K-os

I felt it was only necessarily to give you followers a little something something. I have been putting hours of work to get The Daily Antics running a level of professionalism. I never knew it would take so much work , but all in due time. Still gotta keep the personal blog to say whatever I want. Keep it real form time to time.

Many may not know him by his government name Kevin Brereton, but at first glance you may draw your conclusions about K-os. He’s probably a Rasta or he’s a self absorbed individual that drinks Starbucks and doesn’t eat meat.  Those are just an outside observation by friends, but were going to take a deeper look into the music. What many don’t know about K-os, he rocks the mic like nobody’s business. A musician that typically coasts under the radar with deep lyrics and a soulful sound. K-os has produced songs like '' Heaven Only Knows'', ''Sunday Morning’’, ''Man I Used to be'' and many more. Most recently know for the using the sample from the hit fox TV show The O.C. ''I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman''. Growing up K-os drew inspiration from the likes of Michael Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest, The Beatles, The Roots and even Stevie Wonder.

(k-os : Sunday Morning)

(k-os : Crabbuckit)

k-os bring you bad to the 90`s with soulful beats and intense lyrics, something that will keep you foot tapping and your nodding back and forth. The kind of music that b-boys can jam to and old ladies and rock to. His music appeals to many people, but because he doesn’t look like say a Common nor has the money of a Jay-Z he continues to be blasted in the speakers of basement jams and headphones/speakers.

K-os still finds to keep it real in a watered down industry and fixed on the finer things of life...the money, the cars, and the hoes. Real hip-hop seems to be behind clothes doors, in back aisle and live shows. It’s hard to think that an artist such as K-os is still able to create four albums with success and still keep a fan based of true hip-hop heads.

(k-os : 4, 3, 2, 1)

Say what he wants when he wants. The only person really doing anything close to that is Kanye West, but as well all know that back fired on him in recent years. When you listen to K-os or watch one of his video you can see that its coming from the heart, you can see he not a gimmick cause if that were the case he would have cut his hair like Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas. It’s funny early in his career k-os was discovered by NBA star at the time John Salley of the L.A Lakers who later became his manager.

The alias "k-os", spelled with a lower case "k", was intended to be less aggressive like other rappers whose names were all upper case, such as EPMD and KRS-One. It is an acronym for "Knowledge of Self''.

(k-os : The Love Song)

(k-os : The Anthem)

It’s unfortunate for those who have not heard of k-os, because when you think Canadian music he one of this first people that comes to mind. It just so happens these days when you think Canadian music you is drawn to the Drake and Justin Bieber. This in the big picture isn’t a bad thing for music up north. Don’t be shy, hit eBay or Amazon if you don’t have access to the albums at your local media store. Treat yourself to the music of k-os.