[SKOA Presents] Kenna - "Static (Unplugged)" Live @ Tainted Blue Studios 5/5/2011

Last Thursday I had the priviledge of attending a private party featuring a very special performance by none other than SKOA founder favorite Kenna. In addition to taking the time to play through his latest release, Land 2 Air Chronicles: Chaos & Darkness, he also shared some back story on a few older songs. One of which was the tender track from his 2007 release Make Sure They See My Face, "Static". He took to the piano and gave what was probably one of the most intimate perfomances of the song to date. You can check out the performance above.

Land 2 Air Chronicles: Chaos & Darkness is available on iTunes.

[Watch] Kenna - "Chains" (Video)

Kenna - Music - More Music Videos

Moment's ago, Kenna tweeted the video to accompany his single, "Chains" from Land 2 Air Chronicles I: Chaos and Darkness, which dropped on Tuesday. I'm going to have to watch this a few times to see what all the cartoons and things are all about. I also have the sudden urge to go into a hip clothing store and start a dance party in there at random.

Make sure you pick up L2AC if you haven't already!

[Listen] Kenna - Land To Air Chronicles: The Chaos & Darkness

Kenna's latest release and first self-release, Land To Air Chronicles: The Chaos & Darkness, officially dropped today. Thanks to MySpace, you can have a listen to the entire thing before you head over to iTunes and pick it up for yourself.

I have mixed feelings about this EP. As a longtime fan, I'm glad he's pressing on and doing this himself. Mostly all great things thought. "Chains" took a few spins to grow on me, but now I really like it. I was drawn to "Kharma Is Coming" almost instantly. I like how guitar driven it is. Really different from his previous efforts. "What U Want" leaves me with mixed emotions. This song had been floating around for awhile as a potential song on Lupe Fiasco's Lasers album and featured Kenna on background vocals. I don't know the full story here as far as who wrote what or exactly why the track seemed to have gotten passed around so much, but hearing a different version from someone else completely kind of left me with a bad taste in my mouth before I even pressed play. That being said, it's not a bad track at all. It probably won't rank high of all time songs, but it's still pretty solid.

The EP is the first of a three part series under the name Land To Air Chronicles. Following the EP series, a full length titled Songs For Flight is due to follow thereafter.

Have a listen to the EP below and drop us a comment to tell us what you think!

[Watch] Kenna - "Chains" (Video Trailer)

Kenna is moving full speed ahead after a recent hard drive crash forced him to re-record all three EPs of the Land to Air Chronicles series that were due to consecutively start dropping on April 5th. Now that he has set a new release date for LTAC 1: Chaos And Darkness for April 26th, we're clearly going to be getting a video for the single "Chains" per the teaser clip above to start the momentum up again.

This is Kenna's first release as an independent artist, so we're looking forward to seeing him operate as a free man.

What do you think of "Chains"?

[Listen] Lupe Fiasco - "What U Want" Feat. Kenna

Check out another cut track from Lupe's latest chart topping album LASERS titled "What U Want" featuring Kenna. An unfinished version of this track hit the net last year and we now have the full version. IMO, i still think the songs that were cut from the finished (Atlantic controlled) version of LASERS are 200% better than what made it on the final album. What do you think? Check out the song below.

[Listen] Kenna - "Chains" (Produced by Paul Banks and Chad Hugo)

Kenna lets out his first track from his long awaited Land 2 Air Chronicles series which is a prelude to his upcoming 3rd album Songs For Flight. The track "Chains" produced by Paul Banks of Interpol and one half of super producers The Neptunes, Chad Hugo, is set to appear on the first chapter of the Land 2 Air Chronicles titled Chaos and Darkness. The first EP is set for release on March 8th but you can head over to Kenna's website to preorder the album now. Can't wait to hear more from this upcoming series, especially the work Kenna did with SKoA's favorite producer RJD2. To get the most up to date information on all future happenings with Kenna make sure you join the Kenna Flight Crew here.

Kenna - "Chains" (Produced by Paul Banks and Chad Hugo) by Some Kind of Awesome

[Download] JoJo - "Pretty Please" (Prod. By Chad Hugo and Kenna) & Can’t Take That Away From Me (Mixtape)

The talented Pop/R&B singer, JoJo returns with her newest mixtape, Can’t Take That Away From Me. Check out one of tracks off the mixtape "Pretty Please" produced by "Chase" Chad Hugo of The Neptunes and SKoA favorite Kenna. Once your done listening to that and you want more, grab JoJo's mixtape in the link below courtesy of Rap-Up and TheNeptunes.org.

The Boston songstress explores new territory on the 11 tracks, including the sensual single “In The Dark.” Chad Hugo & Kenna on ‘Pretty Please’, Travis Garland, Neff-U, Oak, Beau Dozier, and Jordan Gatsbyare among the contributors. (Via TheNeptunes.org)

[Download] JoJo - Can't Take That Away From Me (Mixtape)

JoJo - "Pretty Please" (Prod. By Chad Hugo and Kenna) by Some Kind of Awesome

[Download and Watch] Kenna - The Beginning (Instrumental) x Summit on the Summit Documentary

Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro - MTV Shows

Cot damn! Its a great day for music and its FRIDAY! Our good friends over at TheNeptunes.org just dropped some new Kenna instrumentals (produced by Kenna and Neptunes' Chad Hugo) which can be heard in the MTV x Summit on the Summit Documentary that just aired this week and you can still catch on MTV.com (or above). You should definitely check this out, as its quite powerful and while you are at it, you can help the cause at the Summit on the Summit website.

According to The Neps.org, Kenna is finally working on his long anticipated 3rd studio album 'Songs For Flight' since the 'Summit On The Summit Project' is over now. 

"GOING INTO THE STUDIO TO BEGIN THE ALBUM. YOU WILL BE A PART OF IT. I AM GOING SOMEPLACE DEEP IN THE VOID TO CREATE THIS. BEST, KENNA"

Kenna - The Beginning (Instrumental)
Kenna - Fifteen Thousand Feet (Instrumental Snippet)