![Kennedy Kennedy](http://hw-img.datpiff.com/m2a22c24/Cardo_CardoGotWings_Various_Artists_Taylor_Gang-front-large.jpg)
Download the From The Westside With Love mixtape or stream for free. No registration required. Listen to to From The Westside With Love by Dom Kennedy on Spinrilla now.
Dom Kennedy: the truth and nothing but
Stanley O. Williford | 6/22/2011, 5 p.m.
The buzz about Dom Kennedy is that as one of the main West Coast rappers, he's about to blow up. But some are privately concerned that fame and the courtship of big labels could change Kennedy's focus and move him away from the issues and fans that got him where he is.
Well, yes and no.
Yes to blowing up; no to changing.
In fact, Kennedy has already spoken with some of the big labels, but he talks like a man who prefers to keep his distance.
'I'm kinda getting away from trying to work with different people because it doesn't really work too well for me,' said Kennedy. 'I'm one of those people who utilizes what I have, and that's usually one of my friends and somebody close that's willing to work. Those are the people that I bind with.
'I don't need to work with like a high-priced producer, spending up all my budget, you know, just to make some record. I can make a better song with my friends, if people just leave us alone and put us in the studio.
'I'm an independent artist. OPM company. That's my company. That's what I'm pursuing. Independence. I'll get a distribution deal, I'm sure, soon, but my company will forever be the OPM company--Other People's Money.'
As to being among the most popular West Coast rappers:
'Yeah, I've heard that a lot,' says Kennedy, without a hint of braggadocio. 'I mean I would like to think that I am. I would like to be No. 1 after my next album. Others [the group of top West Coast rappers], I would say, are Nipsey Hussle, Kendrick Lamar and YG from Compton. Everybody out there does his own thing, some of them you'll get different things out of their music, but these I like the most. These are the more popular artists. They, including myself, would be like the ones who would come up the most people's arguments or conversations.'
Kennedy's followers have had a heckuva ride, downloading his music hundreds of thousands of times off his five other mixtape projects. He's piled up fans on both coasts and now his travel schedule keeps him on the road. But the days of free Dom Kennedy downloads will soon come to an end, at least for his new music. When his next project, 'From the Westside With Love 2,' drops in five days it will be on iTunes, not datpiff.com or some other mixtape site.
He'll be in Kansas on Friday, San Francisco on the following Thursday and at the Key Club on Sunset on July 1 [sold out], Philly on the 3rd, New York on the 5th, and so on. There's just enough time between dates to travel, rest and grab a bite to eat.
If there's a change in his work it's that, unlike the early mixtape '25th Hour,' his first project, his music today is 'a lot more thought out.'
| Read More >>
Also of interest
(Redirected from From the Westside with Love, II)
From the Westside with Love II | |||
---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | |||
Released | June 28, 2011 | ||
Recorded | 2010–2011 | ||
Genre | Hip hop | ||
Length | 66:34 | ||
Label | The Other Peoples Money Company | ||
Producer | DJ Mustard, DrewByrd, Champagne Click, Chuck Inglish, Chromatix, Cardo, The Futuristiks, Hellagood, K. Roosevelt, Nick Cage, Polyester, Swiff D, THC, Scoop DeVille | ||
Dom Kennedy chronology | |||
|
From the Westside with Love II is the debut studio album by American rapper Dom Kennedy. The album was released on June 28, 2011.[1] The album features guest appearances from Asher Roth, Mikey Rocks, Polyester, Big K.R.I.T., Casey Veggies and Schoolboy Q.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Producer(s)[2] | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | 'Dom's Prayer' | K. Roosevelt | 4:04 |
2. | 'Grind'n' | Cardo | 3:54 |
3. | 'When I Come Around' | J.LBS | 3:43 |
4. | 'Come Over' | The Futuristiks | 4:12 |
5. | 'She Ain't In Love' | The Futuristiks | 3:34 |
6. | 'Money Don't Stop' | Chromatix | 3:19 |
7. | 'O.P.M.' | DrewByrd, Polyester | 4:28 |
8. | 'Platinum Chanel' | Nick Cage | 3:44 |
9. | 'I Love Dom' | Cardo | 3:19 |
10. | 'The Ways' | THC | 4:33 |
11. | 'Mr Champagne Intermission' (featuring Polyester) | Swiff D | 2:16 |
12. | 'Ice Cream Truck' | K. Roosevelt | 4:17 |
13. | 'New Jeeps' (featuring Asher Roth & Mikey Rocks) | Chuck Inglish | 3:55 |
14. | '2mph' (featuring Big K.R.I.T.) | The Futuristiks | 4:47 |
15. | 'Beats, Hoes and Rhymes' (featuring Casey Veggies & Schoolboy Q) | Champagne Click | 4:50 |
16. | 'Dream to Me' | Scoop DeVille | 3:18 |
17. | 'Graduate' | Hellagood | 4:21 |
Charts[edit]
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Billboard 200[3] | 96 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] | 19 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5] | 15 |
References[edit]
- ^'iTunes - Music - II - From the Westside, With Love by Dom Kennedy'. Itunes.apple.com. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^'Dom Kennedy – From The Westside, With Love II (Artwork x Tracklist)'. 2dopeboyz. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^'Dom Kennedy Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ^'Dom Kennedy Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- ^'Dom Kennedy Chart History (Independent Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=From_the_Westside_with_Love_II&oldid=886489326'