Flypaper by K-OS

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Flypaper is a single from the album Atlantis: Hymns For Disco by K-OS, a Canadian hip hop artists, songwriter, and producer. In this album, K-OS took a different approach to his music; he experimented with other genres and the product was a great album. So rather than a commentary on the status of hip-hop as found in his two earlier albums, K-OS chose to explore the realm of music without being limited to hip hop and rap only.
The song Flypaper embodies all the qualities of the album because it has a mixture of reggae, rap, hip hop and some R&B. You cannot simply identify it as a particular genre since it has influences from many genres. This is exactly what I love about this song, the fact that it is nothing common. The song has great lyrics too. The lyrics are the heart of K-OS’ music I think. Now there is no direct way of learning what exactly it is that K-OS meant from the entire song, but dissecting some of his verses shows some the ideas. He sings, “I hope someday some things get better, I hope some way our hearts can change the weather.” These lyrics comment on the dire state of humanity. In fact the idea about how disconnected people have become in a more connected world is seen throughout the song. I mean who dares begin a conversation with the person sitting next to you on the bus or metro? Perhaps K-OS is right that the things that made us human such as reaching out, connecting, and helping have decreased in this age of technology.