MP3: Kokayi - "Chanticleer"

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	MP3: Kokayi - "Chanticleer"	12.09.2010


	Kokayi Explores The Lack Of Originality In Art With The Latest Single From Robots & Dinosaurs

The Song: Coming off the success of his sophomore album, Robots & Dinosaurs, Grammy nominated jack-of-all-trades Kokayi is proud to release the latest track from the album "Chanticleer." The self-produced song – Kokayi produced all of Robots & Dinosaurs, save "Autumn Rules," produced by Oddisee – again shows off Kokayi's ability to blend a variety of musical styles to create a unique and infectious beat. Breaking away from the norm, Kokayi's main inspiration for "Chanticleer" derives from the lack of originality in art. "Be original and break out of the boxes; stay way from the margins and labels that people try to apply to you or your art," says Kokayi, and while it's a topic that's been explored before, Kokayi's original approach, both lyrically and musically, breathes life into the topic. Enlisting his own children for the chorus, Kokayi gives the song a touch of Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life, while using the verses to spit his witticisms, with lines like, "You try to box me Rocky/ I May Weather storms, golden boy cocky." Kokayi's new album, Robots & Dinosaurs, is available now via QN5. Download Kokayi's "Chanticleer" here: http://media.audibletreats.com/Kokayi-Chanticleer.mp3 Please Post Buy Links: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/robots-dinosaurs/id396136677 Tweet The Background: Kokayi (Carl Walker) is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, emcee, producer and educator. Koyaki (pronounced "Ko-Kah-Yee") has already independently released his debut album Mass Instructions (2007), toured the world and snagged the 2009 Grammy-nod for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for his work as a vocalist and co-producer on "Lovin' You (Music)" by Ethiopian singer Wayna. He also produced Wayna's "Moonlight Rendezvous" which spent 7 consecutive weeks on Billboard's Top 10 R&B/ Hip Hop Singles and 100 Hot Singles Sales charts. Kokayi keeps busy on multiple fronts with several side-projects - as one half of the electro-hop duo, Dastardly (with DJ/Producer Sharkey), and his long-time Afropunk outfit, TheCaesarz. In 2009, Kokayi signed to NYC's independent hip-hop beacon, QN5 Music as an in-house artist and producer.
Streams: "Only": http://media.audibletreats.com/KOKAYI-Only.mp3 "RoxTar": http://media.audibletreats.com/KOKAYI-RoxTar.mp3 "Autumn Rules": http://media.audibletreats.com/KOKAYI-Autumn_Rules.mp3 Bio, pictures, and streams available here: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/kokayi/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/KOKAYI Official Site: http://www.kokayi202.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/KOKAYI/8025979678 MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/kokayi Label Site: http://qn5.com/