Vintage Is Best

Perhaps in a reference to bloggers like us talking about the superiority of vintage Kano over contemporary Kano, Kano drops a message about our propensity to say “he used to be the shit.” Message received and currently being processed. I do admire the line Kano drops about people pestering him about older material:

“why don’t you flow like P’s & Q’s?” Answer? “Because I make P’s and no longer sell Q’s!”

So basically if it’s not your old shit, you will at least continue to rhyme about your old shit?

Kano – NWMOS (Niggas Want My Old Shit)

Kano struggles to pull off poor mans Weezy

MPFREE: Kano – Rock N Roller (Promo CD) 2009

Between the uni-lens and the piss poor auto-tune, Kano has lucidly demonstrated his desire to become the UK version of Lil Wayne. At one point Kano was looked at as a stand alone example of the compatible relationship between grime and UK interpretative hip hop. Kano’s strength has always been his subtle manner of emulating and putting his own twist on the U.S. gangster rapper persona. Unfortunately his latest caricature, this time of Weezy, is by no means unique or compelling. The track/video lies flat in every imaginable way, and leaves an old Kano fan disappointed that he is no longer on his P’s and Q’s.

MPFREE: Kano Ft Lethal Bizzle, Demon, and Ghetto – Ps & Qs Remix 2004