TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Kia Kadiri

TITLE: Feel This

RIPPER: Team RNS

190kbps avg - Hip-Hop
0hr 59min total- 84.7mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-04-20
RIP DATE: 2004-04-30

01 Once Upon A Time               2:36
02 Bring It On                    4:38

06 A Beautiful Thing              1:15
07 All I Really Want (I Excite)   3:33
08 TV and News                    4:24

10 Who are We                     2:58
11 All my People                  3:22

16 Once Upon A Time (Reprise)     5:55

In the last 5 years, Kia Kadiri has
become a west coast phenomenon. Drawing
on hip hop, jazz, funk and soul to create
a sound that is truly universal, she has
emerged as a stand out artist from a
scene that has produced some of this
countrys most exciting urban artists.

Born to a Nigerian father and Irish
mother in Liverpool, UK, she spent her
formative years in Victoria, BC where
she got involved with musical theatre
and became active in many community and
youth outreach programs. Once out of
High School, she was soon established
on the local music scene - cutting her
teeth at local MC battles with urban
contemporaries like Prevail and Moka
Only, while holding down various weekly
club nights with her live bands D.I.G.G.
and Stirfry. At the same time she was
mentoring under some of Victorias best
jazz musicians and winning jazz camp
scholarships to the Victoria
Conservatory of Music, and John Capons
renowned Summer Jazz Academy at
Malaspina College in Nanaimo.

In 2001 Kadiri relocated to Vancouver
were she was instantly in demand as a
live performer, recording artist and
conscious member of the urban community
performing regularly at benefits like
Sistahood and Rock for Choice. Her
credits are as wide ranging as her
skills and interests: she was a
featured vocalist on last years
Battleaxe Records release from LA
underground hero Abstract Rude; shes
recorded with indie queen Kinnie Starr
and features prominently in her recent
video Nearer; her duet with Prevail on
the track Cabin Fever was released on
Lesters debut on Nettwerk Records; and
she has done voice-over work for Xbox,
the Ham Terro cartoon and several
Vancouver area radio commercials.

Now after almost a decade of turning
heads, Kia has completed her debut full
length recording, "Feel This", due for
release April 20th on Maximum/Universal.
Kias eclectic vision really shines through
on Feel This and the 16 track epic is a
powerful document that is deep in both
musicality and lyrical consciousness.
Produced by Joby Baker (with co
producer Scott Sanft), it features
everything from anti war outcries to
infectious power-to-the-people rave-ups.
The recording was created using an
up-to-date blend of world class
musicianship from players like Sean
Drabbitt (Delfeayo Marsalis), Brad
Turner (Metalwood), Adonis Puentes, Rob
Hamilton, Coco Love Alcorn and Tim
Proznick, combined with the chunky
underground beat production of Metty The
Dirt Mechant (Sweatshop Union), Vudu (In
Tha Chamber) and Brian Carson & Vinyl
Richie (Lestor). The disc also features
guest appearances by some of the west
coasts most promising underground MCs,
renowned UK beat boxer Killa Kella and
Malcolm Jamal Warner of The Cosby Show
fame, who recites a speech by Martin

In the last decade hip hop has emerged as
the worldwide voice of a new generation
and a mode of artistic expression that
knows no bounds. Kia Kadiri has the
artistic depth, vocal skills, dynamic
stage presence and universal message to
become a shining new beacon for that
movement and the release of Feel This
marks a bold step into the spotlight
for an artist whos time has come.