Alright, yours truly is rocking at Return of the Emcee Part 2 at Slate in San Francisco on 12/22/23. Shout outs to the rellie Know Expressions? for putting me on!!
Kensho Kuma
Hip Hopaholics 09/16/2023
Your boy is performing at the latest installment of Hip Hopaholics on 09/16/2023 at Slate Bar in San Francisco (16th St. x S. Van Ness). It’s a FREE event with an open mic cypher and beat makers.. so it’s perfect for the hungry MC!! Come through with your bars!! Shout outs to the dude Rezin8!!
Sticky Ricardo (R.I.P.) Track
My group 2nd Floor Samurais did a track produced by the late Sticky Ricardo!! We all miss you dearly and please do save a spot for us.. we are doing the best we can down here and will forever rep you..
Misadventures in Asia Summer 2023 Tour Dates (Updated)
Misadventures in Asia Summer 2023 Tour Confirmed Dates.. Additional dates will be added to this blog as they’re confirmed. If you’re interested in having Kensho Kuma perform at your event, please write kensho.kuma@gmail.com
06/23/2023- Nakano, Tokyo- @Heavy Sick Zero
06/29/2023- Azabujuban, Tokyo- @Legacy Lounge
07/01/2023- Osaka- Absolute Lounge @Marusa with DJ $HIN
07/02/2023- Osaka- Ado 12th Anniversary Party @Club Noon
07/08/2023- Takatsuki, Osaka- Proceed @Duke Bar
07/09/2023- Nagoya- Infinity Funk @Club Buddha
07/16/2023- Yokohama- @Mr. Brooklyn
07/28/2023- Bangkok- Kinetic Poetic- @Jam Cafe BKK
07/29/2023- Bangkok- Teacher’s Lounge @Fatty’s Bar and Diner
08/04/2023- Bangkok- @Fatty’s Bar and Diner
08/12/2023- Bangkok- @Jam Cafe BKK with Bangsue Electric
Performing Live @Bayview Juneteenth Concert
Hell yeah!! Your boy is performing at the Bayview Juneteenth concert headlined by Frisco legends Rappin’ 4Tay and San Quinn. This event is the final event of a week long effort of the 2023 International Strutters Room Master Camp and Hip Hop Congress Reunion.
Global Gutter Gourmet Now Available!!
“Global Gutter Gourmet” is an hour of recipes that I’ve learned throughout my lifetimes of worldwide misadventures. Available for FREE download!!
Kensho Kuma x DJ Mike Live Performance Footage @The Complex-SF (06/20/21)
Here is our set from 06/20/21 at the Complex-SF.. shout outs to them for enabling independent artist a space to perform during the pandemic. Also, be sure to reach out to my man DJ Mike if you need a real turntablist. (DJ Mike IG- @djmike_southsidehayward)
Blog Game Proper
Special Salutations to the following blogs for featuring the “Lineage ov the Lyricist!!” From Germany to Slovakia to Latvia, and from Japan back to the U.S., the support has been more than anything I could have expected!! Thank you for supporting “Lineage ov the Lyricist!!” Although it’s a FREE project, I feel hella rich!!
2.) Hypnotic Asia
3.) We Nod Records
4.) Datpiff
10.) Digiindie
11.) Dope Future
12.) I Still Love Her
13.) Mics und Beats
14.) mrcnnlive.com
15.) HRS Underground
16.) 7th Boro
17.) 1st Day Fresh
18.) Hip Hop Relevant
19.) Hip Hop Movement
20.) Beat Box Radio Show
21.) MJ’s Hip Hop Connex
22.) YO? Komix Rapz
23.) Japanese B-Boy Post
24.) SHOUTS Music Blog
25.) Rymeezee Blog
Kensho Kuma x Cloud NI9E- More than Life
I am currently working on a collaborative album with Japanese producer Cloud NI9E. Here is something we’ve been working on.. Mixed by D-Wiz and graffiti by Marcus Murray.
More than Life
Verse 1:
Was a troubled adolescent, Rap was the cure/
but after twenty years, I had to mature/
stayed up hella nights, to master a verse/
but couldn’t monetize, my passion or worth damn/
I worked jobs I hated, even taught 6th grade/
lost my dignity and pride, just so I can get paid/
older brother was a gangsta, in the drug trade/
that was never me no, couldn’t make what thugs made/
In the lab every night, mixing down tracks/
with a well-known producer, giving dude racks/
ugh patiently waiting to make dividends stack/
but I had nothing to eat, I was living so wack/
Then I met a woman who had an effect on me/
connected at a deeper level, not just sexually/
she stimulated mental growth intellectually/
our time is more important than being the best MC/
Chorus:
Life is more than bars, it’s more than rhyme schemes/
more than what you sacrifice for your pipe dreams/
Life is more than clubs, more than chasing hoes/
more than hustling 24/7 making dough/
Life is more than cars, it’s more than nice kicks/
more than karats glistening, on an iced wrist/
Life is more than drugs, more than an image/
it’s about the real love, the reason that we living/
Verse 2:
When a boy becomes a man, the amount of growing pain/
is more than agonizing potna, people go insane/
music isn’t paying me and that’s an awful thang/
but still outside of venues, cyphering with awkward slang/
Use to by the main act, headlining every jam/
use to have the latest sneakers and the gear from every brand/
use to blow my loot on blow, needed more than several grams/
now I’m saving up, for a mafuckin’ wedding band/
Went from spitting raw, to scrubbing kitchen floors/
domesticated homie, feeling like I’m sixty four/
you tripping boy, if you think monogamy can make you soft/
rather make love to my woman than go chase some crazy broad/
old enough to know the game’s full of snakes and hateful frauds/
so I keep my ass at home and take my time creating songs/
‘ready been around the world, now my time to settle down/
looking forward to the day I see you in your wedding gown/
Chorus:
Global Gutter Gourmet Sampler
When I’m in East Oakland, I’m eating carne asada super burritos. When I’m in 西成、it’s definitely もんじゃ and たこ焼き。In Berlin, it’s the fish sandwiches. Once I reach Prague, hook up the pork knuckles. Come have some appetizers from my “Global Gutter Gourmet” platter.. (they’re select tracks from an upcoming mix CD.) 地球上どこにいても、俺はドヤ街でうまい、ローカルなソールフード食べてます。ニューミックスCDから４曲召し上がれ。Graffiti by Marcus Murray and Mixes by D-Wiz.