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So I am soooo in love with Epik High’s single off their new album – One ft. Jisun of Loveholic & the MV is way bomb. you can NOT tell me that’s not hot. makes you wanna just ATTEMPT to rap along xP —- Okay so I must admit, I indulge myself in asian pop, hip-hop, rap music. But what I realized that the majority of the time, it’s mainly korean and japanese. Maybe it’s the same with the whole asian music fans out there. People just prefer the bouncy dancing music and the fluid rapping of the Koreans and Japanese. But I find myself confused about why I don’t listen to my own Vietnamese music? Is it because I am ashamed of my ethnics roots and their inability to produce quality music that doesn’t involve lip syncing over trance-y beats a la Britney Spears? But then again, vietnamese music is in it’s own category so there would be no reason why i shouldn’t dislike it just like I don’t like heavy metal or screamo music. They’re different stuff. But I have to admit that when I hear Vietnamese people rapping, it kidna sorta makes me cringe. I’m sorry. But until they make music that has beats like Epik High (or Big Bang) and fluidity that comes with it, I’ll stay away from Vietnamese music. Then there’s the whole notion that people wonder why I listen to but asian music if I don’t understand a word they’re saying. I don’t know myself. I guess, with music, you don’t have to understand the words but feel it? Whoa, how cliche that sounds but it’s pretty true. A song that makes you feel happy, regardless of what language it’s in, is always good. And with me, I like songs that you can nod your head to (& since I’m plugged into a SCCC computer with iPod headphones listening to music in the background and slightly bobbing my head, the guy across from me keeps giving me weird looks ><”). — CUT 10 MINUTES LATER: AHHAHAA FOUND THIS. IT’S ALRIGHT. it’s awkward that i understand it. i can…get use to this though.. after a little cringing and winces of course. ^^ maybe it’ll become better in the next few years. his other music sucks though…LK (”Lil Knight” omg.) i mean.
‘Serenade For The Moment’ is the collobration album two great up and coming artists. One a producer (Analogic) and the other an emcee (Rashid Hadee). Together they form A+R. Analogic has only been making beats since 2003, but has a great producing sheet. He’s worked with renowed emcees like Talib Kweli, Masta Ace, AZ, Sean Price, Wordsworth, Phonte (of Little Brother). Reminding listeners of the “Golden Era” of Hip-Hop without sounding dated, emcee Rashid Hadee’s solo music combines soul piercing wit, hard-edged confidence and innovative beat production. As one-half of the highly regarded hip-hop group Chapter 13, the young Chicago native is here to show the world he has what it takes to stand out alone in the competitive world that is underground hip-hop. You can scroll down to see tracklisting, where you can listen to ‘Explode’ and ‘Memory Lane’. You can buy the album on Itunes, HipHopsite.com and Amalgam Digital A new collaboration with an old school approach. Serenade For The A Side B Myspace
networking site finally gets into the groove with licensed songs By Jake Coyle Mon., April. 28, 2008 NEW YORK - You’re sitting at home online and suddenly you get an irresistible urge. You absolutely have to belt out R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” and share it with the world. You now have that ability, thanks to the new MySpace Karaoke, to be launched Tuesday by the social networking site. MySpace Karaoke (ksolo.myspace.com) debuts nearly two years after Fox Interactive, a division of News Corp., which owns MySpace, purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com. The combination of MySpace and kSolo allows users to upload audio recordings of them singing everything from R. Kelly to Richie Valens to their profile page. MySpace co-founder and president Tom Anderson (known by many as the friend that comes automatically with a MySpace account) said MySpace and karaoke are a natural fit. “It is in part because music is so popular on our site,” said Anderson. “But also because karaoke is such a fun and social thing, which is what we’re about too. It’s not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Internet or on your MySpace page, then you can share it with people.” Recordings can be prominently displayed on one’s MySpace page and receive ratings from friends (and, presumably, fans). As of Monday afternoon, the most popular song to sing was Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel.” MySpace Karaoke and kSolo — the first major karaoke site — are just two destinations of a small industry of online karaoke sites. SingShot, owned by Electronic Arts, and Bix, owned by Yahoo!, are also big names in karaoke on the Web. And YouTube has, of course, been the largest repository of people dancing around their bedrooms and singing their favorite songs. While MySpace Karaoke doesn’t currently have a video option, Anderson says it’s in the works and that it will include a split-screen duet feature. Users need only a microphone to sing into. MySpace Karaoke gives them the music to sing over (with vocals removed) lyrics scrolling across their computer screen. There are also numerous effects that users can play with to alter their recordings. Right now, the site has between 2,000 and 3,000 songs available, all of them licensed from music publishers. The difficulty of managing those rights has been the reason for the delayed launch, Anderson said. “It was quite difficult,” he said. “The rules and the licensing changed over time and became more complicated since MySpace is a global company. There’s different rights in different territories.” But Anderson thinks having those rights puts MySpace at a distinct advantage. “On MySpace, we actually filter and take down content (without licensing),” said Anderson. “At some point, YouTube is going to be forced to — or pay the rights holders because they’re breaking the law when they do that.” As recordings have begun to pile up, there’s a wide variety of quality. Said Anderson, “You’ll find equally horrible and equally good ones.” Tag: hip hop lyrics
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