Zygote - Music

AWOL One Is One Of The Most Unique Voices In Hip-Hop Music Today And Along With His Group The Shape Shifters Has Earned His Place As An Icon Of LA Underground Rap. Equally Venerable Is Producer Daddy Kev Whose Work With Busdriver The Grouch And Freestyle Fellowship Among Countless Others Has Established Him As One Of The Most Respected Producers In The West. Since Early 2001 The AWOL One & Daddy Kev Franchise Has Resulted In Three Critically Acclaimed Albums And A Devoted Fanbase That Spans The Globe. It’s Now 2005 And The Terrible Twosome Are Back-To-Basics With Their First EP-Length Adventure Killafornia. Joined Once Again By Longtime Collaborator And Master Scratch Composer D-Styles AWOL And Kev Deliver A Five Song EP Of West Coast Anthems Destined To Be Blaring From Boom Boxes All Summer Long. The Story Of AWOL One & Daddy Kev Began With 2001’s Brilliant Souldoubt A Certified LA Underground Hip-Hop Classic Deemed “album Of The Year” In Vice And “one Of The Year’s Best Albums” In The LA Weekly. The Audio Assault Continued With Number 3 On The Phone In 2002 A Limited Edition CD And Vinyl Pressing That Further Cemented Their Stellar Reputation And Somehow Earned The Duo A Nomination For Hip-Hop Album Of The Year At The 2002 California Music Awards. Then Came Slanguage Released By Mush Records In 2003. A Daring Exploration Meshing Hip-Hop With Free Jazz Slanguage Challenged Even The Most Hardcore Underground Rap Fans And Was A Runaway Hit With The Critics — Described As “hip-Hop Experimentation For Real The Way It Should Be” By URB Magazine And Lauded As “the Closest Fusion Of Free Improv Jazz And Hip-Hop That’s Ever Been Committed To Disc” By The All Music Guide. Since The Release Of Slanguage AWOL Has Been Booked On Tour-After-Tour Spending Little Time In Los Angeles. Daddy Kev Has Continued His String Of Monumental Recordings From Production On Sage Francis’ A Healthy Distrust Album To His Collaborations With Mix Master Mike On Various Projects. This Has Meant Limited Time In The Studio For AWOL And Kev Which Perhaps Makes Killafornia All The More Sweeter. A Tight Focused Collection Of Five Songs Killafornia Addresses A Number Of California-Related Topics From Basking In The Radiant Sunshine To Teenage Identity Crisis. AWOL One & Daddy Kev Are Stronger Than Ever And Invite You To Join The Party read less