Influencer: Big Men Edition - Kiing Most

In the heart of Newark, NJ, Kiing Most just dropped "Mostorious," a high-octane album that blends freestyle, drill, and Caribbean beats into a relentless lyrical assault. With tracks like "Kill Switch," "Coming For You," and "Da Formula," Kiing Most firmly establishes himself as the mic's unrivaled ruler. Yet, amidst the bravado, the album reveals vulnerable moments with tracks like "Closer Than Most" and "My Bag."

"Mostorious" is out NOW! & will be available on major platforms, featuring collaborations with artists like Earthtone, AkiDaRapper, and Galactic. Behind the scenes, a powerhouse team of producers and engineers including Millz Beats, DJ Saucy P, Mixed By Quest, and Othello Beats have crafted a sonic landscape that's bound to leave an indelible mark on hip-hop. Dive into our exclusive interview with Kiing Most for an insider's look at the stories and inspirations fueling this monumental release. Brace yourselves, because "Mostorious" is about to etch its name into the annals of hip-hop history.

Well, I grew up listening to rap artists like Notorious B.I.G.; he’s definitely my male hip-hop idol. Lil Kim, um, Diddy, the Bad Boy family period. So yeah, one of my favorite tracks from Biggie is Notorious, then Kim was Notorious KIM, so yeah. Now here I come as Kiing Most, and at this point I feel like I’m the most Notorious rapper left, so that’s where we mesh into MOSTORIOUS. Laslty, not to dwell on this question for too long, but those who’ve been around and heard my previous mixtapes know all of my projects have the name Most in them. That’s “I Am The Most” , “The Most Anticipated” and “Al-Most There”. Ok, next question, thank you. Lol

Compared to my previous work, I feel like I know you’re getting more of me. You’re getting more of the sounds I’m into the boom bab type styles; you’re getting more of my hooks and vocals. A little bit of everything You got your hood hardcore, pop my shit tracks. Then there’s that positive, great-feeling music. Then you have your cookout summer little Caribbean flavor tracks. Hmmm that’s all I’ll give you for now.

I usually write alone, just me and the beat. I have to hear the beat a million times before I give it what it needs, as far as writing some bars down. I used to hate doing hooks, so I try to start there now to get them out of the way. Which I actually found easier to pen a verse and bring the song together. I could be at work and bars come to my head; I have to sneak and jot them down on my phone. I think about music all day, and a lot of people don’t and won’t get that. I usually have my lyrics either in my head or in my mind by the time I go to record. It makes my process easier, and I can run through as many tracks as I can in my timeframe. I do have times where I’ve sat, vibed, and written in the studio too, but mostly with other artists for features, etc.

Coming for You, Closer Than Most, My Bag, Knockout, etc.—every track is personal. Just personal in their own ways. This album is where I kind of go to the top of the mountain and scream out loud. This is my don’t care project, pop my shit not care who’s offended project. It’s a little dark, a little mean, and a little gritty; it’s like a rose growing through concrete. It’s delicate. It’s a roller coaster. On “Coming For You,” straight out the door, I tell you, “Brick City Baby, Bonita raised me." Brick City, Newark, is where I’m from, and my mother's name is really Bonita. That’s my heart; it doesn’t get any more personal than that.

“Knockout” is that feel good. I don’t give a fuck about anything type of track. Like I look good and want everybody to know it. It’s that turn you up while getting ready for work, while working out, driving, etc. It’s also how I felt about someone dear to me who passed away. I’m glad he got to hear the rough draft, though that smile was priceless. God bless his soul. "Kill Switch" is inspired by Nick Cannon's “Wildn Out.” Of course, I just knew I had to kill this beat when I heard it. I wrote the verse so quickly and with so many bars that I didn’t even leave room for a hook. It’s straight through and straight in my attitude. Now it was called “Wildn Out” at first, but I felt like “Kill Switch” was a better fit because not only did I say that on the track, but the way I went crazy, it’s like someone hit the off switch and stopped him.

Honestly, when I first got a lot of my tracks and beats together for Mostorious, a lot of tracks sounded the same. I felt I was rapping about the same thing, and the beats were just all hardcore. So I said I wanted to add a little more flavor and show more skill. That’s where songs like “My Bag” and “Closer Than Most” come into play. You get more rap/soul/R&B-type vibes. More feelings, more opening up, and more relatable to the masses Then there’s songs like “SmackDown” and “Knockout” that make you want to be up on the dance floor just showing out. So yeah, I try to give you a little bit of everything, with album vibes but still my mixtape roots.

I have roots from Newark, Irvington, and North Carolina as well, so they all have influenced my sound for the album and some of its content as well. A lot of the music we grew up loving came straight from home. My mom played anywhere from Al Green and Yolanda Adams to Mary J. Blige to House Music to Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, Biggie, Foxy, and even Nicki Minaj. So I grew up vibing to all types of music. Those roots made me tougher and ready for anything. That’s why MOSTORIOUS is tough and ready for anything.

Wow, each artist brings something different to the table. Every artist is different already; you have Earthtone and Galactic, who're also NJ natives, and then we have AkiDaRapper, all the way from Chicago, Illinois. So that’s a major difference alone. The sound, the style, etc. Me and AkiDaRapper have a few collabs already, so our process is pretty simple. We can just send each other something and hop on it, no problem. Me and Aki are friends outside of rap, so we chat often. Aki can get really witty with the bars and cut sharp quickly; that’s one of my reasons for having him on Da Formula. Then you have Earthtone; he’s just your cool, awesome guy next door, but he doesn’t take no shit, so play nice. His wordplay is insane, and the flow is too smooth. Most of all, my reason for picking Earthtone is that he takes the craft seriously. He’s not just recording, rhyming, and throwing music out. There’s a method to his madness. This music game is not a game to him, and I respect and admire that. You have to really breathe this if you really know what you want to do in life. Then there’s Galactic. Yup, he’s out of this world. First off, his pen game is crazy, like he’s literally penned for some greats in the music industry. Not only that, but his music is creative and on the next level. Galactic gives you all the elements: the writer, the battle rapper, and the hitmakers. Our process is pretty simple, too. I’m a simple guy, so if we both love the sound of a track, we can just send it back and forth until we get it right. It’s that simple. All three artists are great people with great qualities about them, so that’s another enhancement to my feature choices.

"Closer Than Most" is when you feel like giving up but you are right at the finish line. Sis, it’s like you’re fighting to not give up. You want to keep focusing on the hood and what you’re thankful for instead of complaining and pouting. It’s like speaking it into existence. Whatever that may be, Like Stella got her groove back, lol. Yes, "Closer Than Most" is where Kiing Most gets his groove back. Let's say that. Lol. Now "My Bag" gets deep. I opened up a lot, but it needed to be done. For me, at least. It’s more like a broken heart, whether from a relationship or a friendship. How people play and want your time when they want it For instance, I say “They like it, let’s work it out, but I keep quitting the gym” meaning once I’m finally done with the bullshit, now you want to “work it out”. I’m done trying to work it out, I quit this gym. Lmao hopefully the people get that. Then there’s “Remember" surviving depression all on my own; I ain’t have a motherfucking friend; I could phone.” I don’t feel like that, but I felt like that, and in a way, it’s true, or is that how depressed people usually feel? Think about it.

Well, till this day, I dream about being in the BET HIP HOP AWARDS CYPHER so yeah, that’s the idea. Lol, not even just any mainstream cypher. So those are my thoughts when putting tracks like that together. It’s not easy to find the perfect match. Both tracks, for example, have two features. Just because we all sound good on a beat doesn’t mean we will mesh well together on that beat. I must say my guys all nailed it with no problem, though. "Major Moves" I kind of had a little bit of Set It Off in my head too on some bank robbing scheme stuff. I want to get into acting, so I try to write a lot of my new music in a way that can be acted out. So my videos can be mini-movies or short films. I have a crazy vision that I will bring to life some day, and the world will love it. "Sheet Rock" is definitely the cypher I have been looking for all my life. "No Hook," although there’s a hook, lmao, but no, I feel like "Sheet Rock" is just brilliant. Like the flow of the wordplay and the vocals. When you hear that song, you would think that’s today's rappers you see on TV all day, but nope, it’s just three regular, regular degular underground artists who are out of this world in the booth.

Kiing Most - Mostorious

It’s crucial to let the world know that Fat Boys rule on MOSTORIOUS because, for one, I’m a Fat Boy, for two, I’m a Fat Boy, and for three, I know how it is growing up fat, chubby, big-boned, etc. I know myself, and I’m confident, but that doesn’t mean others are. So I’m doing it so every fat boy knows to rep themselves and keep their heads high. Stay or get confident and own the world because it’s yours. A lot of big men are insecure due to society, and I see crazy stuff every day. I just want them to know they are not alone and that sitting around moping ain’t it either. Get up, get out, and make whatever you dream and desire happen.

"Vital" and the "Mostorious" interlude really hold Mostorious together like glue. The funny thing is that Vital wasn’t named Vital until the night I submitted my album. Vital was acutely called Mostorious Interlude 2. But I said no; it sounded better at the beginning of the album. But I can’t have an interlude that early. Lol, so I made it an intro after the intro. Lol, both tracks. give you that raw, griddy, fresh off the block rap. All bars have no hook. I don’t know why, but I’d rather just keep rapping and skip hooks. lmaoo. I wrote both tracks around the same time, so they are similar. The beats just spoke to me. The beats aren’t that long either, hence the point of them being interludes. I just wanted to show what I can do on both tracks. The piano on Vital is damn insane, and the instruments on the "MOSTORIOUS" interlude are out of this world. Both were produced by Millz Beatz. On tracks like these, I just envision myself in the BET Cypher on the BET Hip Hop Awards.

That's an extremely easy question for me. Someone stole my phone with a lot of my beats and wrote lyrics to “MOSTORIOUS”. So I had kind of given up. I knew I still had some of the beats and stuff in my email, so I said okay. But I was pissed because a lot of the fresh songs I wrote hadn't been backed up in my notes. So any lyrics I didn’t remember, I had to replace them. I will say it also helped me, though. It helped me remember my lyrics better. And it got me back to the old-school way of using a pen and pad as opposed to typing on my phone. So it’s a gift and a curse, I would say.

I hope listeners will overall feel good after hearing my album. I hope they can relate. I hope they are ready to express to me how they feel. I hope what they take away from this album is to be yourself, be proud, and never let anyone tell you YOU CANT. Because I DID.

Well, "My Bag", of course, I mean I speak on depression and get personal. Hmmm, Closer Than Most will always have a special place in my heart. I had a time penning that song. When you cry while writing a track, that’s the one.

The bad is gone, boo, but the good cheers That’s all I can really answer that one with. I hope the fans love it, but some people are so fake they are scared to show others they love your work. It’s crazy because people will smile in your face and from behind your back so quickly. The real gone always rock through, so that’s my focus.

I had a tough battle figuring out a release date. Most of all, I wanted to ensure I was prepared. But I switched so many dates. I got into spiritual numbers, constellations, etc. I was just trying to make it all align. Somehow I’m now here, aligned with a great friend of mine who passed away on her birthday. It’s a bittersweet moment, especially the way we lost her. But I know for sure she’s smiling down proudly, and she’s going to be in heaven jamming with me on release day. I love you, Greta, and Happy Birthday my friend.

Yes, I have some live performances coming up. Just locking in dates. I have a few visualizers I’ll be dropping with the album for promo until the music videos are ready to release. I currently have music videos for “Coming For You” and “Closer Than Most” out now on YouTube.

Looking ahead I just hope, pray, and know that this album here is my staple. It shows what I can do and what I’m capable of lyrically, musically, etc. This album is like my first impression; although I have had mixtapes before, this shows why I AM WHO I AM. That’s Kiing Most.