"Canada is officially on the hip-hop map...rapper k-os represents his homeland with socially conscious feel-good jams..." — Entertainment Weekly

"k-os is musically ambitious, but it is his insightful concepts and spiritual lyrics that mark him as a visionary" — Billboard Magazine

"Throughout Joyful Rebellion, k-os challenges his role of responsibility as an artist, but with a myriad of musical styles at his command, he makes the struggle seem beautiful" — Source Magazine

"Genre-jumping Canadian sets out to save hip-hop. 4 stars" — URB

"If k-os is what Canadian hip-hop's all about, get ready for an exodus to the great black North." — Suede