Merry Christmas from Cool-Aide!
There’s two things I definitely love. Christmas and Chromeo.
Chum and I (mostly Chum) whipped up a remix of the new Chromeo hit “Night by Night” and it’s Christmas so it’s our gift to you!
You can download it here
Merry Christmas y’all!
-MiC K!NG
Blacastan & KWOTE Scriptures
First of all I want to say that the New London Release Party was a fun time and a great success. Only one of the many Cool-Aide parties to come, Chum and I aimed to make the event more of a party than a rap show. We had the incomparable KWOTE Scriptures hosting the evening. He was very funny, engaging, and added flavor to the evening. We also had Blacastan perform. He rocked a dope set as well. Fishr Pryce was on the tables briefly as well. I personally would have liked to see him rock out some more but it was great to seehim killin’ it in Philly. We had a tweetboard that made for a lot of funny moments during the evening and in a lot of ways may have helped bring people start doing things they may not have otherwise done that evening.
We had a lot of good people in the building that evening and rather than have me tell you
Lemme tweet that!
what I thought of the show, I figured I’d have them tell you in their own words. I mean you already have “Flavor Ade” I imagine you’ve had enough of me bragging. Here we go! All pictures by Michele Pacheco!
The party definitely doesn’t stop after the jump!
This is Philly You Welcome to Come CHECK US!
The high quality pictures in this fantastic post are provided by the equally fantastic Liz Padova. She’s a food snob and great photog. Get to know her. The low quality ones are from my favorite cousin Tamika’s camera. Ladies she’s the girl cousin I call if you need to get rocked!
Philadelphia is notorious for its lack of support and even so every once in awhile I get a strong feeling of optimism and I say “hey, why not do a show at home for once.” The Philly release party for Flavor Ade was one of those times. I enlisted a bunch of rappers as well as super DJ Fishr Pryce and said “hey guys let’s have a party!” Verbal Tec recently had a his first child (congrats big homey!) and Dos-Noun just moved back to Pittsburgh so Parts of Speech has been all but dead as a group for a few years now but they are easily 2 of my favorite rappers in the universe so I convinced them to come out. Dos-Noun flew out in the middle of his finals. He is the truest. Has-Lo is featured on the “I’m the Best Mayne” and is easily one of the most unsung emcees in Philadelphia so it was a must that I have him rock as well. And last but not least my dude Al Mighty formerly of a group called MAGr from Camden was on the bill to rock it because he’s dope and I like him. Basically myself and Dom Pinelli from Public Axis put together a show that I wanted to see.
And everyone delivered. Fishr Pryce was killin it on the tables. He had people rockin’. I was milling around getting drinks trying to get my head in the game and Fish and me dancing and greeting people that I hadn’t seen in years and some that had just never seen me perform before. Before he played I’m pretty sure I was in a bad mood because of issues with the sound and things but once Fish got on I was back in it and was excited to party!
Much much more after the jump!
Flavor Ade gets a 7 out of 10
The reviews keep coming in and people keep wanting to join the Cool-Aide party!
They say:
Cool-Aide attempts to liven things up a little bit and they do. MiC K!NG shows that he is fully capable of handling the solo MC task. He can spit; his flow and one-liners are something that the listener can appreciate on the album. There are times that the boasting lyrics over the high tempo breaks do get tired, and may have you taking a break from the LP. But, there are also instances that this hits homes with the listener, and has the crowd jumping. The feel of this album really all depends on what kind of mood you are in; if you are in an upbeat, party type of mood, then you will really enjoy this album.
KevinNottingham.com is feeling the flavor. You get your glass yet?
Kevin Nottingham helps the best rapper take aim
The good folks at KevinNottingham.com help introduce you to MiC K!NG!
They say:
Hailing from Philadelphia, MiC K!NG (formerly iCON the Mic King) has had a long career and first gained notoriety on the battle circuit. Winner of several rap battle competitions around the globe, MiC K!NG proved his ability to create lyrics on the spot, and achieved success in this arena until 2001, when he officially retired from battling to pursue composition and recording as a solo artist. In 2004, he released his first studio album Intricate Spectrum and has since released Mike and the Fatman and Rent Money Music II: C-Notes for the Car Note. His latest release, Flavor Ade with producer Chum as the group Cool Aide, MiC K!NG shows that he’s in this game for good.
Head over to KevinNottingham.com to learn the bare essentials about the best rapper ever
Skope Mag gives Flavor Ade a 4 out of 5
The music industry may be asleep…well on vacation…they sleep on us even when they are are at work…but the reviews for Flavor Ade keep coming in! The good folks at Skope Magazine gave us a 4 out of 5!
Cool Aide, a refreshing hip-hop duo featuring MiC K!NG (f/k/a iCON the Mic King) and Chum (f/k/a Chum the Skrilla Guerilla), now holds a permanent spot in my iTunes library. In what will hopefully be the first of many releases by Cool Aide, “Flavor Ade” starts with “Snake Oil”, a track that wastes little time before hitting the ground running with a fun, upbeat feel…and even a mention of Cobra Commander!
They go on to give an pretty thorough play by play of the album only faltering when they fail to realize “I’m All That 2009″ is in fact a remake of a Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince track.
Check out the rest of the review
Shouts to Skope Magazine. Thanks for the love!
MiC K!NG tells you why you can't find the album
Last week on the eve of our release date I stayed up all night making a video explaining what I don’t like about dealing with indie distributors. This was certainly not a direct shot at my current distribution, because I did it the night before our album came out.
However, here it is a week later and a lot of the things I said in this video do unfortunately stand true. I’m not complaining right now because a lot of people have gone out of their way to find the record in whatever way it took them to do so and I very much appreciate them for it.
With that said, head over to Urb.com and check out the “Top 5 Reasons Indie Distro Sucks.”
Thank you to everyone who has continued to support us and the new record!
-MiC K!NG
Chum returns to answer more of your questions.
This time Vanderslice, KWOTE Scriptures, Nobs, Margie, Fishr Pryce, and a special surprise guest are the seekers of truth.
Yes, we are still accepting questions. Upload your video to youtube and email us the link to: askchum@cool-aide.com
DJ Booth.Net Loves "Snake Oil"
The good folks at DJBooth.Net showed big love to “Snake Oil” ft. Slug of Atmosphere on our new “Flavor Ade” release.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to hop in the DeLorean and take a trip back to the ‘90s. MiC K!ng & Chum, making their first appearance on the Booth, are here to deliver their new single, Snake Oil, a Marty McFly joint off their recently released album, Flavorade. K!ng puts his rhyming skills to use over some throwback production from Chum, keeping the energy high with witty, lyrical content that at times can get pretty heavy…
Head over to DJBooth.net and leave your comments on the track!
Michele Pacheco aka Mrs. Scriptures laced us with some ill pictures. Full recap of the weekend coming soon!
