love you and miss you bro.... This is for you!!
But out of that sadness, a great thing happened a few days later.. I went to St. Louis and spent three days working with world renowned, grammy-winning, multi-platinum producers The Trak Starz.. If you're not familiar with the Trak Starz, then you should be... they consist of multi-talented producers Zo and Sham as well as a whole roster of other producers under the Trak Starz name... here's a short list of some of the records they've produced:
"Right Thurr", "One Call Away", "Holidae Inn" and the rest of Chingy's debut album Jackpot "Me Against The Music" - Britney Spears feat. Madonna "Splash Waterfalls" - Ludacris "Do Your Time" - Ludacris "I Like That: - Houston
Thats an extremely abridged version, as they've worked with hundreds upon hundreds of artists...
But anyways, I did two records with them and their artist, St. Louis native Tydis... it was an incredible experience. I slept on their couch, underneath 20 million records-sold worth of gold and platinum plaques... it was a very humbling experience. The Trak Starz were very impressed with what I did with their tracks, and you can expect to hear even more work from Kob/Trak Starz for sure... until then, watch for the songs "Alive" and "Zoom" from Kob feat.Tydis... Shoutout to DJ Warrior too!!
You do this for you, I do this for WE!! I love y'all, don't never forget that... R.I.P. Slugger, I hate to have to go through the rest of this journey without you, bro.
Here's Tydis' new single "Make Me Say"... check him out at Myspace.com/Tydis
'til next time, same Kob channel, same Kob time, you know what it is!
I'm back from Hawaii... and out on the road again... I'm off to St.Louis to work with the one and only Trak Starz... I'll fill you in when I get back!!
You can find me in St. Louie... where the gun play, rain all day nanana... lol
here's the Splash Waterfalls video... produced by Trak Starz.... the second part is the remix they produced...
