Kokayi - "Roxstar" Music Video Ft. The Rockafire Explosion

Taken from the QN5 Vimeo Page - The debut music video from Kokayi. taken from his critically acclaimed new album, 'Robots & Dinosaurs' on QN5 Music. Order now @ iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, UGHH & Fat Beats.

VIDEO CREDITS:
Director: Donlee Brussel
DP: T. Burton
2nd Unit: Huston Tronnes & Nick Schwarz
Editor: Justin Krook
Colorist: Frank Berrios @ Encore Hollywood

SONG CREDITS:
Written & Produced By: Kokayi
Remix By: Tonedeff

For more info: QN5.com

Cunnlynguists x Kno x Mia Rose - "La Petite Mort" ("Come Die With Me") Music Video

MORE NEW SUBSTANTIAL & KOKAYI!!!

Peace folks...

Here's a little we dropped just in time for father's day. Enjoy and pass it on.



Here’s a special Father’s Day dedication to all you patriarchs out there.

New-Daddy Substantial enlists the talents of local DMV artists Gods’Illa and QN5 labelmate Kokayi to expound on the art of being a papa in 2009. This track was produced by Marcus D. (of “Day In The Life (f/ Steph)“ fame) and is taken directly from their forthcoming Japanese-Only collaborative album, Jazzmatic (Music To Take Your Breath Away), due out this fall on Tamashie Creations/Elevation Records. In the meantime, tell your baby mama we said ‘whuttup’.

You gotta love it...

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http://www.zshare.net/audio/615632990bbb5d9f/

Public Service Announcement: Substantial...

Downloaded this track yesterday, and was not disappointed by this remix! I was such a huge, fan of the original track(and Daft Punk), the good folks over at QN5 made sure artistic integrity was held high in this regard, and the result is a banger...

In case you folks missed. I appreciate the love and support. Sorry for the late email.



Substantial & Chew Fu were recently commissioned to retool Daft Punk’s “Make Love” by popular music blog Sheena Beaston for a collaborative project to remix the entirety of the Human After All album. Remix After All was created when 10 popular and acknowledged music blogs got together to create an unofficial remix album for public distribution, each choosing a producer they think would fit best to remix their chosen song. The result here is salaciously smooth “refix” with Substantial taking the reins vocally as he waxes poetic on the topic of love, underscored by Chew Fu’s expert-texturing of the original Daft Punk melody with soulful saxophone riffs. This is a treat any Daft Punk/QN5 fan will appreciate.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/613198673032f009/

Enjoy!

PS. Be sure to rate & comment @ [OkayPlayer.com]

QN5 Music & DC's own: Substantial Interviews The God Rakim!

QN5 Recording Artist Substantial Interviews Rakim for UAUTV from Up And Up Television -Truth Hall on Vimeo.

Get yo' hear to chuuuuuch...

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DC ARTIST/GRAMMY NOMINATED KOKAYI SIGNS TO QN5 RECORDS!

MAD PROPS!

New York City Independent hip hop label, QN5 Music, has signed Washington, DC’s Grammy-nominated emcee/singer/producer, Kokayi, to its official stable of innovative artists and producers.
Pronounced “Ko-Kah-Yee” (or KOKE for short), this 202-native takes his name from the Swahili word meaning “to summon the people”. Musically self-sufficient and versatile in ways that the QN5 roster is known for, he produces his own music, writes his own rhymes, sings from the gut and is self-taught on several instruments.
A prime example of QN5’s New Hip Hop aesthetic, Kokayi joins the label as an in-house producer and artist who will release the sophomore follow-up to his independently released 2007 debut Mass Instructions. On his own, he’s already managed to tour the world and snag the aforementioned Grammy nod for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for his collaboration with vocalist Wayna.
What’s equally impressive, is his prolific output. Kokayi is keeping busy on multiple fronts with appearances on forthcoming QN5-releases as well as several side-projects already in the works – including a joint-project with producer Sharkey entitled Dastardly and a full-length project with his Afropunk band, The Caesarz. This high level of productivity goes a long way to prove his self-proclaimed mantra of “Less Talk, More Walk”.
“Honestly I pour everything out on a song. It allows me to free myself from any inhibitions,” Kokayi says of his approach to music. “If I can move people that say they don’t like hip hop, than I know my job is done.”
“I’ve always been extremely proud of the roster I’ve assembled under the QN5 banner and I’m highly selective of who we work with – but when I heard Kokayi’s Mass Intructions album, I was floored,” says QN5 label founder, Tonedeff. “This is a cat who seamlessly blends genres without so much as flinching and brings his own unique sound, slang and vibe to the table. His talent won’t allow him to play by the rules, so QN5 is definitely the perfect place for him.”

Substantial Video - "My Favorite Things" music video

I was on set during the graffiti part of this, man it cold out there, that day! Props to the homey Sub, director Matt Hobbs, and art collevtive Junction XXI...Peep game...

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