Official video of k-os performing The Love Song from the album Joyful Rebellion. Buy It Here: smarturl.it/2xf3qf Like k-os on Facebook: / kosmusic Follow k-os on Twitter: / kosinception See More Videos: / kosvevo
I think he might have wanted it that way. I’m sure he could have been as a famous as he wanted to but there is always a price to pay for that. And I’m sure it was pretty high back then. I’m fine with him being our little special secret. 🇨🇦❤️
@@feemac6561 Mmm, no. Love him. But that's a stretch. Depends on what you lean towards. I agree that nobody has come close to his conscious soulful style. He owns this category.
@@violynnkuo you're welcome! Honor is mine! I'm from New Zealand and one of our cellphone providers used this in one of their tv ads back in the day 🤣🤣💯 it was the first time i heard it, fell in love with it and still a fan 🌼
@@stopsnitchingstoplying9067 Nice! Wish I had actually recorded the strings tracks (not sure if they just used fake string samples 😢 over using real-life artists like myself). I was simply hired to appear in the video. 🎻 💄 Ironically, I have taken up karate 🥋 13 years later. 😂
I heard this song, and it's been stuck in my head for years! I couldn't find it until today after so much searching!! Thank God I found it finally. Love this joint.
2006 moved into my bachelor suite at 16 yrs old playing his music all the time. 34 yrs old now brings back memories enjoying summer days in a hot apartment lol, like it was yesterday ❤
This is music, THIS is soul, This is what should be in everyones ipod, cd player, cassette, what-have-you! This has changed what my perception is. I get chills every time I listen to this song. The music on the radio has nothing on this. Real music isnt about how much money you have, what you have, or how many women you can get or have had sex with. This right here is real music. This is life in its own respect.
...I just imagine how this generation of kids would have turned out if they grew up listening to music like this. We are long gone from a society close to being stable. Sad man.
How can people dislike this song? This is not a matter of taste or opinion, this sounds right on my ears, the melody the lyrics, this shouldn't have a dislike button.
@@Clepboyette not only fulfilled but blessed. Blessed by the fact that these individuals choose to share their art, their beautiful music with us and blessed that we were able to come across it. I'm always open to suggestions from people about different music/songs as well as lesser known artists. In my opinion the majority of the lesser known or more obscure artists have the best music. Again...just my humble opinion.
Man this song is still so good. I helped Carl Armstrong shoot some of the super 16 stuff on his SuperStar Part 0 (2002) video and was just blown away by this man. One of my favourite artists of the time. Recently got back into his stuff and holy hell, I appreciate it on another level! Brilliant man, amazing artist.
K-OS, you're the greatest. I discovered you in Portland, Oregon at a 2007 Gym Class Hero's concert I was invited to with my sister. You guys have been with me ever since! I had front row tickets and I'll never forget the heavy smell of Whiskey coming off your breath and the soul you put into your music that day!
The common mayfly has a life expectancy of just one day. But is he miserable about it? Not one bit. He fills his day with the things he loves. He soars. He swoops. He savours every moment. Maybe there’s a lesson in this for us longer living creatures. Just think. If we embrace life like a mayfly, what a life that would be! Make the most of now.
I don't think 21-22 year old me in 2009 didn't understand how important of a song this was... fast forward 15 years, married, 2 kids, trying to survive in the bay area... means so much more to me. thank you for this masterpiece, k-os!
I had this waaaaaay back as a promo in Detroit. Mid 00s I'm sure... I was on it quick even though I'm a metal guy. Some hip hop is undeniable. Most of Kos music is on point.
@@veinbanger9381 not sure but I can tell he isn’t the type of artist that would be down with the Tom Foolery that is expected in the industry nowadays. Probably just fell back. He’s a gem 💎 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
For those who say k-os was underrated, he had 2 platinum albums in the country, pretty sure he already got the recognition he deserved, he's already cemented his place in canadian music and will go down as a hip-hop legend of this country
If you read this, my message to you is *you are lucky to be born, YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE SPECIAL. DON'T LET *ANYTHING* STAND IN YOUR WAY TO BECOME MAGNIFICENT.*
K-OS is an amazing emcee. He combines the musicality of funk or soul with the values and lyrics of true hip-hop. And I'm not talkin about the shit that's played on the radio, I'm talkin about KRS-ONE, Gangstarr, Rakim, all those cats who started this movement known as hip-hop and continue it today. And on a sidenote, I think bboy Dyzee makes a cameo standing next to the rapper who isn't k-os in the beginning. Hip-Hop's not dead, it's just underground.
I remember an interview with Drake where his pops told him if he wanted to be a rapper don't just be like everyone else and just rap. He said you must also sing on your records. He was basically telling him be like K-OS and that is something that sets Drake apart from the other mainstream artists. Sad that K-OS never got that love that he deserved. Definately one of the greatest.
Wow. This song symbolized Hip Hop. Included teaching the Youth, being sold to Corporations and how nothing was done against it. Nice. Also good to see Bboy Dyzee in it. Canadian Bboys keep it fresh.
just like nicki minaj k-os was born in trinidad caribbean artists are genius!!!!!!..bob marley,grandmaster flash,doug.e fresh,wyclef,rihanna,angie stone,heather headley,billy ocean,eddy grant,and the list goes on and on and on
Criminally underheard/underrated, this man is a straight-up genius -- his creativity and originality make him one of the handful of vital artists working in hiphop today, along with Kanye, The Roots, and fellow Canadians K'naan and Shad -- and head and shoulders above most of the better known crop (crap?)...
More and more proof that i am blessed. Remember how i came across this artist. Was with a friend and had just got paid we went out his car to get lunch and i decided to grab a nice cd i could bump. I came across k~os joyful rebellion and the rest is history. Salute👊
This man is full of truth and has mad skillz. He not overly conventional neither which in my extensive musical experience = hip hop Gold. He continued to carry the torch for the older forgotten roots in hip hop and unlike all new school wannabe hiphop he represents all aspects of what embodies it.
Overall, I think it's about exposing the inner workings of the world/people. He speaks about his influences as a child and expresses the value in someone that finds their own and does not allow their influences to be chosen for them by their peers/society. Then progresses to the inner workings of the world, specifically the entertainment industry. He mentions how the lack of creativity is prominent due to the pursuit of material wealth. The genre has become exploited. Yet, he stays true to him.
" Contrary to popular belief You know what, yo This is not a love song, it's a sonnet Damn it feels good to have people up on it but I'm just a fool playing with the master's tools Learing how to break the rules of this record company pool Hallucination, I see with my eyes But my heart's telling me lies, why do I fantasize Why am I telling lies to the people from the stage Pretending it's all good when inside it's fire and rage Cause I can't understand How a man lives off the life of another man Trying to pimp the universe, that's a joke I stay rocking the boat down to my last note It's murder she wrote, assassination vocabulary I see your termination is heavily necessary I should'a known, they do it for forbes alone I do it to break the walls if I fell off then let me know people It's funny how life can go First you ride high then you might lay low Don't get high off your own supply Some will set foots before a fall comes by This is my message to the world Just trying to reach every boy and girl Not trying to say if it's right or wrong (you know what, yo) This is just a love song Lyrical optometrist with twenty-twenty vision Servin' rhymes like my granny used to serve provision Chaotical amniotical fluid, the rap jewett that's fluent In the art of onomatopoeia Metaphysical microscopic topic dropper When I was a kid I wanted roller skates and a bike chopper But alas, pop, pop, never thought to keep me in style That's why I'm schizophrenic now so God bless the child that has his own The harvest we reap is what we sown Chrome microphone, shoot it, towards the dome Of computer digital clones, that mimic philosopher stones Saying the style's their own, when they bite like mike from brownsville That sounds ill, relationship is a mirror But ch'ya see yourself within, and the picture is clearer That's why I'm on the scene wit a mic, like ernesto guevara While they exploit your life like geraldo rivera, they just It's funny how life can go First you ride high then you might lay low Don't get high off your own supply Some will set foots before a fall comes by This is my message to the world Just trying to reach every boy and girl Not trying to say if it's right or wrong (yeah) This is just a love song (check it) It's easy not to care, what people say It's harder to pretend to try Cause they can only love you, from yesterday I'm looking at the nile, it rose high I'm just a man who's walking They stand around and keep talking They tried to clip my wings But wisdom fills so many things say it again I'm just a man who's walking They stand around and keep talking They tried to clip my wings But wisdom says so many things, to love, love It's funny how life can go Don't get high off your own supply This is my message to the world Not trying to say if it's right or wrong This is just a love song "
k-os was criminally underrated. Fantastic talent with a lot of depth and great beats.
SERIOUSLY!
was? Still is!
WORD ✌️ 💖 🙏 Levent 🦁
Absolutely. Dude has more talent in his pinky toe than most people exhibit throughout their lives.
It's like you took the words from my mouth brotha!!!!
I feel sad for all the people who haven't heard him.... true talent. Makes me so proud he is Canadian ❤😊
He's the ONLY thing good that ever came from Canada
I feel sad for those who haven't heard him, as well. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁🍁 Best guy I ever got to see from here, live. Ever.
I think he might have wanted it that way. I’m sure he could have been as a famous as he wanted to but there is always a price to pay for that. And I’m sure it was pretty high back then. I’m fine with him being our little special secret. 🇨🇦❤️
k-os is suuuuuper underrated - the mans range and the varied production is damn near unmatched...and its 2022
I so much agree...so multifaceted....I still don't understand as I smdh
Best Canadian MC/RnB, Still.
@@mr.nihilz3283 Best rapper period.
@@feemac6561 Mmm, no. Love him. But that's a stretch. Depends on what you lean towards. I agree that nobody has come close to his conscious soulful style. He owns this category.
@@mr.nihilz3283 😌
The first man to bring decks into the symphony orchestra! 🫶 one luv
Wow, this is now on CZcams! We recorded this in the summer of 2004. A very brief shot of us at 2:35...
This is a masterpiece. You are so blessed to play such beautiful music.
@@stopsnitchingstoplying9067 Thanks for the blast from the past! I had forgotten about this!
@@violynnkuo you're welcome! Honor is mine! I'm from New Zealand and one of our cellphone providers used this in one of their tv ads back in the day 🤣🤣💯 it was the first time i heard it, fell in love with it and still a fan 🌼
czcams.com/video/c0gdQ03RbUQ/video.html 😆
@@stopsnitchingstoplying9067 Nice! Wish I had actually recorded the strings tracks (not sure if they just used fake string samples 😢 over using real-life artists like myself). I was simply hired to appear in the video. 🎻 💄
Ironically, I have taken up karate 🥋 13 years later. 😂
My favourite song of all time!!! The pride of Whitby Ontario 🙏
K-os! This song saved my life brother I hope you're staying strong in this world much love keep the music going
🙌
I heard this song, and it's been stuck in my head for years! I couldn't find it until today after so much searching!! Thank God I found it finally. Love this joint.
2006 moved into my bachelor suite at 16 yrs old playing his music all the time.
34 yrs old now brings back memories enjoying summer days in a hot apartment lol, like it was yesterday ❤
the best canadian aritist of my time.. hands down
what about Kari, sham, hell eve classified?
*show the home grown some live son.
FACTSSS
@@pentelred those guys are all classics.. but you gotta respect one of the originals Maestro Fresh Wes
Factsssssss
This is music, THIS is soul, This is what should be in everyones ipod, cd player, cassette, what-have-you! This has changed what my perception is. I get chills every time I listen to this song. The music on the radio has nothing on this. Real music isnt about how much money you have, what you have, or how many women you can get or have had sex with. This right here is real music. This is life in its own respect.
The Vodafone add from when i was younger bought me here. I stayed for the beats
Wll-I-Am stole everything.. look, style, flow, everything!
Man I thought this was a will I am solo work for awhile
Will had been working with similar style since the 90s. He was a bboy as well so this style wasn’t unique.
...I just imagine how this generation of kids would have turned out if they grew up listening to music like this. We are long gone from a society close to being stable. Sad man.
I hate to say that 12 years later, it’s only gotten worse…much worse. 😞
How can people dislike this song? This is not a matter of taste or opinion, this sounds right on my ears, the melody the lyrics, this shouldn't have a dislike button.
You don't like this, you have no soul
Idk I don't feel it guess I like better music
Capitalists don't like it
@Terry Martin yeah I have an amazing hip hop song if you wanna listen to it?
Amen!
Conscious rap like this is the real thing
k-os is crazy, been listening to him since i was 7 & im 19 soon..i feel like his songs are the soundtrack to my life, what a journey
+Hino Maru you're still going up to the top of that rollercoaster! believe in yourself and work to make those dreams happen kid. Have a good one
+jordanmarkis good looking bro appreciate the kind words
+Hino Maru جج
U 21 now damn
U 24 now damn
I first listened to this song in 2004... i loved it from then till this minute. I enjoy paying attention to K-Os lyrics.
We are blessed to be present with this MC.
Much love and gratitude to K-OS.
ONE
Yet another example of how the media decides what's good and what isn't. If this was my world, this song would be pretty goddamn well-known
I agree 100%, but the way you addressed God isn't cool. PEACE
@@Daughterzion7777 How ironic... I know this song from the TV... it played under a vodafone ad
Agreed
Everything that is well known is garbage….We should be fulfilled that we are the few that truly know amazing artists and their beautiful songs 💕
@@Clepboyette not only fulfilled but blessed. Blessed by the fact that these individuals choose to share their art, their beautiful music with us and blessed that we were able to come across it. I'm always open to suggestions from people about different music/songs as well as lesser known artists. In my opinion the majority of the lesser known or more obscure artists have the best music. Again...just my humble opinion.
Deserves billions of views
Man this song is still so good. I helped Carl Armstrong shoot some of the super 16 stuff on his SuperStar Part 0 (2002) video and was just blown away by this man. One of my favourite artists of the time. Recently got back into his stuff and holy hell, I appreciate it on another level!
Brilliant man, amazing artist.
K-OS, you're the greatest. I discovered you in Portland, Oregon at a 2007 Gym Class Hero's concert I was invited to with my sister. You guys have been with me ever since!
I had front row tickets and I'll never forget the heavy smell of Whiskey coming off your breath and the soul you put into your music that day!
The common mayfly has a life expectancy of just one day. But is he miserable about it? Not one bit. He fills his day with the things he loves. He soars. He swoops. He savours every moment. Maybe there’s a lesson in this for us longer living creatures. Just think. If we embrace life like a mayfly, what a life that would be! Make the most of now.
Lol. The mayfly isn't sentient. It has no conscious thought.
Shut up hippy write it in your diary
Matthew Lucas you missed the message of the song it seems my friend
mshara1 live the moment now... Vodafone
mshara1 Thank you for taking some of your time to say something beautiful!
I don't think 21-22 year old me in 2009 didn't understand how important of a song this was... fast forward 15 years, married, 2 kids, trying to survive in the bay area... means so much more to me. thank you for this masterpiece, k-os!
I remember listening to k-os alot in my youth and something about his music feels nostalgic in a good way. Very talented.!!! Love it.
So glad I found this
this dude is all about the elevation of the culture. each video is a celebration of black excellence. criminally slept on
I had this waaaaaay back as a promo in Detroit. Mid 00s I'm sure... I was on it quick even though I'm a metal guy. Some hip hop is undeniable. Most of Kos music is on point.
Praise to the Most High Jehovah! Amazing artistry shown and super underrated MC 😌🙏🏽
Finally, A recent comment!!!
What happened to him??
@@veinbanger9381 not sure but I can tell he isn’t the type of artist that would be down with the Tom Foolery that is expected in the industry nowadays. Probably just fell back. He’s a gem 💎 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Incredible waiata! Thank you k-os, perform in Auckland, NZ, and I would love to be there.
K-os is one of my favorite M.C's his music is very uplifting & real.
ME too. He never sold out. Godly man with a spiritual message.
2019 and still love this song
K os greater than drake.
Not the same genre of hip hop. Room for both.
KOS is a "LEGEND"! One of the best 👌
Unpopular opinion, Drake sucks. I remember good hip-hop.
@@RichardPatrick84 me too
Still listening to this in 2016
:)
same here :)
2017 still up on it hahah
2018 👌
Blair Beaumont fr
For those who say k-os was underrated, he had 2 platinum albums in the country, pretty sure he already got the recognition he deserved, he's already cemented his place in canadian music and will go down as a hip-hop legend of this country
If you read this, my message to you is *you are lucky to be born, YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE SPECIAL.
DON'T LET *ANYTHING* STAND IN YOUR WAY TO BECOME MAGNIFICENT.*
The very embodiment of hip hop addressed with class and substance
bro this song feels so good in my ears? does that make sense? its so smooth and easy going and it has a great message.. idk I just like the song
I needed this today. I have been trying to think of the name of this song and artist for a while now.
I love K-os he's so ill. met him once just walking on queen street west in toronto, so down to earth and real.
This song makes me smile and cry at the same time.
haven’t heard this song in years. it’s still fantastic
K-OS is an amazing emcee. He combines the musicality of funk or soul with the values and lyrics of true hip-hop. And I'm not talkin about the shit that's played on the radio, I'm talkin about KRS-ONE, Gangstarr, Rakim, all those cats who started this movement known as hip-hop and continue it today.
And on a sidenote, I think bboy Dyzee makes a cameo standing next to the rapper who isn't k-os in the beginning.
Hip-Hop's not dead, it's just underground.
K-OS is a LEGEND
still here,,,,still love it
K-OS THE GOAT
Met a kid on Xbox live from Toronto like ten years ago who put me down, ten years later shit is still in my playlist. SILLYFRUIT
one of my favorites haven't heard for a while
you know what sent me here........one of the most, if not THE most, underrated artist out there!
Respect, K-Os! Love from Switzerland!
This brother is so dope, incredible song!
I remember this song from the Vodafone “mayfly” commercial in the UK I remember loving it as a kid.
Can't wait to see you in Brantford 🫶 one luv ❤
Absolutely love k-os' work!
One of the best tracks of all time
song speaks for itself
May 2024...still listening
he is WAY TOO UNDERRATED!!! this is what real ARTISTS sound like :D... love your music K-OS keep it up!!!
❤❤❤ bless you K-os
I remember an interview with Drake where his pops told him if he wanted to be a rapper don't just be like everyone else and just rap. He said you must also sing on your records. He was basically telling him be like K-OS and that is something that sets Drake apart from the other mainstream artists. Sad that K-OS never got that love that he deserved. Definately one of the greatest.
Wow. This song symbolized Hip Hop.
Included teaching the Youth, being sold to Corporations and how nothing was done against it.
Nice.
Also good to see Bboy Dyzee in it. Canadian Bboys keep it fresh.
this is how rap should be, not commercial crap, but poetry with fresh beats
just like nicki minaj k-os was born in trinidad caribbean artists are genius!!!!!!..bob marley,grandmaster flash,doug.e fresh,wyclef,rihanna,angie stone,heather headley,billy ocean,eddy grant,and the list goes on and on and on
I've loved everything I've heard from K-OS! Real hip hop lives!
the love song... boundary line redrawn ... the heart will reap what it has sown. amen
the instrumental, the lyrics, brilliant !
Great album ❤
😌 yo this takes me back to college days in my room 2007 vibes.
Criminally underheard/underrated, this man is a straight-up genius -- his creativity and originality make him one of the handful of vital artists working in hiphop today, along with Kanye, The Roots, and fellow Canadians K'naan and Shad -- and head and shoulders above most of the better known crop (crap?)...
Still one of my favorite songs and we about to enter 2020
Just be grateful YOU found kOS.
2022 and still banging this since I first heard it in 2009. Helped me through my first break up and heartbreak.
More and more proof that i am blessed. Remember how i came across this artist. Was with a friend and had just got paid we went out his car to get lunch and i decided to grab a nice cd i could bump. I came across k~os joyful rebellion and the rest is history. Salute👊
Very few hip Hop songs give me chills but this is one of them. K-os forever
it's.. it's impossible a.. a rap that i don't hate how how? k-os is now on my list of top 5 singers
i can see myself still loving this song 10 years from now
Couldn't have said it better. When I listen to him I feel like he is talking directly to me.
He has a gr8 voice
this song is tight
k-os is the man!
All i can say is this is song is one straight up eargasm.
Eargasm! Love it
😏most underrated artist in cantown.
who cares how they get to a good song? The important thing is appreciating good music.
He is the 🐐
I found this on a old Vodaphone ad from 2007 about a mayfly , glad I was watching old ads ahaha
" It's funny how life can go, but you ride it high than you might lay low".......... Creative, catchy and Canadian..... Holler!!!
You're very talented. Great song. I enjoyed it.
THIS GUY WAS BORN ON MY BIRTHDAY!!! POWER TO THE PISCES!!! OUR MUSIC IS ALWAYS AWESOME!!!
Miss you k OS hip hop needs u back!!
This man is full of truth and has mad skillz. He not overly conventional neither which in my extensive musical experience = hip hop Gold. He continued to carry the torch for the older forgotten roots in hip hop and unlike all new school wannabe hiphop he represents all aspects of what embodies it.
K-OS best ever, if he had moved to muerica, and cut an album there, he'd be bigger than so many other artists
This song changed my life. :)
I'm not longer in denial. aha.
Overall, I think it's about exposing the inner workings of the world/people. He speaks about his influences as a child and expresses the value in someone that finds their own and does not allow their influences to be chosen for them by their peers/society. Then progresses to the inner workings of the world, specifically the entertainment industry. He mentions how the lack of creativity is prominent due to the pursuit of material wealth. The genre has become exploited. Yet, he stays true to him.
still love this man
" Contrary to popular belief
You know what, yo
This is not a love song, it's a sonnet
Damn it feels good to have people up on it but
I'm just a fool playing with the master's tools
Learing how to break the rules of this record company pool
Hallucination, I see with my eyes
But my heart's telling me lies, why do I fantasize
Why am I telling lies to the people from the stage
Pretending it's all good when inside it's fire and rage
Cause I can't understand
How a man lives off the life of another man
Trying to pimp the universe, that's a joke
I stay rocking the boat down to my last note
It's murder she wrote, assassination vocabulary
I see your termination is heavily necessary
I should'a known, they do it for forbes alone
I do it to break the walls if I fell off then let me know people
It's funny how life can go
First you ride high then you might lay low
Don't get high off your own supply
Some will set foots before a fall comes by
This is my message to the world
Just trying to reach every boy and girl
Not trying to say if it's right or wrong (you know what, yo)
This is just a love song
Lyrical optometrist with twenty-twenty vision
Servin' rhymes like my granny used to serve provision
Chaotical amniotical fluid, the rap jewett that's fluent
In the art of onomatopoeia
Metaphysical microscopic topic dropper
When I was a kid I wanted roller skates and a bike chopper
But alas, pop, pop, never thought to keep me in style
That's why I'm schizophrenic now so
God bless the child that has his own
The harvest we reap is what we sown
Chrome microphone, shoot it, towards the dome
Of computer digital clones, that mimic philosopher stones
Saying the style's their own, when they bite like mike from brownsville
That sounds ill, relationship is a mirror
But ch'ya see yourself within, and the picture is clearer
That's why I'm on the scene wit a mic, like ernesto guevara
While they exploit your life like geraldo rivera, they just
It's funny how life can go
First you ride high then you might lay low
Don't get high off your own supply
Some will set foots before a fall comes by
This is my message to the world
Just trying to reach every boy and girl
Not trying to say if it's right or wrong (yeah)
This is just a love song (check it)
It's easy not to care, what people say
It's harder to pretend to try
Cause they can only love you, from yesterday
I'm looking at the nile, it rose high
I'm just a man who's walking
They stand around and keep talking
They tried to clip my wings
But wisdom fills so many things say it again
I'm just a man who's walking
They stand around and keep talking
They tried to clip my wings
But wisdom says so many things, to love, love
It's funny how life can go
Don't get high off your own supply
This is my message to the world
Not trying to say if it's right or wrong
This is just a love song "
Still Listening iN 2017
2018 BEAT THAT ONE -2019 you can wait for it -
Love this song
k-os is coming to my city next month... i am psyched
PANDORA had me on replay. this song is so chill -N!C3
the second verse is so complex that when you break it down it's pretty amazing.
2018 still Loving k-os