AK’s “The Abstract Kollection” [MIXTAPE]

Quickly-rising 19-year-old hip-hop artist AK today officially released his second, 16-track mixtape called “The Abstract Kollection”.

“The Abstract Kollection” marks a turning point for AK as a more mature, nuanced musician. The tracks are diverse, as the first two singles show, from the old-school Tribe Called Quest-eque “Space Funk Flow” to the more gritty “This My Game”. The songs touch on both the darkness of city life (“La Familia”) and the lightness of living. In the uplifting chorus of the opening track “Positive”, AK shouts out, “Just feel that shit! Be positive everyday that you live!” As with “Positive”, several tracks on the mixtape feature GDott, who provides an additional swagger and realness to the four tracks on which he contributes. Overall, the album has a quality and flow that rivals some of the greatest mixtapes around. Not only does AK deliver lyrical mastery and tight word play well beyond his young age, but his vocal styling, pacing and timing are reminiscent of his most successful contemporaries and past masters.