(Wake Your Daughter Up blog Q&A) New Artist Spotlight: A.O.K.
What do you get when you cross a Muslim from a small town on the Canadian Prairies with the hip hop culture? You get this week’s artist in our New Artist Spotlight, A.O.K. The well rounded MC brings a lot to the table, and not just in the musical sense. He is a writer, done screenplays and written books. That well roundness is also well displayed on his debut album, If You Don’t Buy This, The Terrorists Win. The music reminds me of something found out of the Living Legends camp in terms of music and subjects. The album contains straight up goofiness in the space alien invasion tale found on “Tales From The Planet Grolic”. Then he might jump into a serious track, questioning the rolls of religion and not relying on it as a crutch. Some might call it unfocused, I’d like to say it’s well rounded. Even from the first time he contacted me, I could tell this was a cat that I could vibe with on a personal level. As some of you that might have emailed me in the past will know, depending on my mood (and how many “pops” I’ve had), I can be a little on the goofy side. Dude never missed a step in dealing with me. I can dig that. So when it was time to do the interview for the spotlight, I anticipated a witty banter between the two of us. He held up his end of the bargain well, I on the other hand was kind of flat. Eh, oh well. Take time to check the interview, listen to the tracks. An open mind is a well fed mind…. CONTINUE READING >>
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