Ka - You Know It's About (Music Video)

I've been hearing about Ka for a few months now, but never had the chance to check his music out until a few days ago. I have to say, I'm very impressed with what he has to offer. His music is a nod 90's east coast hip-hop (of which he was a part of, as Ka is having something of a renaissance at age 41), but isn't quite your typical "Boom-Bap" traditionalist music either. The instrumentals Ka rhymes over are self-produced, and are usually nothing more than drumless loops of music, which somehow adds a depth and nuance to complement his lyricism I feel would be lost with typical "Boom-Bap" drums over them. The samples are able to speak for themselves and more closely resemble the original songs' feel. Overall, Ka's music has a bleak, semi-survivalist feel to it, Not only through his beats, but by his subtle metaphors, internal rhyming and introspective lyrics. This video for "You Know It's About Me" is, like most of Ka's videos, completely in black and white, self-directed, and shows his personal brand of what is, in my opinion, the natural evolution of early 90's hip-hop, and a step in the right direction as to where this re-emerging genre is heading. The Night's Gambit is out now.