Kobe (singer)
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Kobe | |
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Birth name | Brian Honeycutt |
Also known as |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | SMH Entertainment |
Brian Honeycutt, best known by his stage name Kobe or Kobe Honeycutt, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations with American rapper Eminem, including 2010's "Talkin' 2 Myself" and "Cinderella Man", as well as 2014's "Die Alone". He often provides guest vocals for songs produced by DJ Khalil.[1]
Musical career
[edit]In 2007, Honeycutt wrote the refrain for 50 Cent and Akon's "I'll Still Kill", released as the fourth single from 50 Cent's third album Curtis (2007). In 2010, Honeycutt co-wrote Dr. Dre's "Kush", which features Snoop Dogg and Akon, and reached the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] Also in 2010, Honeycutt was featured on Eminem's seventh album Recovery, on the song "Talkin' 2 Myself". In 2011, Honeycutt won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for his contributions on Recovery. In July 2013, Honeycutt released a song titled "G on It".
Discography
[edit]EPs
[edit]Title | Details |
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Ghetto Thrilla |
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Singles
[edit]- As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US | R&B | ||||||||||||
"Rock n Roll" (with Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Jim Jones) |
2011 | – | — | Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang | |||||||||
"G on It" | 2013 | – | — | non-album single | |||||||||
"You Already Know"[3] | 2015 | – | — | Ghetto Thrilla | |||||||||
"The Other Side"[4] (with Kail Problems and DJ Hoppa) |
2023 | – | — | non-album single | |||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification. |
- As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US | R&B | ||||||||||||
"Love Me No More" (Jim Jones featuring Kobe) |
2008 | – | 103 | Harlem's American Gangster | |||||||||
"Rider"[5] (Young Kidd featuring Kobe) |
2010 | – | — | 10x10 | |||||||||
"On These Streets" (Winnipeg's Most featuring Kobe) |
– | — | Winnipeg's Most | ||||||||||
"Back Against the Wall" (Belly featuring Kobe) |
2011 | – | — | Sleepless Nights | |||||||||
"Where the Pretty Girls At" (Too $hort featuring Kobe) |
– | — | non-album single | ||||||||||
"Survive"[6] (Mistah F.A.B. featuring Kendrick Lamar, Crooked I and Kobe Honeycutt) |
2016 | – | — | Son of a Pimp Part 2 | |||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification. |
Other charted songs
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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US [7] |
CAN [8] |
UK [9] | ||||
"Talkin' 2 Myself" (Eminem featuring Kobe) |
2010 | 88 | 97 | 148 |
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Recovery |
Guest appearances
[edit]Title | Year | Album | Artist(s) |
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"It Ain't My Fault"[11] | 2006 | Urban Survival Syndrome | Mitchy Slick, Tiny Doo |
"All Said & Done"[12] | 2007 | The Weatherman LP | Evidence |
"Down"[13] | — | Bishop Lamont | |
"Circle Gang Anthem"[14] | 2008 | Block Obama II: COB (Circle of Bosses) | Crooked I |
"Another Soldier"[15] | II Trill | Bun B, Mddl Fngz | |
"Night Life (We Up in the Club)"[16] | — | Hot Dollar | |
"Through & Through"[17] | The Growth | Joe Budden | |
"Night After Night"[18] | 2009 | Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli Present: Gang Mentality | Strong Arm Steady |
"U Don't Want It"[19] | The Leak: Mixtape Volume 4 | One-2 | |
"Wanna See 'Em Buss"[20] | Category F5 | Twista, Liffy Stokes | |
"There Was a Murder"[21] | Til the Casket Drops | Clipse | |
"Footsteps"[21] | |||
"Imma Do It"[22] | Loso's Way | Fabolous | |
"I Need Mo"[23] | Fast Life | Paul Wall | |
"Gotta Get Em'"[24] | Serving the Streets | Xzibit | |
"My Last"[25] | Westside Slaughterhouse | Crooked I, Cashis | |
"Money in My Hand"[26] | I Would Have Killed This | Chace Infinite | |
"The Path"[26] | |||
"This Is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"[27] | — | T.I. | |
"Talkin' 2 Myself"[28] | 2010 | Recovery | Eminem |
"Funeral Service Music"[29] | There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service | Fabolous, Paul Cain, Red Café, Willie the Kid | |
"Out of the Ghetto"[30] | Donnie G: Don Gorilla | Sheek Louch | |
"Wanna Be's"[31] | The Endemic | Kida | |
"Gotta Get Em"[32] | MMX | Xzibit | |
"Shotty"[33] | — | L.E.P. Bogus Boys | |
"No Time to Relax"[34] | A Good Investment | Pete G, Cashis | |
"Don't Judge Me"[35] | Watching Me Closely | Trump Gees | |
"Gangsta's"[36] | 2011 | Arms & Hammers | Strong Arm Steady |
"I Came Up"[37] | Late at Night | Na Palm | |
"Nightmares"[38] | At Your Inconvenience | Professor Green, Royce da 5'9" | |
"I Don't Need No Bitch"[39] | Doggumentary | Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude | |
"Make It Thru"[40] | Dirty Pretty Things | Rapper Big Pooh, Joe Scudda | |
"Just Chill"[41] | Give the Drummer Some | Travis Barker, Beanie Sigel, Bun B | |
"City of Dreams"[41] | Travis Barker, Clipse | ||
"Two Clips" | L.A. Riot | Thurzday | |
"All in My Head" | 2012 | A Loose Quarter | Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9" |
"Living to Die" | Champagne & Styrofoam Cups | Fashawn | |
"Cats and Dogs" | California Republic | The Game | |
"And She Don't Even Know" | Psalm 82:V6 | Crooked I | |
"In the Zone"[42] | Destiny | One-2 | |
"The Code"[43] | The Layover | Bishop Lamont | |
"Broken Record"[44] | — | Ill Camille | |
"This Life"[45] | 2013 | My Guy Mars | Mars |
"Buy You Something"[45] | |||
"No Competition"[45] | |||
"No Competition"[46] | Trill OG: The Epilogue | Bun B, Raekwon | |
"Have Mercy"[47] | — | Self Scientific | |
"All in My Head"[48] | No Love Lost | Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9" | |
"Lean on Me"[49] | Everything's Nothing | KRNDN | |
"EN"[49] | |||
"Lay Low"[50] | Tha influence (East Coast Edition) | Scoe | |
"Swisha Suite"[51] | Tha Influence 2: X-Mas Treez | ||
"Crazy"[52] | Restless | YP | |
"I Don't Know"[53] | 2014 | Dream. Zone. Achieve | Smoke DZA |
"She Don't Love You" | Tha Influence Album | Scoe, K-Young | |
"Crowned"[54] | Crowned | Kent Money | |
"Go Girl"[55] | The M.A.F.E. Project | BJ the Chicago Kid | |
"Everybody Ain't Kings"[56] | Zero Gravity II | King Los, Devin Cruise | |
"Hard Time"[56] | King Los, Mark Battles & Shanica Knowles | ||
"I Just Wanna"[57] | The County Hound 2 | Cashis | |
"Die Alone"[58] | Shady XV | Eminem | |
"4Ever"[59] | 2015 | Slappin the Mixtape | SINO |
"Back in the Day"[60] | — | Scoe, Kendrick Lamar | |
"Lord in Heaven"[61] | 2016 | The Reformation G.D.N.I.A.F.T. | Bishop Lamont |
"The Come Up"[62] | Testimonial Game | Six2 | |
"Strains"[63] | Packs | Berner | |
"Into the Night"[64] | 2017 | Antihero Vol. 2 | Nacho Picasso, Mistah F.A.B. |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Grammy Awards
[edit]Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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2011 | Recovery (as featured artist and songwriter) | Best Rap Album | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.complex.com/music/a/insanul-ahmed/dj-khalil-tells-all
- ^ "Interview With DJ Khalil". HitQuarters. May 9, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^ "Kobe Honeycutt – You already know (Audio)". September 3, 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "The Other Side, by Kail Problems, Kobe Honeycutt & DJ Hoppa".
- ^ "Young Kidd (Feat. Kobe) - Rider | Video". WORLDSTARHIPHOP.com. February 6, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Mistah F.A.B. - Survive Feat. Kendrick Lamar, KXNG CROOKED & Kobe Honeycutt". HotNewHipHop.com. May 13, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "Eminem Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: E-40 – E-Z Rollers". Zobbel.de. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ "American single certifications – Eminem – Talkin' 2 Myself". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ "Urban Survival Syndrome". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "The Weatherman LP - Evidence | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Bishop Lamont Feat Kobe – DOWN (Prod By Dj Khalil)". October 31, 2007 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Crooked I - Block Obama 2 Mixtape Hosted by C.O.B." LiveMixtapes.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "II Trill - Bun B | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Hot Dollar - Night Life (We Up In the Club)". DJBooth.net. February 12, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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- ^ "The Leak Vol 4 Mixtape by One-2 Hosted by DatPiff & 2DopeBoyz". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Category F5 - Twista | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Til the Casket Drops - Clipse | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Loso's Way - Fabolous | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Fast Life - Paul Wall | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Serving The Streets Vol 1 Hosted By Eastwood Mixtape by Eastwood , Butch Cassidy , The Jacka , Bloodshott , Snoop Dogg , The Game , Hot Dollar , Kurupt Hosted by Wizkid". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Westside Slaughterhouse Mixtape by Crooked I Hosted by September 7th". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Chace Infinite - I Would Have Killed This [Mixtape]". Onsmash.com. October 28, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "New! Dr. Dre ft. T.I., Kobe – "This Is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"". Pigeonsandplanes.com.
- ^ "Recovery - Eminem | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "DJ Drama & Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ^ "Donnie G: Don Gorilla - Sheek Louch | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Kida - The Endemic Mixtape Hosted by DJ Skee". LiveMixtapes.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Xzibit - MMX: The Mixtape Mixtape Hosted by Statik Selektah". LiveMixtapes.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "LEP Bogus Boys f. Kobe – Shotty". HipHopDX.com. September 15, 2010.
- ^ "DJ SPREE & SWAGGNEWS PRESENT:A GOOD INVESTMENT Mixtape by YUNG LYNX,PETE G,CASHIS,KOBE,YOUNG HU$TLE,LIL FLIP,FRECK BILLIONAIRE,WESFIF,SCZAR,TOUCH,V SQUAD,NICE PAIN,MOTA,SUAVE SMOOTH,DOX,GRAN CENTENNIAL,MIC CORELEON,BLACK NICC LIL BOOKY,FRIME SPARK,CHYLLZ,FIRE RED Hosted by DJ SPREE". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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- ^ "Late At Night Mixtape by Na Palm". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "At Your Inconvenience - Professor Green | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Doggumentary - Snoop Dogg | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Dirty Pretty Things, by Rapper Big Pooh". Rapperbigpooh.bandcamp.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Give the Drummer Some - Travis Barker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Destiny by One-2". February 7, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via Apple Music.
- ^ "The Layover". HotNewHipHop.com. October 4, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ ""Broken Record"- feat Kobe (prod by Focus...) – iLL CAMILLE". Reverbnation.com.
- ^ a b c "My Guy Mars Mixtape by Mars (of 1500 Or Nothin) Hosted by Don Cannon". Datpiff.com. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "Trill O.G.: The Epilogue - Bun B | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ Spadine, Richard (February 12, 2018). "Self Scientific ft. Kobe - Have Mercy". DJBooth.net. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "No Love Lost - Joe Budden | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Everything's Nothing". HotNewHipHop.com. February 9, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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- ^ "Listen To BJ The Chicago Kid's 'The M.A.F.E. Project'". Vibe. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "Zero Gravity II". HotNewHipHop.com. March 24, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ "The County Hound 2 (Album Stream)". HotNewHipHop.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Shady XV – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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External links
[edit]- Kobe at AllMusic
- Kobe discography at Discogs
- Kobe discography at MusicBrainz
- Kobe on SoundCloud
- Living people
- 21st-century American singer-songwriters
- 21st-century African-American male singers
- African-American male songwriters
- American hip hop singers
- American male singer-songwriters
- American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters
- American soul singers
- Singers from Chicago
- Singer-songwriters from Illinois
- 21st-century American male singers
- Grammy Award winners for rap music