Matt could you send me Mic Check and the Ps & Qs remix if you have time, please?
― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Typical MeReload ItBrown EyesSigns In LifePs And Qs
'So Sure' is an old Terra Danjah single that Kano guests on, so that's probably not slated. 'Mic Check' is on the 12" flip to 'Ps and Qs'. I've heard tracks called 'What They Don't Tell Us' and 'Sometimes', although I think these are just demos. And apparently there's a duet with Mike Skinner called 'Long Ting' although I've no idea if that'll make the final cut. On this evidence, if people are expecting a grime album, they're in for a surprise.
I love 'Signs In Life', though.
― Jason J, Saturday, 19 February 2005 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link
*more talking about Katy Pearl please, she's wonderful. is she the same as Katie who is credited on "Love Is Here"? hmm.
― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 19 February 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Saturday, 19 February 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
that verse on destruction vip was hot but how often does that happen! also 'signs of life' is a plea for doubletime callously unanswered
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Saturday, 19 February 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
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― VIC MACKEY (nordicskilla), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
'Brown Eyes' will be the next single apparently. A great choice! I love that song so much, I hope teenagers across the country fall in love to it.
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― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
:)
― VIC MACKEY (nordicskilla), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sleep my child (Alex in SF), Monday, 21 March 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
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― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
I SENT IT TO YOU
― Victor Mackulous (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 11 June 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
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― tom west (thomp), Sunday, 19 June 2005 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― snowballing (snowballing), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sean M (Sean M), Friday, 24 June 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link
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― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Definitely, but some of the production on this is really good.
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― a real bear behind the microphone (nordicskilla), Friday, 24 June 2005 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
:(
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
only 456 people bought the wiley LP though.
― ppp, Tuesday, 28 June 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
a soaring slice of heavyweight urban electro-pop with rousing tweaked-out vocals and a disconcertingly catchy chorus
http://www.zasucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/1abandon_hope.jpg
― unban dictionary (blueski), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually the idea of Kano working with Radioclit is pretty exciting. Hot Chip and Boys Noize less so.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i loved the last one (140 grime st) the first time i heard it, but it didn't do enough for me on subsequent listens. i'll have to give it another go.
― dog latin, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i think hes still got it as an mc, he just makes sucky songs/picks bad beats. anyway, new album out soon -
1. 2 Left: Topic Of Discussion (produced by Boys Noize) 2. Get Wild ft Aidonia & Wiley (produced by Boys Noize) 3. iPod Generation (produced by Kano) 4. MAAD (produced by Kano & Fraser T Smith) 5. Spaceship (produced by Chase & Status) 6. Upside ft Michelle Breeze (produced by Craigie Dodds) 7. All + All Together ft Hot Chip (produced by Hot Chip) 8. Lady Killer ft Ghetts (produced by Hot Chip) 9. Bassment (produced by A13) 10. Crazy (produced by Boys Noize) 11. Slaves ft Why Why Peaches (produced by Craigie Dodds) 12. Jenga ft Vybz Kartel (produced by Boys Noize & Diplo) 13. Dark Days (produced by Craigie Dodds)
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Christ almighty. That tracklist looks like the work of a man getting pretty much everything wrong.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
"get wild" is actually ok, but oh my christ the rest of that track listing is not promising
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:38 (thirteen years ago) link
production-wise what was once desperate pandering is now the ruling uk landscape; if kano can scrape together a bit of charisma from somewhere there's probably hits to be had i imagine. doubt it mind
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i heard a song from this on the radio and it was so so bad
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 12:51 (thirteen years ago) link
cred wise, hes doing the same as everyone else really, i just have a feeling kano wont know what to do with all these guests/pop & indie crossovers. again. curious to know what the hot chip collabos will be like. liked the last vybz kartel collabo kano did too (even if vybz made him look a bit weak) so that one could be ok.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
It's actually Boys Noize who provoked the biggest eyeroll from me, you'd think they'd be able to split the difference between noisy electro and, well, grime, pretty well but I bet they can't. Also they produced the worst track on the Kelis album.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't recall offhand which one the boys noize/kelis one was but it def wasn't worse than "acapella"
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway this is "get wild"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR5EACKSVXw
like...6/10? 7/10 when it gets to the chorus
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Acapella is fine, it's no worst than most of the rest of the album, I'm convinced most of your hate is just down to "eww David Guetta".
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
1. 22nd Century has grown on me, it's definitely not "the worst"2. Boys Noize = a "he" not a "they" (unless Alex Ridha and Erol have succeeded in genetically recomining themselves into one person)
kthxbye
― Cow Bingo (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
This is not at all good so far and the track 'MAAD' has made me cringe like little else this year - at least it's the only thing Fraser T Smith produces on here :/
― Aptly nicknamed ‘Crème’ because he is so edible. Hilarious. (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 July 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
The one with Ghetts is pretty fun. On 'Slaves' he interpolates 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. It is not easy to listen to.
― Aptly nicknamed ‘Crème’ because he is so edible. Hilarious. (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 July 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Get Wild is pretty great, but Kano is sort of the worst thing about it - he used to sound so charismatic but somehow feels less so with every release.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 1 August 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Having trouble believing this will be worse than the Jammer album, which really is a complete mess, and not in a good way.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 1 August 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
jammer album is not that bad. def a mess but redeemed slightly by a few standouts. not so redeemable - jammer generally sounding like hes only doing it for the sake of it in hope that some major will snap him up so he can get off big dada.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
kano just sounds more desperate with each release. he was good on the gorillaz soundtrack but he seems like someone that will only ever sound good when they know theyre popular. til then hes just going to sound/be lost.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 2 August 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
*sorry, gorillaz album.
one song on the new one, little sis, i think might be the best thing hes ever done.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
Funny that, I thought it represented the now traditional point in a Kano album where the quality nosedives off a cliff never to recover.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
idk, i now find him a little unconvincing doing songs like new banger, or hail even, though listening back to some of the older stuff, theres a certain lack of assurance in a lot of his vocals (once he got signed weirdly), which is why i think the softer parts of the album now seem to work better for me. in terms of writing, i think hes a lot more expressive than before, and there are a lot of lines on the album which i could not have imagined him writing earlier, so its nice to hear a bit more about him. i like the album purely for that. i find a lot of his production to be somewhat dreary, but somehow on little sis, its perfect. its like kano doing the streets.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 10 March 2016 10:06 (eight years ago) link
🎤 this is such a minor thing to be gassed about from the show but in all the high levels of production, incredible band and backing singers. Things going back to basics for Class of De Ja passing one wired mic at RAH and murking is emotional 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DopjhowIp3— Elijah* (@Eli1ah) October 8, 2019
Even with the dodgy sound on the video this looks like absolute fire.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link