A few weeks back, our friends over at Asian Hip-Hop Times dropped a new mixtape called the Asian Hip Hop Connect Vol.1. It features talent from all over the world including some folks that are frequently featured here at a-Tunes. You can find tracks from Kato, Triangle Offense, Doc Whisper, Virus44, IZ, Jackie Chain, ND, Kenji Astro and more! The quality varies but there are definitely a few gems on here. And since it’s free I recommend you check it our for yourself and keep the track’s you’re feeling!
Back cover, tracklist, and download link after the break.
I imagine some of you don’t know about Frexh, a huge international event taking place in Shangai this year showcasing music, art, fashion, and food. Well NYC based Paperdoll is one of the headlining music acts, and their interview for the event has been posted. Things have really taken off for the band this year, with a national TV ad song placement, winning Kollaboration NY, and now getting perform an international stage. 2010, go big or go home!
Sam Hart has got a new original out called “We are Spoons” but in my opinion it is not greater than the sum of it’s parts. The song is uniquely written, well arranged, makes use of creative instrumentation but at the end of the day this one was just plain boring for me. Sam describes it as “a little happy love song” but I don’t think the happiness really came across. It was all rather flat for me. What do you all think?
JVoqalz, whom most of you probably know from “Summer Day in the Bay” continues his music grind and has uploaded a new track to youtube titled “One Night”. It’s a classic style R&B track that fits his voice well. The production is on the simple side but I’m really digging the keyboard instrumentation. It’s a simple track but pretty well done. Props to Mr. JVoqalz.
As he indicated, Kero has released the music video for his latest single “On Bended Knee”. The song features none other than Sam Ock. I’m at work so I haven’t had the chance to view it in full but I’ll post my thoughts later tonight. Just wanted to make sure you all get a chance to check it out!
[EDIT] OK so I had the chance to watch it. It’s a simple but dope MV. I’m glad they were able to get Sam into the video as well! And I just had the chance to read the press release on the video and it’s apparantly based on a true event.
From his latest album, Kinetic World, Kero One presents the official first music video entitled On Bended Knee feat. Sam Ock. Written from Kero One’s own personal experiences, On Bended Knee is about finding “the one” to spend the rest of his life with despite having traveled the world looking for love previously “in all the wrong places.” And if you are wondering what happened with the girl he’s rapping about in the song, she said “yes.” Their wedding was literally a few days ago. The video was shot and directed by Johnny Le from Portland, Oregon.
