Hip-Hop
[MP3] Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Remix) Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
We are obsessed with this song! Yeah its gimmicky af but this remix is awesome. Ultimate revenge on Billboard?
Previously on the Kitchen:
– Lil Nas X ā Old Town Road (I Got The Horses In The Back) / Banzup [MP3]
[MP3] Yella Beezy – Bacc At It Again Feat. Quavo & Gucci Mane
Totally unrelated: Quavo was a record-setting Quarterback in high school??! I would not have called that!
[DK15 Interview + MP3] Jordan Kahn – Feng Shui / Voices in my Head
Local Toronto, up-and-coming rapper, JORDAN KAHN is one of a handful of new, young artists whose music has caught our ear at the Kitchen in recent times that was invited to be a part of the DK15, QUINCEAĆERA: MARVELOUS ISH anniversary compilation album project. He was gracious enough to say yes and share the track āFeng Shuiā for the album.
That has by no means been the end of his grind though. Heās been on a tear releasing several singles and a full length album, titled Instructions since QuinceaƱera dropped in September and apparently has no plans to stop any time soon although we did manage to get him to slow down long enough to answer a few of our questions. Read on to learn a little background and history behind this new, young spitta out The 6ix and what he has planned next!
DK: You were born and raised in Scarborough, right?
JK: Ya, growing up in Scarborough influenced my music a lot. It’s a place where there are so many different types of people and cultures. I’d have friends that listened to rap, rock, drum and bass, all types of music so I was exposed to a little bit of everything and I think that shows in my music.
Howād you end up making hip-hop music?
My uncles are musicians (singers, guitar players) and were definitely a big influence early on. I started playing guitar and recording music as a teenager after one of my uncles gave me and my brother an old four track recorder. I started writing raps and freestyling with friends around the same time. My older brother Justin was getting into electronic and hip-hop music production, and I’d rap and sing on a lot of the stuff he’d make.
Your brother, Justin is your main creative partner collaborator. What’s that like working with someone so closely related to you?
The entire new album was produced and recorded with Justin and I haven’t worked with other producers on the hip-hop project. Even though this is my solo project, behind the scenes the sound is really a collaboration with Justin and he makes most of the music. Sometimes I’ll start writing to a beat or piece of music he has made, sometimes I’ll write to something I play and send to him as a demo and we build it from there.
Can you tell him frankly if you’re not feeling a beat he’s doing or can he tell you if he thinks your rhymes are trash?
We can definitely tell each other when we don’t like something. There aren’t usually too many fights.
Does he work with other artists? Do you work with other producers? What’s the difference for the both of you when you do?
I think if I were to work with another producer, it would probably make sense for me and Justin to work with that other producer together since he is a big part of the sound and process.
So how long exactly have is you been working on music now?
The solo hip-hop project is something we started only about a year or two ago officially, but before that me and my brother were collaborating on a few music projects with many of the songs including me rapping and singing. We experimented with a lot of different sounds over the last 4 years and played some shows in Toronto for the electronic/rap projects. Those projects lead us to the sound we have on this new project. But it’s the first time I’ve decided to do a solo hip-hop project as Jordan Kahn.
CLICK HERE to read the rest of our conversation with Jordan on the Kitchen Facebook page.
Follow Jordan Kahn on social media – Website // Instagram // YouTube // Apple Music/Spotify
LISTEN to the QuinceaƱera: Marvelous Ish album featuring Jordan Kahnās āFeng Shuiā HERE. Learn more about QuinceaƱera: Marvelous Ish HERE.
Other DK15 interviews:
– OSIYM
– Yellow Shoots
– Jeremy Glenn