Release Date: october 10th 2012
Titel: Killa
Artist: Cookie The Herbalist
Tracks: 1. Killa (Single Mix)
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Even if the title may suggest something else, Cookie’s new single is a real love song. Also with a love song , „A Girl Like You“ was it’s name, Cookie landed his first major radio hit in 2010. But who now thinks he could just count one and one together, lies completely wrong. Because it would be too annoying for Cookie and his team to always follow the same simple and common recipe.
For sure, love is something which will hopefully always be present in one’s life, but we shall not forget that Cookie’s music improves from day to day and evolves to new forms constantly, all this without ever forgetting it’s roots which are firmly situated in Reggae music, Cookie skillfully flows over any kind of good beats and riddims.
And so with „Killa“ this time the very productive and prolific artist brings us a very danceable and urban Reggae-Lovers song which will stay in one’s mind for a long time and whoms very catchy hookline and melodies won’t be so quickly forgotten.
The lyrics for „Killa“ emerged when our producer Max Rubadub sent Cookie one of his newest riddims. Like the first single „Someday“ also this riddim convinces whit a deep baseline, groovy beats and very harmonious synthesizer sounds.
Reggae in it’s modern and most actual form, that’s what Cookie offers his audience with his new album „Stand Tall“. On the album there are some very nice and uplifting Roots songs, up to the time – dancehall tunes but also some very successfull experiments, the song „Killa“ is a very good example for this all.
It may be categorized as Reggae, you can call it Dancehall or even Pop music. It doesn’t matter at all! Because for us and our fans this is and will always be Reggae music as we love, live and like it!
„The Swiss radio landscape unfortunately seems to be a bit too simple and ordinary. I don’t wanna orientate myself to this, because the fans in front of the stage are the ones who show me my duties and what kind of music they expect from me, not the radios“ sayd the artist while choosing the albums second single release. „It seems like my fans decided that „Killa“ obviously belongs to the top songs of my new album and so shall it be“!
And now here it is: „Killa“ the second shot from Cookies brandnew album „Stand Tall“…. just listen and enjoy… this song is a real „KILLA“!
Label: Gideon Production
Publishing: We Collect Things / Edition Rootdown Publishing
Recorded: M. Studer at Soundmax Studio
Mixed: M. Studer
Riddim: M. Studer
Mastering: Mastering by Fabian Esser / SoulForce Mastering
Artwork: D. Berger for Gideon Production
Pics: Sara Lindt
Distribution: Nation Music