Otis is a song by american hip hop artists jayz and kanye west from their first collaborative album watch the throne 2011. Formed in 2009, the pair eschewed the traditional quest for majorlabel interest, concentrating instead on spreading the word via social media. Song otis album version edited artist jay z, kanye west. It was a 2010 mixtape titled tsunami that initially turned the heads of a significant number of people, before their cover of jayz and kanye wests otis racked up millions of youtube views in less than a week in early 2011. Choose from hard or soft cases featuring superbright, highquality prints that wont fade. When a gunman burst into konans mothers home that summer, injuring her and fatally shooting his stepfather, the duo. Kobalt music publishing, sony atv publishing, latinautor. The duo krept and konan otherwise known as play dirty are two very talented artists from south london who are killing the uk underground scene with their music, crazy punch lines. Casyo lived in the part of south london called gypsy hill while karl grew up in thornton heath. Krept and konan are a british rap duo from london, consisting of casyo krept johnson, born 4 february 1969 age 48 from gipsy hill and karl konan wilson, born 3 september 1989 age 28 from thornton heath and son of delroy wilson otherwise known as jamaicas first child star. As their debut single is played on uk radio for the first time, chanelle tourish sits. Your essential guide to krept and konan capital xtra.
Their first major release was the mixtape young kingz and was released on 2. Jayz yeah, photo shoot fresh, lookin like wealth im bout to call the paparazzi on myself uh, live from the mercer run up on yeezy the wrong way i might murk ya flee in the g450 i might surface political refugee asylum can be purchased uh, everythings for sale i got five passports, im never goin to jail kanye west. Quickly becoming the biggest names in uk hip hop, their debut album, the long way home, recently smashed the uk charts, coming in at number two. Otis, the second single off jayz and kanye wests collaborative lp, comes doubly saddled with high expectationsnot only does it come courtesy of two of the games reigning heavyweights, but it. Last week, following the premiere of jayz and kanye wests otis video, many viewers walked away from the screen asking the. A music video for kanye west and jay zs song otis, released on 2011 as a part of their collaborative album watch the throne.
Their first major release was the mixtape young kingz, released on 2 september 20. Otis redding it makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah you wont regret it, no no no, girls they dont forget. The pair, real name casyo krept johnson and karl konan wilson, are both are 24yearsold. Their album, watch the throne, was released digitally on august 8th 2011, while the physical cd was released in stores on the 12th.
Konan is the son of the jamaican reggae and ska singer delroy wilson. Theyre durable enough to prevent breakage, yet slim and lightweight. The song posthumously features soul singer otis redding, whose version of try a little tenderness is sampled in the. Show more show less please click the report button below if the video on this page is not working properly. Hudson, and frank ocean of controversial rap collective odd future wolf gang kill them all. Samples otis reddings 1966 classic hit, try a little tenderness. It makes it easier, easier to bear you wont regret it, no, no no, girl they wont forget it love is their only happiness yeah. Dj raph 2011 freshers mashup mix cd mixtape by various. British rap duo are on the verge of hitting the big time. In 2011, they posted a cover of jayzs and kanye wests otis on youtube and it blew up. They formed in 2009 and impressed with their 2010 mixtape tsunami. Jayz, kanye west, otis redding, riccardo tisci, watch the throne previous poststuck in thursday, july 21, 2011 2.
Brothers tearing apart the otis instrumental previously used by jay z kanye west and krept and konan. Krept and konan wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The ultimate otis sneakbo,ghetts,english frank,krept. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of roc nation jayz. Meet krept and konan, an english hiphop duo from south london. Download exclusive music, download hiphop songs, download rap songs, download hiphop music, download rap music, exclusive rap music, exclusive hiphop music news kanye x jayz watch the throne tracklist says. A collaboration between american hip hop artists jayz and kanye west. Both rita ora and k koke have signed deals with roc nation, jessie j has had detroit emcee big sean appear on one of her singles and dizzee rascal has featured alongside houston legend bun b on a number of tracks.
Krept and konan are a british hip hop duo from london, consisting of casyo krept johnson, born 4 february 1990 age 30 from gipsy hill 1 and janayd karl konan wilson 2, born 3 september 1989 age 30 from thornton heath, the son of delroy wilson 3 otherwise known as jamaicas first child star. Krept and konan tickets krept and konan concert tickets. Aziz ansari talks otis vid cameo mtv news staff mtvnews 08162011. The first single from the album, ham, was released on january 11th, 2011, and the second single, otis feat. Krept and konan are a british hip hop duo from london, consisting of casyo krept johnson, born 4 february 1990 age 30 from gipsy hill and janayd karl konan wilson, born 3 september 1989 age 30 from thornton heath, the son of delroy wilson otherwise known as jamaicas first child star. It is therefore no surprise that krept and konan were first really noticed by a growing fan base online, when they covered otis, a song by their idols jay z and kanye west. In 2011, they posted a cover of jayz s and kanye wests otis on youtube and it blew up. The video looks like it was shot in the car park of crystal palace park and sees the grime duo go back and forth with lyrics about the scene and what. These otis lyrics are performed by jay z get the music video and song lyrics here. Krept and konan are an english hip hop duo from london, consisting of casyo krept johnson, born 4 february 1990 age 29 from gipsy hill and karl konan wilson, born 3 september 1989 age 29 from thornton heath and son of delroy wilson, otherwise known as jamaicas first child star. Krept was born on february 4, 1990, as casyo johnson, and konan on september 3, 1989, as karl wilson.
Suttin like that my g nah, but you gotta go first bruv, man why do i have to go first though, like. Youtube have removed krept and konan s otis from youtube for, apparently jayz payed 95 bags to get it taken down, if this is the case it shows us artists clearly dont care about the uk scene and just wanna keep us down. This proved hugely successful for the duo who sold 2,000 physical copies of tsunami, as well as selling 60,000 copies through music download website. Their first major release was the mixtape young kingzand was. Krept and konan spitting since 2005, the duo first saw the spotlight after their remix of jay zkanyes otis went viral on youtube back in 2011. The video was published on youtube and became a viral hit almost instantly, gaining the duo over 5 million views in the first five days of being live. In 2011 their cover of jayz and kanye wests otis was a youtube hit. There are hundreds of great rappers besides jay and kanye. Uk music appears to be going from strength to strength these past few years. Otis redding sampled otis reddings try a little tenderness. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Since then theyve released a further two mixtapes 2010s tsunami and 20s young kingz and. Konan and krept have been friends for a long time because they have lived near each other and have the same passion for music and sports.