Hot off the Press!
Jul 26, 2010 General, Life, Mixtapes, Pics, music, promotions, real talk, video
Before I pass out need to thank all the people who came out and had a good time with us.
Shout out to Ric Jamisons they have one of the illest performance bar set-ups around, the team and all of our guest felt comfortable and welcome the entire night, priceless.
Shout out to DJ Research! He was so on point it made things smooth along so easily, priceless.
Shout out to The Kid Jae: Now that’s how you set it off in a motherfucking party! Good Shit!
Shout out to my whole BBC[Black Born Crazy] fam for making sure mofo’s nodded they heads, lol… and for rocking with your nigga mad late on a Sunday- good looks! Hov, Pop, Munch, Roc, and Chrystel[it was big to have you there thank you homie] Yes I had to blow niggas up individually lol
KOTR: ThroBak, Vital, NovyNova, and J Grant [myself included]: good shit, great performances tonight, time to do it again…
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!!
Tags: after the party, afterthoughts, Chief, events, KOTR, live, nov, performance, pictures, promotions, Ric Jamisons, thro, vital
Which Shirt Should We Create?
Jul 21, 2010 Pics, You Decide, promotions
Tags: Chief, competition, design, hip-hop, KOTR, kotrmusic, NovyNova, promo, promotion, thro, throbak, tshirts, vote
How it happened: The Product
Jul 20, 2010 music, real talk, session
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…
Tags: Chief, how it happened, NovyNova, throbak, Unc Mike
DJ Research! Ric Jamisons! Vital’s mixtape release party!
Jul 17, 2010 Life, Mixtapes, Pics, You Decide, music, promotions, real talk, session
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…
Tags: Chief, DJ Research, NovyNova, The Kid Jae, thro, unspokenvirtue.com, vital
World- Wide- What…?
Jul 16, 2010 General, Life, You Decide, music, real talk
* 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.
Tags: answers, Chief, j dilo, KOTR, Life, Mullaney, music business, NovyNova, people, regular, thro bak, Unc Mike, vital, www.l
Win at what cost?
Jul 9, 2010 General, Life, You Decide, promotions, real talk
I purposely stayed away from all the hype concerning LeBron and the now infamously titled: “Decision”. My opinion that James would stay in Cleveland mistakingly trying to build a legacy that can rival the greats that he is too often compared to. Micheal Jordan never left the Bulls and it took him a while to get his first ring but I guess the man has set the deadline for how long you can stay with a team before you should give up on their championship aspirations to ensure your own. Kobe got his first title faster than Jordan did but Kobe had Shaq blinding us from how truly great he is all by himself. Seems like no matter what though: Lebron can’t just go to a good team and win. It’s almost like we like to see people suffer- so we want him to try and win championships with the skeleton crew of: Verajo[Cav's second best player!?!], Delonte [your best players mom's fiance] West, and who…? An ancient Shaq?
It’s almost as if we believe so much in him that it is unfair for him to have a decent team let alone a good team around him. So then I think about the Gary Paytons, Alonzo Mournings, Kevin Garnetts: guys who were in the position of being the franchise for a franchise that had no hope. Seattle used GP to sell tickets and had no faith he’d win going anywhere else because they knew he was passed his prime. [I'm]So glad he got his ring: he deserved it. Now maybe it would have felt better if was a Supersonic and won but it would’ve hurt more if he never won a ring no matter what team he played for.
So this is for the Stocktons and Malones, and Wilkins’ who are going to the hall of fame with out that precious hardware, I’m happy that LeBron is in Miami now not for money but because he wants to win. He wants to win becasue that’s what he’s used to, that’s his passion and hunger not because he’s being compared to legends everyday and needs championships to uphold those comparisons.
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? Remember when the Eastern Conference was so thick: Milwaukee had the Big Three, Pacers were still in contention and had Miller and I don’t mean Brad, the Nets were a playoff team with out surprising the world, even knick fans still expected to have a post season [lmao]; do you remember the all heart 76ers fighting through all those tough teams to get shunned off by the Lakers in a 4-1 route of a series. Point is just because a team has one of the best players doesn’t mean it is one of the best teams and NBA players live and die for a champoinship,. Championships are won by the best TEAM year after year; who’s not in it to win it? So LeBron is not greedy or selfish and he’s not going to be cursed for leaving Cleveland at least in my opinion and I hope he wins a ring with Bosh and Wade. It worked for KG and Allen and I rooted for them too… now if they could just get Allen Iverson on their bench some how….
Tags: betray, Chief, Chris Bosh, CLeveland Cav's, Dwayne Wayde, Kobe Bryant, KOTR, LeBron James, Miami Heat, Micheal Jordan, NBA, shock, sports, trades, winning
New Music not just Talk…
Jul 7, 2010 General, Life, Mixtapes, You Decide, music, promotions, real talk, session
As serious as we are about the music we have so much fun: This is KOTR having a lil’ fun with a summer smash!
I’m Hood by The KOTR enjoy folks!…
Tags: Chief, Clipse, free, Good, hood, KOTR, music, Neptunes, new, new shit, NovyNova, Pharell, throbak, tracks, vital