Kobe (singer)
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Birth name | Brian Honeycutt |
Also known as | Brooks Honeycutt, Killa Kobe, Kobe Honeycutt |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Genres | R&B, soul, hip hop soul |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | SMH Entertainment |
Associated acts | Bun B, DJ Khalil, Eminem, Joe Budden, KXNG Crooked, Scoe |
Brian Honeycutt, best known by his stage name Kobe or Kobe Honeycutt, is an American R&B singer and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with American rapper Eminem, including 2010's "Talkin' 2 Myself", "Cinderella Man" and 2014's "Die Alone".
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.[1] 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", under the pseudonym Killa Kobe.[2]
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 | |||||||||
"—" 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"[4] (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"[5] (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 | Album | |||
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US [6] |
CAN [7] |
NZ [8] |
UK [9] | |||
"Talkin' 2 Myself" (Eminem featuring Kobe) |
2010 | 88 | – | 97 | 148 | Recovery |
Guest appearances[edit]
Title | Year | Album | Artist(s) |
---|---|---|---|
"It Ain't My Fault"[10] | 2006 | Urban Survival Syndrome | Mitchy Slick, Tiny Doo |
"All Said & Done"[11] | 2007 | The Weatherman LP | Evidence |
"Down"[12] | N/A | Bishop Lamont | |
"Circle Gang Anthem"[13] | 2008 | Block Obama II: COB (Circle of Bosses) | Crooked I |
"Another Soldier"[14] | II Trill | Bun B, Mddl Fngz | |
"Night Life (We Up in the Club)"[15] | N/A | Hot Dollar | |
"Through & Through"[16] | The Growth | Joe Budden | |
"Night After Night"[17] | 2009 | Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli Present: Gang Mentality | Strong Arm Steady |
"U Don't Want It"[18] | The Leak: Mixtape Volume 4 | One-2 | |
"Wanna See 'Em Buss"[19] | Category F5 | Twista, Liffy Stokes | |
"There Was a Murder"[20] | Til the Casket Drops | Clipse | |
"Footsteps"[20] | |||
"Imma Do It"[21] | Loso's Way | Fabolous | |
"I Need Mo"[22] | Fast Life | Paul Wall | |
"Gotta Get Em'"[23] | Serving the Streets | Xzibit | |
"My Last"[24] | Westside Slaughterhouse | Crooked I, Cashis | |
"Money in My Hand"[25] | I Would Have Killed This | Chace Infinite | |
"The Path"[25] | |||
"This Is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"[26] | N/A | T.I. | |
"Talkin' 2 Myself"[27] | 2010 | Recovery | Eminem |
"Out of the Ghetto"[28] | Donnie G: Don Gorilla | Sheek Louch | |
"Wanna Be's"[29] | The Endemic | Kida | |
"Gotta Get Em"[30] | MMX | Xzibit | |
"Shotty"[31] | N/A | L.E.P. Bogus Boys | |
"No Time to Relax"[32] | A Good Investment | Pete G, Cashis | |
"Don't Judge Me"[33] | Watching Me Closely | Trump Gees | |
"Gangsta's"[34] | 2011 | Arms & Hammers | Strong Arm Steady |
"I Came Up"[35] | Late at Night | Na Palm | |
"Nightmares"[36] | At Your Inconvenience | Professor Green, Royce da 5'9" | |
"I Don't Need No Bitch"[37] | Doggumentary | Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude | |
"Make It Thru"[38] | Dirty Pretty Things | Rapper Big Pooh, Joe Scudda | |
"Just Chill"[39] | Give the Drummer Some | Travis Barker, Beanie Sigel, Bun B | |
"City of Dreams"[39] | 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"[40] | Destiny | One-2 | |
"The Code"[41] | The Layover | Bishop Lamont | |
"Broken Record"[42] | N/A | Ill Camille | |
"This Life"[43] | 2013 | My Guy Mars | Mars |
"Buy You Something"[43] | |||
"No Competition"[43] | |||
"No Competition"[44] | Trill OG: The Epilogue | Bun B, Raekwon | |
"Have Mercy"[45] | N/A | Self Scientific | |
"All in My Head"[46] | No Love Lost | Joe Budden, Royce da 5'9" | |
"Lean on Me"[47] | Everything's Nothing | KRNDN | |
"EN"[47] | |||
"Lay Low"[48] | Tha influence (East Coast Edition) | Scoe | |
"Swisha Suite"[49] | Tha Influence 2: X-Mas Treez | ||
"Crazy"[50] | Restless | YP | |
"I Don't Know"[51] | 2014 | Dream. Zone. Achieve | Smoke DZA |
"She Don't Love You" | Tha Influence Album | Scoe, K-Young | |
"Crowned"[52] | Crowned | Kent Money | |
"Go Girl"[53] | The M.A.F.E. Project | BJ the Chicago Kid | |
"Everybody Ain't Kings"[54] | Zero Gravity II | King Los, Devin Cruise | |
"Hard Time"[54] | King Los, Mark Battles & Shanica Knowles | ||
"I Just Wanna"[55] | The County Hound 2 | Cashis | |
"Die Alone"[56] | Shady XV | Eminem | |
"4Ever"[57] | 2015 | Slappin the Mixtape | SINO |
"Back in the Day"[58] | N/A | Scoe, Kendrick Lamar | |
"Lord in Heaven"[59] | 2016 | The Reformation G.D.N.I.A.F.T. | Bishop Lamont |
"The Come Up"[60] | Testimonial Game | Six2 | |
"Strains"[61] | Packs | Berner |
References[edit]
- ^ "Interview With DJ Khalil". HitQuarters. May 9, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^ "Kobe Killa – G on It (Prod. By DJ Khalil & Brian Morgan) – Stream [New Song]".
- ^ Kobe Honeycutt (September 3, 2015). "Kobe Honeycutt – You already know (Audio)" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Young Kidd (Feat. Kobe) – Rider".
- ^ "Mistah F.A.B. – Survive Feat. Kendrick Lamar, KXNG CROOKED & Kobe Honeycutt – Stream [New Song]".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Discography Eminem". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ "Chart Log UK: E-40 – E-Z Rollers". Zobbel.de. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ "Mitchy Slick – Urban Survival Syndrome – Amazon.com.com Music".
- ^ "The Weatherman LP – Evidence – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ M1TSIRUGI (October 31, 2007). "Bishop Lamont Feat Kobe – DOWN (Prod By Dj Khalil)" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Crooked I – Block Obama 2 – C.O.B."
- ^ "II Trill – Bun B – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Hot Dollar – Night Life (We Up in the Club) – Hip Hop Songs – DJBooth".
- ^ "Joe Budden – The Growth Hosted by DJ Jules".
- ^ "Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli Present: Gang Mentality – Strong Arm Steady – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "One-2 – The Leak Vol 4 Hosted by DatPiff & 2DopeBoyz".
- ^ "Category F5 – Twista – Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ a b "Til the Casket Drops – Clipse – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Loso's Way – Fabolous – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Fast Life – Paul Wall – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Eastwood , Butch Cassidy , The Jacka , Bloodshott , Snoop Dogg , The Game , Hot Dollar , Kurupt – Serving The Streets Vol 1 Hosted By Eastwood Hosted by Wizkid".
- ^ "Crooked I – Westside Slaughterhouse Hosted by September 7th".
- ^ a b "Chace Infinite – I Would Have Killed This [Mixtape] – OnSMASH".
- ^ "New! Dr. Dre ft. T.I., Kobe – "This Is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)"".
- ^ "Recovery – Eminem – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Donnie G: Don Gorilla – Sheek Louch – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Kida – The Endemic – DJ Skee".
- ^ "Xzibit – MMX: The Mixtape – Statik Selektah".
- ^ http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. "LEP Bogus Boys f. Kobe – Shotty".
- ^ "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 – DJ SPREE & SWAGGNEWS PRESENT:A GOOD INVESTMENT Hosted by DJ SPREE".
- ^ "Trump Gees – Watching Me Closely – DJ Don Cannon".
- ^ "Arms & Hammers – Strong Arm Steady – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Na Palm – Late at Night".
- ^ "At Your Inconvenience – Professor Green – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Doggumentary – Snoop Dogg – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Dirty Pretty Things, by Rapper Big Pooh".
- ^ a b "Give the Drummer Some – Travis Barker – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Destiny by One-2 on Apple Music".
- ^ "Bishop Lamont – The Layover – Download & Listen [New Mixtape]".
- ^ eMinor. ""Broken Record"- feat Kobe (prod by Focus...) – iLL CAMILLE".
- ^ a b c "Mars (of 1500 Or Nothin) – My Guy Mars Hosted by Don Cannon".
- ^ "Trill O.G.: The Epilogue – Bun B – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Self Scientific – Have Mercy ft. Kobe Honeycutt – Hip Hop Songs – DJBooth".
- ^ "No Love Lost – Joe Budden – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ a b "KRNDN – Everything's Nothing – Download & Listen [New Mixtape]".
- ^ James, Jesse. "Scoe – Tha Influence: East Coast Edition (Mixtape) - New Music – stupidDOPE.com".
- ^ http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. "Scoe "Tha Influence 2 X-Mas Treez" Cover Art, Tracklist, Download & Album Stream".
- ^ "YP – Restless – NoDJ".
- ^ "Dream.Zone.Achieve – Smoke DZA – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic".
- ^ "Kent M$ney – Crowned – HS87".
- ^ "Listen To BJ The Chicago Kid's 'The M.A.F.E. Project'". Vibe. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^ a b "King Los – Zero Gravity II – Download & Listen [New Mixtape]".
- ^ "Ca$his – The County Hound 2 (Album Stream) – Stream [New Mixtape]".
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Shady XV – Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/slappin-the-mixtape/id971899253
- ^ http://hiphopdx.com/singles/id.31831/title.scoe-f-kendrick-lamar-kobe-back-in-the-day
- ^ "Bishop Lamont – The Reformation G.D.N.I.A.F.T free zip download". August 20, 2016.
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/testimonial-game/id1121716064
- ^ http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/stream-berners-new-album-packs-news.26632.html
External links[edit]
- Kobe at AllMusic
- Kobe discography at Discogs
- Kobe discography at MusicBrainz
- Kobe on SoundCloud