“…imagine Da Brat & Busta Rhymes got together at Auntie Lyte & Uncle Dilla’s house for Sunday dinner and cooked up a MONSTER!” This is an excerpt I pulled from her bio, which I felt was a fitting intro to spark the dialogue to help explain the depth and substance of Queen Kandi Cole the artist, and what to expect from her latest release "Due Diligence". Queen Kandi Cole is a true Hip Hop emcee who will encourage you, provoke you to reach higher in thought and action. As well as provide you with knowledge, which will make you want to google some thangs. Lately, I find myself in conversations time and time again that artists like Queen Kandi Cole are re-routing the direction of hip hop Music. I feel there's an awakening, and it's time for the golden era of hip hop and Music period to find it's original voice and make it's way back around. The people want more than what's currently pushed down our ears from mainstream media. Enter in "Due Diligence", which takes you down a road or shall I say a musical history lesson with tracks like "I Want Music" and "Back In The Day" featuring Oakland's own Siaira Shawn. Then, the next several songs gives you the raw, uncut bars and piercing word play from the mind of the Queen laced over soulful, grooves from her go-to producer pOETiqbEETz. A couple comments I need to make before I get out of here is that every song on "Due Diligence" should be the soundtrack for a good, timeless movie you never get tired of watching over and over like "Do The Right Thing", "Higher Learning" or "Brown Sugar" yeah, that's it Brown Sugar. Quality films, quality Music. I also really enjoyed that this project was all connected and flowed into the next song just like when albums had interludes and not just a bunch of singles slapped together. This type of detail shows care and love for the Music and will be an epic piece for every music collector's arsenal.Woooh, okay, I made it through...she has a song on the album called, "Passing Judgement" for my types ;-) As usual make sure to connect with Queen Kandi Cole on your favorite social network to keep up with her and her Music. She always has shows either as a solo artist her with her collective The (Sis)tem or duo 50/50.Queen Kandi Cole will be performing at the Clive Davis Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles April 12, 2013 for the 'Be Heard Artist Showcase', and her release party for "Due Diligence" is April 14, 2013. Connect with her online for more details! Purchase "Due Diligence", Check out here website www.kandicole.com and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter.
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