Friday 07 October, 2011
More Work
Been a long time since we took the time to reach out to the fans. So… here goes. lets start the proper way, by saying thank you to everyone who has continued to show support to the knights from our inception till now. we definitely appreciate all the love and will continue to do it for ya’ll. the team has been really busy getting as many songs done as we can to prepare for that UNC MIKE album, “In Unc Mike We Trust” which will be available soon on itunes. We’ve started editing the first music video, and begin shooting the next one in about a week. So basically we’ve gotten back to work, and plan on doing MORE WORK. Sorry if we left you wanting for more, but we will make it up to you
The KoTR
Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Unc Mike Presents: The KOTR
Ok, so after the long hiatus…
We are FINALLY going to give ya’ll the Unc Mike Presents: TheKotr album. It’s been a long time coming and we’ve been hella busy. The album will drop at the end of this summer and we’ve got the first song ready for ya’ll. enjoy and leave some feedback
TheKotr
Saturday 26 March, 2011
Staying busy
Another week, another couple songs have been recorded. new single released by Throbak titled No Hands… if you havent already heard it head over to thro’s page and give it a listen. its off the upcoming mixtape that will be out on 4/20. We’ve been editing the music video for fever, and hopefully it will be done soon so yall can show love to that.
Peace,
The KOTR
Wednesday 09 March, 2011
Back to work
Okay, so its been a pretty long hiatus since the KOTR have been on the grind. Between group conflicts and setting up the new studio time has just flown by. Well, we have been back at work trying to make it up to ya’ll… The new studio is (FINALLY) set up. the new music sounds the way we want it to, and we even have the music video shoot this weekend. yup, its coming… and soon. Keep an eye out for the Throbak mixtape dropping on 4/20.
Peace,
The KoTR
Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Higher Quality Music
There’s a big push going on right now to get higher quality audio into the ears of the listeners. It’s more than just the Beats by Dre headphone phenomenon, companies like apple, and record labels like interscope are trying to get 24 bit audio to be the new standard (currently 16 bit audio). For the user, in theory this will allow for a higher dynamic range… Think more room for sounds so less muddy music! Sounds great right? Sure… Except most of the devices you use can’t even play a 24 bit audio file. Your iPods, mp3 players, cell phones are all incompatible… That covers about 90% of the way people hear their music. Not to mention most people LOVE their stock iPod headphones. Those headphones are certified garbage and you wouldn’t hear a difference anyway. Sooo we have a lot of audio enthusiasts and music producers who follow the blog… What’s your opinion? 24 bit worth more or not?
Peace,
The KoTR
Wednesday 02 February, 2011
Don’t Change YOU to please THEM
As an artist, professional or just a person it seems as though we’re all in a constant struggle. The battle to decide how much of you, the real undiluted you should you present in any given situation. In the corporate world we “wear the clothes to fit the job we want” and in life we “adapt to our surroundings”. The problem is… how much can you change before you lose yourself? Does Superman pretend to be Clark or does Clark pretend to be Super? A lot of artist get caught up in the trending fad or gain so much notoriety for a gimmick that it becomes their whole persona. What do ya’ll think? have you ever had to check yourself because you saw yourself becoming someone, or something that you’re not… or simply dont want to be?
KOTR
Monday 27 December, 2010
Resolutions 2011
Okay ya’ll,
The new year is rapidly approaching and its time to start making our resolutions… here at the camp we have a lot of things we will be trying to do differently in the new year. Release the next mixtape, the solo’s, finally shoot the next music video… basically it’s going to be a busy year. what do ya’ll have on your list of resolutions?
Peace,
Nov
Monday 27 December, 2010
All That I Know
Its been Quite a while since we’ve officially blessed ya’ll with some new music… We’ve gotten back to work, finally finished setting up the lab and recorded a new hit. Of course the first up has to be a record produced by Unc Mike… show love to the joint and let us know what you think
Peace
The Kotr
Saturday 27 November, 2010
C’monSon
If you’re up on hiphop you need to be up on C’monSon. Shout outs to Ed Lover for enduring through the years in the hiphop game
Saturday 30 October, 2010
ITS ALMOST TIME!
2010 NYC MARATHON WEEKEND
Friday November 5th
“Marathon Pre Show / Akademy Mixtape Release Party”
Where: “The Irish Viking” 369 lake avenue St. James 11780
When: 9:00pm – 2:00am
Specs: $5 cover, $2.50 draught beers all night, Akademy official mixtape release, VIP Bus ticket raffle
Performances by: K.O.T.R., BONZ, GAMBIT FAMILY, and AKADEMY
Sunday November 7th
“THE 2010 NYC MARATHON SHOW”
Where: 115th and 1st ave NEW YORK CITY
When: 10:00am-3:00pm
Specs: VIP Tickets available; include transportation to and from show, breakfast, and lunch.
With 40,000 runners and thousands of people from the surrounding area watching, Akademy and an all star cast of performers take over the marathon for the 6th straight year. This is the first year K.O.T.R. will be performing along side them and we look forward to many more.
Show starts at 10:00am. For more information on VIP Bus tickets click here.
BIG SHOUT OUT TO AKADEMY FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE FOR US.
FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION GO TO AKADEMYVILLE.COM
You can also check UnspokenVirtue.com
Friday 10 September, 2010
Video Editing
Whats good Y’all,
Here at KOTRmusic we appreciate all the help we can get from our fans (from designing tshirts and flyers to shooting our music video for 321 ). As you may or may not know we do a lot of our own work in the camp. We’ve been working on video content and were wondering if you guys had a preference in video editing software? Please give the pros and cons to any suggestions you make.
Thanks Y’all
Nov
Monday 06 September, 2010
Back up
As you can see the site is (finally) back up. It’s taken us quite a while to finish editing it, but it’s finally to a point we feel is suitable. The new layout allows us to give more content in a MUCH more organized manor. Stay tuned because now we can get back to work
Peace,
Nov
Sunday 22 August, 2010
Under Construction
As some of you have probably already noticed the website has been UNDER CONSTRUCTION recently with a lot of changes coming soon. We hope to have the website up to 100% in the next week or so. For those who have been waiting (patiently) for the new mixtapes to come up, we promise you will have what you’ve been asking for soon enough.
Stay Tuned and leave your feedback,
Nov
Sunday 01 August, 2010
What’s next?
Like that’s even a real question: as always new music on the way, 2 new mixtapes on the way, Vital: Don’t Talk About It Be About It mixtape hosted by DJ Research is in local stores and available online- get that if you haven’t already, and look out for the new KOTR merchandise that you[the fans] helped us design and pick.
Wednesday 28 July, 2010
Pics From Ric Jamisons show
whats good y’all. you asked… we deliver! Here are the pics from the show
Wednesday 28 July, 2010
For Y’all Live at Ric Jamisons
For everyone who couldnt make it out to the show… and everyone who did and wants to relive a few moments.
Peace,
The KOTR
Monday 26 July, 2010
Gimme That at Ric Jamisons
What’s Good Ya’ll
For those who couldnt make it all the way out to Ric Jamisons to see the KOTR perform check it out
Monday 26 July, 2010
Hot off the Press!
As soon as I get my voice back: new music will be on deck- get ready! Look out for video footage and pictures to go up on the site, youtube, and facebook some time later today. Until then party people: PEACE OUT!!
Tuesday 20 July, 2010
How it happened: The Product
whaddup y’all
Here’s another look into how the KOTR comes up with those hot records. Today’s edition is none other than the fan favorite “The Product” produced by Unc Mike. The craziest part of that classic record has to be the fact that the day we came up with, wrote AND recorded the record was the first day we met Unc Mike. Unc was a long time friend of mullaney so it was only natural that at some point those ingredients would get mixed up to see if we could cook up a hit. Unc bought a beat CD that had like 10 beats on it (for y’all, last song, the product, hand on the bible…) and as soon as we heard it we knew we had to get to work. In typical chief fashion before the rest of us scribbled down any rhymes he called his dibs on the hook. About an hour later we had completed the record that later became known as “the product”. The number one question we get asked about that record is: why’s it called the product? We don’t mention those words anywhere in the song… Well, it’s called that because it was the product of everything coming together perfectly. The right instrumental, the right chorus, rhymes that resonated with the listener. It was the product of Us. Keep In mind that before that day, there was no group or label called the KOTR…
Saturday 17 July, 2010
DJ Research! Ric Jamisons! Vital’s mixtape release party!
The wait is almost over! KOTR back on stage with DJ Research to bring you the highly anticpated: “Don’t Talk About It Be About It” mixtape from Vital!
Where: Ric Jamisons@ 342 Rt25A Mt.Sinai NY 11766
When: July 25th 2010, 7-25-10, Ten-thirty pm, 10:30pm
Who: You, your peoples, KOTR, DJ Research, The Kid Jae
Be there…
Friday 16 July, 2010
World- Wide- What…?
* This is dedicated to the critics who [honestly] give it to us straight when we can’t trust our own judgement.
Life doesn’t really care if you’re a songwriter[rapper] who has to ask ”Alright tell me honestly, what do you think?”; after playing a new song or if you’re a cook asking “So, how was dinner?”; after the meal is done: a majority of us can relate to needing an outside opinion.
Or is it merely outside interest we seek? Some of us just need the attention. Still whether it’s some of us all of the time or all of us some of the time, the whole point is to get some one else to ask “what”, but for what?
While the internet has become a hunting ground for those who prey on our vices and abuse the gift of this world wide connection, we give out music at the click of a button with out the mock job applications you’re used to and show our appreciation of the gift of this world wide connection. Music, good music: is our answer to the world wide what.
What’s yours?*
*Sorry, I’m a rapper: I speak better than I write.
Friday 16 July, 2010
Tshirts 2.0
after a better than expected reception for the KOTRmusic Tshirts version 1.0 (black and white) and 1.1 (black and red) we’ve begun putting the final touches on the 2.0 shirts!!! that’s correct, we decided to scrap the old design completely and start from scratch. we will be uploading 3 tshirt designs to the website in the next week and letting the fans decide which shirt gets the go. So stay tuned to the website and remember You are KOTR.
Peace,
The KOTR
Friday 09 July, 2010
Win at what cost?
Do we remember Allen Iverson’s first and only trip to the finals: when he took the biggest bunch of bums to the NBA finals like it’s easy or something?
Wednesday 07 July, 2010
KOTR Live W/PRIME: Catch the interview!!!
Hope you enjoy it if you missed out last night and for those that just want to see again… http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8119479
Tuesday 06 July, 2010
NIGEL PRIME! KOTR! UNSIGNRADIO.COM!!!!!
Tonight is the night for all of you who are apart of this movement! We: you know Thro, Vital, NovyNova, Chief, Unc Mike, maybe even a Mullaney sighting* are going to be in the building with Nigel Prime and the real hip-hop movement at UnsignRadio.com. Listen as its streamed online and make sure to comment the message board and show love!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-flava-mix
We gonna have some of our Marquis joints from the start of the movement and we might give yah a listen of the next knights mixtape and the unc Mike presents pr… I’ve said too much already!
Monday 05 July, 2010
Whats good ya’ll the whole KOTR team is going to be featured on Unsigned Radio This Tuesday 7/6 at 11pm. Tune in to hear from Chief, Vital, Nov, Thro, Mullaney and Unc Mike. Make sure ya’ll check it out and show love to the team. Show love to dj Nigel Prime for inviting us out to holla at the people.
Good Looks Ya’ll,
The KOTR
Saturday 03 July, 2010
How it happened: For Y’all
Ever hear a record and wonder… How the hell did they come up with that? Well here’s the answer. We gonna try and give y’all a glimpse into the kotr and the situations that helped us come up with our hits.
For Y’all was one of those records that had to happen. It was crazy Thro and I (nov) were in the lab going over the most recent batch of Unc Mike beats tryinna decide what would be the next to get the work put on it… It was almost immediate that we decided on that one. About 30mins later we had the foundation set. Thro and I had recorded our verses and organized the beat the way we needed it. All we needed to do now was get the rest of the team on it. Vital was over an hour away in Long Island so we uploaded it to the dropbox (dropbox) which allows us to sync sessions from our studio to Vitals, and chief had pneumonia. Literally. So we got the joint back from vital bout a day later and chief came through to see how much work we’d got done like a week later (you know on his General shit. Lol) still barely walking but couldn’t resist the song. The rest is history. But keep that in mind the next time y’all listen to the record and hear chief say “they done pissed me off like I’m too sick to spit sick” he literally was!
Stay Tuned,
Nov
Wednesday 30 June, 2010
Streetz Radio Presents:
Streetz Radio Presents: Open Fire Vol. 2 Hosted By: Ms. Fefe
Check ya boys Vital & Chief featured on this hot new mixtape.. Track #17: “A Few Things.” Shouts to Ms. Fefe and her team for putting this together. Also gotta thank DatPiff for making it available to the public. All about networking. KOTR
Tuesday 29 June, 2010
Summer a.k.a. KOTR Time
Yeah it’s hot and we’re half to blame!
New tracks recorded and ready for yah, a new mixtape from the whole group, a Vital presents: the KOTR as well as Vital’s Unspoken Virtue with a surprise Dj guest host(?), and the first volume of the Unc Mike presents series. All Unc Mike productions all KOTR rhymes: Na we didn’t exactly hybernate during winter and spring!
Shout out to the dude Nigel Prime, check him out DJ Nigel Prime on unsignradio- http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-flava-mix
KOTR will be on Unsignradio Tuesday, July 6th @ 11pm make sure you don’t miss it!
Shouts to Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/ Check out KOTR and countless other MC’s and producers making music strictly out of the love for you; the listeners: “Soundcloud- they move music!”
Listen out today for 3 new tracks to be added to the player!
For those KOTR pirates who burn unfinished tracks and bump them in the hood: try and guess what songs will be posted today? Correct responses get the ”Chief-of-the-day” award! What is it today… who knows?
Friday 18 June, 2010
5, 4, 3, 2,…
With the clock running down and the pressure building to capacity life is a string of last shots for all of us.
The loser don’t miss, the ones who miss don’t always lose, the ones who wait never win…
Winning isn’t everything … to losers!
So outsiders beware: we may argue over who’s Kobe at one time or another but we know we’re the champions everyday. So a nigga might have to play Jordan instead of Kobe it’s ok we can’t all be Kobe… lol
Thursday 17 June, 2010
how do you finish
when you start something you’ve got to finish it, right? well, we started something. we started a whole lot of something. we made music, through music we formed a group, that group formed a label, that label gained a following, that following started a movement and that movement…? that’s the question. how do you finish?
Friday 11 June, 2010
To Survive
Whaddup Ya’ll,
Been a while, I know. Today i was thinking about a lot, but mostly about the amount of talent that may forever go unnoticed. To become a star you absolutely need to have talent… be it hiphop, basketball, authors, actors or any other field of specialty it would be damn hard to make it if you weren’t talented. The problem is the most talented isn’t always the one to arrive at the top. There are plenty of talented nobodies in every neighborhood… what happens to them? what happens to the “kids” who have more talent than everyone around them, but never get to take the game winning shot? My answer? they get caught up in life and wind up spending the rest of their time “surviving”.
Just a thought
Nov
Friday 04 June, 2010
No More Slacking
Nigga I got bud 4 sale, CD’s 4 sale that I burned at the studio*, and more love on these streets than “papi” in a drought and all I fucking hear all day all night is “That shit is hot Chief!” and I wonder where did all the haterz go?
Saturday 22 May, 2010
Our deepest fear…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
the quote is by Maryanne Williamson. It has been made popular by the movie “Coach Carter” and Nelson Mandella in his 1994 inauguration.
This is one of the most inspiring quotes I can remember so I decided to share it. Hope it inspires you.
Peace,
Nov
Saturday 22 May, 2010
All it took was us…
Honestly I aint have shit, he aint have shit, we had us.
Honestly you got us, we finally got yah, then he and I were replaced with me’s.(You know when everyone is shouting me me me me until it’s time to be held accountable then it’s you you you you)
Thursday 20 May, 2010
Working hard versus working smart?
“I am like you; I have no choice but to do both.”
“Q & A of the day” brought to you by exotics, reggie, and newport.
What’s good people yah already know what and who, raw hip-hop and KOTR. Today it’s not the usual suspects, the homie Vital and I are in the lab closing the gap on that patent “knight” sound- Look out for the first Vital/Unc Mike single cooking as I type in a baggie or vial near you soon!
We finally got back to do it again, we told them they wasn’t crazy now we bout’ to show ‘em what real niggas ride for… Shout to Thro, Unc, Nov, and the rest of the Knights in NY- networking with respectable artist: smart work. keeping an unbiased musical ear not forcing tracks and still cranking out hits: hard smart work. rolling all these blizzies: hard work!
*Catering to bitch niggas: not part of the job description