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M-Kaps, a hip hop artist and singer was up next. Smooth is the perfect word to describe his delivery. “Sole Repossession,” his song that struck me the most, recounts painful relationship struggles. - Stylus Magazine
M-Kaps, a hip hop artist and singer was up next. Smooth is the perfect word to describe his delivery. “Sole Repossession,” his song that struck me the most, recounts painful relationship struggles. - Stylus Magazine
M-Kaps, a hip hop artist and singer was up next. Smooth is the perfect word to describe his delivery. “Sole Repossession,” his song that struck me the most, recounts painful relationship struggles. - Stylus Magazine
Michael “Kaps” Kaplan’s album KAP Supreme is “easy listening but hard grasping.” The beats are straightforward and come through your speakers with a smooth, even quality. Kaps is all about the rhyme and uses the beat solely to keep time, which is why the tracks all seem to sound similar. Kaps is a skilled rapper and his words are gripping. We Don’t Trip is clever and bluntly describes the stereotypical, inebriated party-girl. I Love You, But… is witty and will probably get a laugh or two out from you. Part of Kaps’s charm is his candid and imaginative language. Instead of cursing every other breath, he picks up his thesaurus to find another word. The verses of this album are original, but you really have to love rap to listen to the same beat 14 times. - The Uniter
Michael “Kaps” Kaplan’s album KAP Supreme is “easy listening but hard grasping.” The beats are straightforward and come through your speakers with a smooth, even quality. Kaps is all about the rhyme and uses the beat solely to keep time, which is why the tracks all seem to sound similar. Kaps is a skilled rapper and his words are gripping. We Don’t Trip is clever and bluntly describes the stereotypical, inebriated party-girl. I Love You, But… is witty and will probably get a laugh or two out from you. Part of Kaps’s charm is his candid and imaginative language. Instead of cursing every other breath, he picks up his thesaurus to find another word. The verses of this album are original, but you really have to love rap to listen to the same beat 14 times. - The Uniter
M-KAPS
K-A-P Supreme (Spaceship Audio)
IT'S a bold move to start your album with a challenge to the listener entitled Why Should We Stop? but Michael "M-Kaps" Kaplan is nothing if not bold on his full-length debut, K-A-P Supreme.
Thankfully there's more than mere bluster in evidence on these 14 tracks, and even when the lyrics falter -- as on Spread The Light with its awkward "ballpark" bit -- the uniformly excellent production (credited to DJ Envoy) picks up the slack. Plus it's hard to nitpick about a lyrical misstep when M-Kaps brilliantly rhymes "this is beyond romance" with getting "beyond those pants" on slow-jam Stars.
That track serves as a tone-setter for much of K-A-P Supreme with its spacey, ambient beats, perfect for M-Kaps' loping, relaxed delivery. It's a promising debut for a local artist who has been writing since 2003 and finally gives Winnipeg notice of his existence. 'Ö'Ö'Ö
-- Michael Elves - The Winnipeg Free Press
M-KAPS
K-A-P Supreme (Spaceship Audio)
IT'S a bold move to start your album with a challenge to the listener entitled Why Should We Stop? but Michael "M-Kaps" Kaplan is nothing if not bold on his full-length debut, K-A-P Supreme.
Thankfully there's more than mere bluster in evidence on these 14 tracks, and even when the lyrics falter -- as on Spread The Light with its awkward "ballpark" bit -- the uniformly excellent production (credited to DJ Envoy) picks up the slack. Plus it's hard to nitpick about a lyrical misstep when M-Kaps brilliantly rhymes "this is beyond romance" with getting "beyond those pants" on slow-jam Stars.
That track serves as a tone-setter for much of K-A-P Supreme with its spacey, ambient beats, perfect for M-Kaps' loping, relaxed delivery. It's a promising debut for a local artist who has been writing since 2003 and finally gives Winnipeg notice of his existence. 'Ö'Ö'Ö
-- Michael Elves - The Winnipeg Free Press
Discography
The Supremium EP - November 2009
K-A-P-Supreme - July 2010:
1. Why Should We Stop?
2. Stars
3. Spread The Light
4. Sole Repossession
5. We Don't Trip
6. Knocking
7. In The City
8. All For you
9. The Pursuit
10. Any Type Of Way (feat. Flo)
11. The Kingdom
12. I Love You, But...
13. Check The Rhythm
14. Outtro (The Supremium Edition)
Another Day, Another Sudoku - April 2013:
1. Another Day
2. My Dear (feat. Flo & Malcolm-J of The Happy Unfortunate)
3. I, Remedy
4. Morning Blues
5. Can't Fake It
6. Some Say
7. Cruel Without Knowing
8. Half Truths (feat. More Or Les & Ghettosocks)
9. More Honesty
10. The Last Show (feat. Bernie Pastorin)
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Bio
M-Kaps is a Winnipeg-based Hip-Hop artist and singer currently on the rise. Combining clever, intricately written lyrics with soulful beats and smooth hooks, he aims to make a permanent mark on the Canadian Hip-Hop landscape. With astute cynicism in his writing, Kaps entertainingly approaches classic themes from a fresh perspective: an everyday person.
M-Kaps always had a knack for writing, and starting very slowly in 2003, he found these abilities to be easily transferrable when it came to writing lyrics. Described as "a writer at his core" (www.stayambitious.com), Kaps began his path towards serious Hip-Hop by jotting down rhyming couplets to amuse friends and classmates. These couplets led to verses, which in turn, eventually led to entire songs. After running into personal problems amongst his friends, Kaps felt himself growing alienated and found music to not only be the perfect outlet, but also a fairly good companion as he entered High School.
Since then, there has only been forward movement when it comes to M-Kaps' music. After High School, he became acquainted with DJ Envoy (who would later go on to co-found The Happy Unfortunate) and together they made Kaps' first full length release K-A-P-Supreme in 2010. Having played all over Winnipeg, and with a new EP in the works, M-Kaps is optimistic about the future of Canadian music and his role therein.
Live Videos:
M-Kaps featuring Flo - Any Type Of Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKcH1iDJ3Ig
M-Kaps - I'm Fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92w6E1J-5Rc
For more videos, please visit
http://www.youtube.com/mkaps
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