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Back when the cross-border Canadian hip-hop success stories of Choclair and Kardinal Offishall were still pipe dreams, K-OS was already making waves. For more than five years the Toronto singer/MC/producer had been promising to drop this astonishing debut, and Exit was worth the wait. Like a male equivalent of Lauryn Hill, K-OS mixes rootsy hip-hop with soul music, rhyming and crooning on cuts like "Masquerade," "Heaven Only Knows," and "Follow Me," perhaps the only hip-hop tune driven by flamenco guitar. In fact, the entire record is structured to break down hip-hop expectations. K-OS's rhymes focu
Back when the cross-border Canadian hip-hop success stories of Choclair and Kardinal Offishall were still pipe dreams, K-OS was already making waves. For more than five years the Toronto singer/MC/producer had been promising to drop this astonishing debut, and Exit was worth the wait. Like a male equivalent of Lauryn Hill, K-OS mixes rootsy hip-hop with soul music, rhyming and crooning on cuts like "Masquerade," "Heaven Only Knows," and "Follow Me," perhaps the only hip-hop tune driven by flamenco guitar. In fact, the entire record is structured to break down hip-hop expectations. K-OS's rhymes focus on positivity, spirituality and combating artifice in his music, while the music itself is delightfully unpredictable. The song "Superstar" turns up twice--once as a roots-reggae tune, then later as a strummed, Radiohead-style guitar pop song. In a scene where imitation of American styles is almost expected, Exit is the freshest sound around. --Matt Galloway
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Manufacturer: Emi
Release date: 26 March 2002
EAN: 0724352508129 UPC: 724352508129
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