(October 28, 2017) Kay and King Mason are two performers from a multitude of styles, combining their talents into one musical force: Mason's live instrument skills (Kirk Whalum, Robert Glasper, Shirley Caesar) and Kay's emcee background (Ali Shaheed Mohammad, Foreign Exchange, Chris Dave) are what listeners will hear, along with Houston performer Sam Trump, on the mid-tempo griot groove, "If We Must Die, Pt. 1."
Over a deceptively gentle and ukelele-led track, Kay's message of urban uprisings and demanding respect for self and community, delivered with a leisurely-spoken/sung hybrid, is as unexpected as it is impactful; "They drown out our voice, and leave us no choice, but to fight back/No, we won't settle for being y'all's personal......floormat."
(October 28, 2017) Kay and King Mason are two performers from a multitude of styles, combining their talents into one musical force: Mason's live instrument skills (Kirk Whalum, Robert Glasper, Shirley Caesar) and Kay's emcee background (Ali Shaheed Mohammad, Foreign Exchange, Chris Dave) are what listeners will hear, along with Houston performer Sam Trump, on the mid-tempo griot groove, "If We Must Die, Pt. 1."
Over a deceptively gentle and ukelele-led track, Kay's message of urban uprisings and demanding respect for self and community, delivered with a leisurely-spoken/sung hybrid, is as unexpected as it is impactful; "They drown out our voice, and leave us no choice, but to fight back/No, we won't settle for being y'all's personal......floormat."
Well-known in Houston's burgeoning music scene, the new collective that Mason and Kay have formed, Rappersiknow, promises to showcase even more facets of their eclectic resumes and the new EP Sam Trump Plays the Uke Redux is just a quick taste from their flavor-rich and many-hued palettes.