Anyone familiar with K-Os may be interested in watching a documentary available called Burning To Shine. It documents a process where he tries to collaborate with the orchestra to create a new song melding hip-hop with classical music. The single is called Burn To Shine, as is the documentary.
I find the documentarey interesting, as it leaves a few raw edges out there for everyone to see. K-Os follows his muse but not everyone is on board in the end.
The single itself sounds great – definitely a K-Os song. He ended up pushing the orchestra but I wonder how much he ended up pushing himself – his self-proclaimed goal in the process. Either way I’m happy to pimp K-Os, he’s a good example of how hip-hop does not have to be about the bling and the babes, that it can contribute to the music scene rather than detract from it. If you’re willing to listen you can check out his latest album Joyful Rebellion – I highly recommend it (it’s part of my collection).
Very cool.
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I think a goodly number of rockers have done this. One of my favorite albums as a teenager was… wait for it… Tom Cochrane, live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. I should dig up a copy sometime, because it had me enthralled for a solid six months, at least. Some of Tommy C’s stuff is fairly cheesy, but some of the older songs were really cool with an orchestra.
Yeah, but this is a hip-hop artist, not a rocker. Rockers and orchestras go way back. This was somewhat “undone” I thought. But I agree – it is cool.