K-Os - Atlantis-Hymns for Disco

It's time to acknowledge a renaissance in music. It all began with the first song he wrote for this new album, the uplifting first single 'Sunday Morning.' which celebrates the 'next day' as a true time of celebration. The rest of the record is equally eclectic and uplifting. Opener 'Electrick Hea T - the seekwill' is old-school hip-hop, incorporating classic James Brown and Jungle Brothers samples with a booming drum line few electronic squiggles; sonically, it's comes off as the return of Public Enemy's old production crew the Bomb Squad. But 'The Rain' takes on an opposite feeling' it's a sample-free slow jam, more akin to a 50s rock ballad that a hip-hop track. Thanks to k-os' diverse musical paletter (and equally talented back-up band), Atlantis ably dips it's toes in a number of genres, including jazzy pop (Flypaper'), Hendrix worthy soul/rock (Equalizer'), Police-style reggae ('Mirror in the Sky') and even loud boisterous guitar anthems (Born to Run,' which takes the brashness of New York's rock scene and blows it up.

1) Electrik Heat - the Seekwill
2) The Rain
3) Flypaper
4) Equalizer
5) Sunday Morning
6) Mirror in the Sky
7) Born to Run
8) Valhalla
9) Catdiesel
10) Black Ice - Hymn 4 Disco
11) Aquacityboy
12) Highway 7
13) The Ballad of Noah
14) Funky Country* (I)Us Bonus Track(/I)