Time for another Weekly Thursday Freebie. This one is out for only a limited time so I recommend you pick it up fast since it’s supposedly going down in a couple days. Kero One teamed up with Filipino-American producer Green Tea for “Yes Party People” off of Green’s Places & Space album. It’s available via the widget below. It’s a chill song and the production is definitely nice, so don’t miss out because as I said, it’s supposed to be free for only a couple more days.
To add onto her announcements that she shared last week with Clara Chung, Jane Lui has posted up a preview that goes through the entire tracklist with snippets of her upcoming album Good Company. It will be available online starting 10/05/2010 FOR FREE but physical copies won’t be available until 01/11/11! Listening to this preview has gotten me psyched up because there are a ton of different sounds and styles on this record and it all sounds great.
All the way back in the beginning of this year Hip-Hop group, T.O. leaked the single “The Alarm” ft DJ Nano that was later included on their mixtape The Courting. Recently they dropped a remix to said single, appropriately titled “The Alarm Pt. II”, with some new rhymes over a tweaked beat that has more electronic elements while retaining it’s club friendly format. Like what you hear? Get your free MP3 here.
It’s another new original from the acoustic wonder Mike Isberto, and it’s called “Find a Way”. He explains that it was co-written with another favorite of ours, Melissa Polinar. Personally I was feeling this one, and I imagine most of you will feel the same. He’s informed us that an EP is in the works; hopefully this one makes the cut. Also, I’m hoping we get to hear him duet with MP too.
We showed you the preview, now the full video is out. It’s off his …Paper Cuts… EP. I’ll share my thoughts later tonight after I get a chance to view it too but for those of you lucky enough not to be stuck at their day job you can check it out now.
[edit] Just had a chance to view it. The video quality is sharp and the video is decently shot but a bit unimaginative. Doesn’t stray too far from your standard street video. If you like the song you’ll prob like the video but I don’t think it’ll change your mind if you didn’t. [/edit]
The latest music video from Bambu, “Paper Thin,” pairs the Los Angeles emcee with Chace Infinite (half of the West Coast supergroup, Self Scientific). The newest song from the EP, …paper cuts… released earlier this year, aggressively attacks the active gentrification in urban America. The music video was shot in New York City, between Woodside, Queens and the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Bambu’s next project sees him teaming up with DJ Muggs for a mixtape dropping on Soul Assassins before the year’s over. Also, the highly anticipated hat collaboration between Bambu x Soul Assassins x Pnoy Apparel will drop in conjunction with the mixtape.
For numerous reason I’m very excited to announce and share the line up and promo video for the FIRST Kollaboration event in DC EVER. Finally one of the biggest and greatest showcases of Asian-American talent has come to the mid-atlantic and the list of competitors include Ivy Rose, Christopher Santa Ana, Amanda Lee, Philip Jung & Dong Woo Seo, Lilian Bui, Dave Bak, Trus Real, and Chip Han. That’s a pretty musically diverse collection of talent and they will be competing for top honors (and some money) on September 25th, 2010 at the GWU Lisner Auditorium. There’s also some well known guest performers including SNRG, Lyricks, the Phil Good Band and a whole lot more. To kick things off they’ve also put together a cool promo music video with some slick effects. Make sure to check out Kollaboration DC’s website for more information and to get your tickets, already available for sale!
Oh and one more thing… I’m so incredibly honored to announce that I, GT, am slated to be one of the guest judges at the event. So I expect to see you all there, it’s gonna be an awesome show!
We showed you the teaser a couple days ago but the full version of Johnnyphlo & Schoolboy DUKE’s remix to the Jay Park x Brave Brothas Collab has dropped. Both artists did a great job, I’d put it on par with the original. Even Jay himself gave it the cosign. This isn’t the first time JP & DUKE have linked up and they tend to make a formidable team. The song is a free DL via the bandcamp widget below.
In an a-Tunes exclusive first listen, the Phil Good Band have released their first single entitled “Why I Sing”. There’s no questions that Phil’s got some skills and his new venture with a full band provides an interesting twist as he tackles pop rock with this single. I’m digging it a lot except for the percussion mix, that snare stands out like crazy to me. You can see Phil & the band perform at the first Kollaboration DC show, but in general be on the lookout for this rising group! Also, feel free to hit em up on their new twitter page.
As we reported, Oak & Gorski is getting ready to drop their new EP entitled “Love Destroyer” but they are asking for your help. Like some other artists we’ve featured in the past have done, they are using the fundraising site Kickstarter to try and raise some money over the next month to aid in the distribution, marketing and release of this EP. As incentives, they have some fun rewards that escalate accordingly by pledge amount. Check out their KS page for more details!
Danny Ji & Jae Jin may not be the most well known singers on Youtube, but they undeniably have a lot of talent. The fellas teamed up to tackle on Boyz II Men’s “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye”… no easy task. But I have to say they did a pretty solid job. Although they stuck very close to the original, and it was a little on the sleepy side, the guys had near-perfect vocals and closed it out strong. Take a listen. You can DL the track for free here.
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