{"id":12082,"date":"2016-07-12T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=12082"},"modified":"2016-07-12T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T19:44:54","slug":"brooklyn-rappers-new-ep-palm-tree-liquor-featured-on-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brooklyn-rappers-new-ep-palm-tree-liquor-featured-on-billboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Rapper&#8217;s New EP &#8216;Palm Tree Liquor&#8217; Featured on Billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/07\/KotaEPCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12083\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/07\/KotaEPCover-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"KotaEPCover\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/07\/KotaEPCover-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/07\/KotaEPCover-600x528.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/07\/KotaEPCover.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Brooklyn rhymer KOTA\u00a0copes with his demons\u00a0on his new EP\u00a0<em>Palm Tree Liquor<\/em>, premiering on\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPalm Tree Liquor<\/em>\u00a0is about pushing through deep depression,\u201d he tells\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cFor a long time, I suffered from sadness\u00a0like many others. I want the project to tell the story of a young person growing up in Brooklyn, dealing with loneliness, trust issues, uncertainty, alcoholism and\u00a0cynicism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recorded in his basement,\u00a0<em>Palm Tree Liquor\u00a0<\/em>takes listeners on a sound trip with reflective bars on top of ear-pleasing beats like the dreamy opener \u201cSunny Day,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Jungle Book<\/em>-sampling\u00a0\u201cMancub\u201d and the loner anthem \u201cIsland Man\u201d featuring Blu.\u00a0He adds of the project,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not a story about me winning against my demons but more like me finding common ground with them and accepting my past so that I can live in\u00a0the present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get more familiar with KOTA\u00a0in the interview and his\u00a0<em>Palm Tree Liquor\u00a0<\/em>EP below. He will also be performing on July\u00a014 at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/flight-night-summer-2016-tickets-25708612151\" target=\"_blank\">Analog BKNY<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0Flight Night \u201cThe Underdog Series,\u201d where he will be\u00a0be performing\u00a0<em>Palm Tree Liquor\u00a0<\/em>for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/7432625\/kota-palm-tree-liquor-ep-premiere\">Checkout the Interview &amp; Listen to the EP Here<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Source:<\/em>\u00a0Billboard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn rhymer KOTA\u00a0copes with his demons\u00a0on his new EP\u00a0Palm Tree Liquor, premiering on\u00a0Billboard. \u201cPalm Tree Liquor\u00a0is about pushing through deep depression,\u201d he tells\u00a0Billboard.\u00a0\u201cFor a long time, I suffered from sadness\u00a0like many others. I want the project to tell the story of a young person growing up in Brooklyn, dealing with loneliness, trust issues, uncertainty, alcoholism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":12084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dance","category-clinton-hill-ft-greene-neighborhoods-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brooklyn Rapper&#039;s New EP &#039;Palm Tree Liquor&#039; Featured on Billboard  - Brooklyn News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brooklyn-rappers-new-ep-palm-tree-liquor-featured-on-billboard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brooklyn Rapper&#039;s New EP &#039;Palm Tree Liquor&#039; Featured on Billboard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brooklyn rhymer KOTA\u00a0copes with his demons\u00a0on his new EP\u00a0Palm Tree Liquor, premiering on\u00a0Billboard. \u201cPalm Tree Liquor\u00a0is about pushing through deep depression,\u201d he tells\u00a0Billboard.\u00a0\u201cFor a long time, I suffered from sadness\u00a0like many others. 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