HHDX: So is that the reason for the different release dates between the US and Canada? Just because they are vastly different scenes?
K-OS: Yeah, in my opinion I would have loved for this third album – what I call the third of the trilogy cause after this record I’ll probably go off on a completely different tangent musically – I really wish they would have waited to release this album on the same day all across the world. Although it has worked out cause the album is (came) out (back on) February 20th, which also happens to be my birthday, which also happened to be the day I did the David Letterman show. I like when things line up like that. I never felt rushed or anything because the record was done, it just would have been nice if everyone was feeling the same song at the same time. Cause now, I’m tired of hearing a lot of it, and tired of performing the same songs. Musically, I just need some new stimulus. Cause once I’ve heard it 20 or 30 times I need something new. I guess the perception in Canada is that I’m a bigger artist so they didn’t need to prepare as much, but I wish they would have waited to release it at the same time.

HHDX: So can you explain the title of the new album?
K-OS: I was crazy when I came up with that title, I’ll tell you that. I don’t know what it means. I will say this…I don’t really know why I came up with that title, it really just has to do with that color blue, I really love that color and I was really into aquatics at the time. I’m an Aquarius and nearly a Pisces, I was listening to a lot of blues records, and Muddy Waters. Then, I happen to be at the hotel room and some old re run of a show called Man From Atlantis with Patrick Duffy comes on and I used to love that show when I was kid. It would blow my mind and I would wish I was that guy, cause it was on some Aquaman story. It was then I just laughed to myself and said "I gotta name this record Atlantis." Someone is trying to tell me something. As far as the disco part, that was just about me partying my ass off at the time and having fun with my friends. The thing was, I was having fun but I wasn’t feeling good about myself. So I was constantly trying to listen to music that reflected how I felt at the time but nothing fit. So eventually I just decided to make my own and it was very cathartic and definitely therapeutic.

HHDX: I definitely found the concept of Sunday Morning interesting, it isn’t a perspective you generally hear people take on partying.
K-OS: At the time I was vibing off of the whole Gnarls Barkley thing, not that I was trying to make a song that sounded like them. But as an artist, when you hear someone else making honest music it always makes you want to get in there and be honest about what you do. Cee Lo was so honest about what he said and it made me ask myself what I was feeling. When another artist makes a big song that the world is dancing to you can either submit and admit it was genius or get angry about it. I submitted, cause every artist wants to make a song that everyone is singing. So I was just dug deep and came with my sentiment. Once again the symbiotic, subconscious relationship of artists ends up creating great art. Continued on page 3 »