The Kansan.com, a KU student newspaper, recently featured Krizz Kaliko and his new Jayhawk anthem “Game On” on their student television channel KUJH. In the broadcast, a student at KU said the following:
“We love Krizz Kaliko because he’s from Kansas City… And I love him ten times more now that he’s been supporting the University of Kansas.”
With his third album Shock Treatmentright around the corner, we thought it would be good to get in the mind of The Genius himself and find out what’s in store for all the fans on September 14, when the album is released. Krizz sat down and answered questions about his third full-length album, touring, and the process behind writing all those hooks that populate the catalog of Strange Music.
Strange Music Blog: So the new album Shock Treatment is done right?
Krizz Kaliko: It’s a done deal. We already got the CDs back here.
SMB: What can fans look forward to from the new album? Continue reading
LJworld.com recently polled it’s subscribers on whether or not “Game On” by Krizz Kaliko should be played at Kansas University’s home games. The fans’ response so far seems to be in favor of Kali’s track being played regularly at Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium. Click here to view the poll.
KU fans were taken for quite the ride this off-season. With talks of NCAA realignment into “super conferences”, they were led to believe that their school would be hung out to dry out in the Mountain West Conference, while rival schools like MU and Texas would be raking in huge TV dollars with the Big-10 and Pac-10 respectively. All of the NCAA could feel the vibrations of a major shift taking place, but KU fans seemed to be standing right on the fault line, and were beginning to question the direction in which their athletic programs were heading. But the realignment talks weren’t all that KU fans were going to have to endure this summer. There were the allegations swirling around the Athletic Director, Lew Perkins –who later announced his plans to resign sometime next year– their football team is in the middle of a rebuild, and their basketball team lost it’s three best players to the NBA. As if that weren’t enough to cause concern, it’s been rumored that prized recruit Josh Selby may not be eligible for the 2010-2011 campaign.
According to some of the media, it was certainly the “end of days” for KU athletics. KU fans were in desperate need of something to get excited about. Krizz Kaliko wanted to remind the country who the “kings of the Big 12″ are, and dropped “Game On”, a new anthem that has KU fans across the country yelling “Rock Chalk Jayhawk!” months before the first home game at Allen Fieldhouse.
On Your Feet, Out Your Seat, YEAH YOU! Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU! Opponents Scared, Man Whatchu Gon Do? Kings Of The Big 12 Comin Through.
–Lyrics From Krizz Kaliko’s New KU Anthem, “Game On”–
A lot of people have been showing Kali love for the new anthem on Facebook and Twitter, and KU Fans are especially appreciative…
The latest track from Krizz Kaliko, “Game On”, was recently featured on LJWorld.com. The Lawrence Journal-World is the leading news source for Lawrence, Kansas– home of the KU Jayhawks. Check out Jesse Newell’s recent post,KU Fans: Meet your new Anthem. Newell suggests that the “Game On” song could be used as the pump-up song during the basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse. ’Game On’ is a song Kaliko made available for free MP3 download for Krizz Kaliko fans.
Should they start playing this song during the KU basketball games? Leave your comments below!
Krizz Kaliko was the special guest for Big Scoob’s Damn Fool TV yesterday for episode 6. Kaliko talked a bit about his recent trip to Las Vegas to shoot “Elevator” music video from his upcoming release, Shock Treatment. On the show, Kaliko talked about what you can expect from Shock Treatment and coined new term “hip pop” that he feels describes the upcoming release. Kaliko explains his thoughts of ‘hip pop’ on the show and says the following:
When I say ‘pop’, don’t get it fucked up. It ain’t what you’re used to. It’s how I do it… This is my version–my world–of pop.
Big Scoob aired some of the behind the scenes footage of the making of “Elevator” on the live video broadcast. Check out the video clips below.
Krizz Kaliko, Tech N9ne and Kutt Calhoun went to “Sin City” last weekend and worked with Dan Gedman and Liquid 9 to film the video for the single, “Elevator”, off of Krizz’s upcoming release, Shock Treatment. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage of the video shoot.
With the excitement building for what will inevitably be another exciting fall/winter in local and national sports, Krizz Kaliko jumped at the chance to show KU fans some love. Every team needs its anthem, and Krizz Kaliko and Makzilla have written one of the best school anthems ever.
Click here to download the new KU Anthem “Game On” by Krizz Kaliko!
–KU FANS–
What Do You Think Of Your Teams New Anthem?
–MU FANS–
Are You Jealous That This Anthem Is So Dope?
What About Everyone Outside Of The KC Area? What Team Would You Want Krizz Kaliko And Makzilla To Write An Anthem For?
Big Krizz Kaliko made a special appearance in La Pine, Oregon on July 31st for the first annual NorthWest Phuket Phest. The event is run by Paul Cardosi and Susan Owens Grubb of Portland, OR. The festival started on July 30, 2010 and continued through Aug 1, 2010. The festival included a three day camp out, daily musical guests, and vendors featuring many different kinds of foods and unique wares to purchase. On the first day of the festival most of our group tried to settle in, setting up camp and getting to know the people around us. We took time to check out the local merchandise and to find out who would be playing that night.
The night featured some local opening bands and a few highlights, like Bad Habitat, Big Hass, and St Dog from Subnoize. The excitement from the crowd was proving to be intoxicating and people really enjoyed the music and the laid-back style of the event. Music ended around 3 AM and most everyone called it a night. The next morning came quick for those of us who stayed up arond the campfire with St. Dog and Hass talking about that night’s set and how excited we were for things to jump off tomorrow and for Big Krizz Kaliko to play. After the sun came up we all called it a night and headed to bed.
Day two started off around 10 am. People slowly emerged from their tents and campers and a local couple played calming 60′s style guitar music on the main stage. My camp started making coffee and nursing the headache that comes with to much fun the night before. Many of our artists found that the first night may have been over done and settled in for some scrambled eggs and bacon that I began to make on the grill. We sat around in anticipation of the night to come. Tonight’s set would feature many acts that we had all traveled far to see. The night would start off with Public Drunkin sex playing a rap/hip hop set that brought the crowd to a roar. Six Feet Deep, from Bellingham, were next with some horror core rap sets. Then Tragedy took the stage and ended the night with an anthem to the festival, Fuck ‘Em all. At this time Krizz Kaliko had arrived and was getting ready to take the stage. People were in an uproar and were unable to contain their enthusiasm for this set.
Big Krizz Kaliko sprung on stage with an energy like no other I have seen. He commanded the attention of everyone in the audience and mesmerized all that looked on. I was filled with excitement and butterflies in my stomach as he started singing hits that I had waited all night for. Big Krizz gave the crowd a treat by singing a section of “City to City”, blew everyone away with “Anxiety”, and had me hopping up and down with “Back Pack” (one of my personal favorites). He also brought the crowd a taste of “Misunderstood”, a hit from Genius. Big Krizz’s performance on stage was inspiring and him and his hype man, Irv The Phenom, delivered the sound and choreographythat left you needing more. After Big Krizz came off stage the night finished off with incredible songs from Knothead and Dirtball (who is rumored to have wrote some of the songs he played just for the show).
All in all the show was a major hit and rumor has it that the show will be an annual event. A little bird told me that they are hoping to get Tech N9ne and many more Strange Music artists out for the show next year, but only time will tell. All I can say is if you missed it, you missed out big on the Kaliko set, but if you haven’t heard some of these incredible songs, pick up his latest album Genius now and get ready for more music from his new album, Shock Treatment, coming out September 14. This will be a must have for any Krizz Kaliko fan. To learn more about Krizz Kaliko and how he came to be with Strange Music check out the article “Krizz Kaliko: On his way to ‘Genius’”.
The Kansan.com, a KU student newspaper, recently featured Krizz Kaliko and his new Jayhawk anthem “Game On” on their student television channel KUJH. In the broadcast, a student at KU said the following:
