K-os "Sunday Morning"
Just as 2003 brought us “Hey Ya” and 2006 gave us “Crazy”, 2007 has yet to deliver some alternative-minded rapper moonlighting as a singer and thrusting some new age brand of pop anthem that everyone of all ages and backgrounds can get something out of. That is until now.
Canadian jack-of-all-trades K-os has carved an award-winning niche in his native home for years, earning tons of attention for his snobby attacks on the hip hop mainstream and ambitious self-produced genre mash-ups. On his third album, Atlantis: Hymns For Disco, K-os has grown more colorful than ever, indulging more into the worlds of rock and pop and digging much deeper in his criticism of pop culture.
As with Andre 3000 and Gnarls Barkley’s aforementioned transcendent hits, “Sunday Morning” begs to be the year highlight that freezes every other piece of music in it’s tracks. It admittedly carries less of a radio-friendly presence, but that doesn’t make it any less catchy. Contagious foot stomp percussion, cheerleading chants and shimmering piano guide this futuristic dance number, anchored by the memorable hook “Everyday is Saturday night/ But I can’t wait for Sunday morning”.
Better known as a nimble rapper, K-os shines even more brightly singing his heart out about a man’s need for depth amongst the shallow that surrounds him. His spooky, echoed vocal cuts through the clap-happy pogo of the production, a perfect aural description of the reckless party he now doesn’t want to be a part of. As his internal fears reach a peak of realization (“This is not me/ I’m just afraid to be here all alone”), the infinite celebration circling him refuses to let up, drowning his cries for a “revolution” beneath it’s sparkly, electro glee.
It’s a powerful track that defies simple categorization, sweeping you away in it’s effervescent glow while pulling you inward with it’s frightening sense of disillusionment. Initial reactions of “Hey Ya” and “Crazy” praised both records as an out-of-nowhere answer to those yearning for the kind of music that relishes in it’s creativity while also giving us hope of what the future could sound like. In a fair world, “Sunday Morning” would emerge as 2007′s left-field landmark.
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