Interscope Records
2007
Make Sure They See My Face
About This Album
Kenna's biggest problem, disregarding the multiple delays that accompany his releases -- although the two may be related -- is how to categorize his music, and therefore, how to market it. His debut, New Sacred Cow, was dropped from Interscope before being picked up by Columbia, and was a hodgepodge of hip-hop beats and synthesized pop riffs, propelled by the production efforts of the Neptunes' Chad Hugo, Kenna's friend since high school. And though the critical reception to the project was warm enough, sales were low and Kenna was sent on his way, labelless. Eventually, with another nearly completed album, he found a new home at Universal (which is a little coincidental, considering it's Interscope's parent company), and what results, Make Sure They See My Face, is a much more cohesive record, one that may have an easier time making it onto MTV and mainstream radio. That's not to say there's not still a wide scope of influence here: the songs move from Justin Timberlake ("Loose Wires/Blank Radio") to Bloc Party ("Face the Gun/Good Luck," "Out of Control (State of Emotion)") to Depeche Mode ("Be Still"), even to early Radiohead ("Better Wise Up").
Track List (try tracks 2,4,5,6 and 10)

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