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RIP Guru: A Look Back on Gang Starr

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:16:10 +0000

As a lot of you have heard, the legendary MC Guru from Gang Starr passed away from cancer last night at the age of 43. Most of us here at KOi Fusion are hip-hop heads to the fullest, and if you’ve been to the trucks this past summer you know that we loved to bump that summertime east coast hip hop. That being said, here’s some of our favorite tracks from Gang Starr’s impressive catalog:

RIP.

-Team KOi

Free Prize Wednesday!

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:51:28 +0000

Good morning k-taco family.

Two orders of business today:

1. First, let’s start our day off right with some Parliament Funkadelic, shall we? We may or may not be bumping the funk all day today in the truck (probably).

2. Yes, it’s true. The black and white stickers are finally in! We have only produced a limited number of these bad boys, so while they last, we’re going to give them away with every order.

So come on down, brave the heat, listen to some funk, grab a pork taco, and enjoy a free vinyl gloss sticker of your favorite food cart in the world.

RIP Baatin: Remembering Slum Village

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:54:55 +0000

As some of you have probably already heard, we lost another great artist this morning. Baatin, of the legendary Detroit hip-hip outfit Slum Village, was found dead this morning. 1997′s Fantastic Vol. 1 and 2000′s Fantastic Vol. 2 will always remain on the short list for two of my top ten favorite rap albums of all time. Jay Dilla’s soulful production on those albums is still regarded as some of the finest production on any hip-hop release ever, and although Dilla himself passed away in 2006, I still find myself throwing on some old Slum Village tracks consistently. RIP, Baatin. Here’s some of my favorite SV tracks.

Laidback Fridays: Miles Davis

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:00:09 +0000

While we here at KOi definitely love food, it’s not the only thing we enjoy. From time to time, we’ll be throwing up things that we’re feeling at the moment, whether it be new clothing labels, music, artwork, or whatever is fresh and inspiring to us.

After a long week of work, with the July sun beating down on us, that late afternoon music listening session is so necessary sometimes. Today, I’ve been zoning out to Miles Davis. 1959′s Kind of Blue is considered by most jazz heads to be the greatest album of all time, and rightly so. The subtle, brilliant trumpet interludes by Miles blend perfectly with his band, a collection of some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century, among them a young John Coltrane. Mellow, relaxing, intricate perfection.

A live performance from 1959 featuring Miles and Coltrane together.

Some iced tea, a book, a shaded porch and some Miles Davis. Does it get any better than that?