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The fellas of MUzO Entertainment were recently featured in a student film documentary. They go into the lives of Johnnyphlo, Decipher and their managers and what they aim to accomplish with their art and craft. They talk about both the music and the business aspects of the grind, providing a glimpse of everything that goes on behind and on the stage. It’s a great watch, make sure you check it out. Look for appearances for from Clara Chung and Ailee.

De, JP, and Ailee have been known to perform their rendition of the Wonder Girls hit “Nobody” (the R&B version) live on stage at various events. The song typically evokes a strong, favorable response from the crowd and I’ve been wondering why they never just went ahead and released it online as well. I guess I can’t stop asking because they have finally dropped it and it turned out great. Even though the original song is already a couple years old, I’m digging this version a lot.

Check it out for yourselves! And wooo, Ailee killed it on that bridge. You can DL it for free HERE.

Hey folks, so I know it’s been a few weeks since the Project Korea III event featuring Clara Chung, Decipher, Johnnyphlo, Ailee, and Art of Movement went down but we didn’t want to leave you guys hanging without a recap (in case you haven’t read about the event already). We had some pictures and footage to share but quite frankly none of it came close to the quality of the photos and videos put out by the folks of AllKPOP, one of the major sponsors of the show. So just as a disclaimer, all visual multimedia content we are using here was actually captured by AKP. However, any editorial content presented (TEXT) reflect my opinions and thoughts and do not necessarily reflect those of AKP. Just thought we’d clear that up.

Continue reading about Project Korea III after the break!

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That’s right friends, you read that right. In what is an incredibly stacked line up we got Decipher, Johnnyphlo, Clara Chung, Ailee, and an appearance from Jay Park aka Jaebeom the former 2PM member and his dance crew Art of Movement all performing at projectKorea, a huge event put on by the fine folks at the Rutgers University Korean Student Association in conjunction with allkpop. It’s being held this Saturday, April 3rd so if you’re anywhere near the Jersey area this is an event I highly recommend you do not miss.

For our latest edition of Spotlight we had the opportunity to speak with Korean-American musician Johnnyphlo. Check out the interview to learn a little about the rising star now and where he aims to be in the future. At the end of the clip we give you a peek at what went down at his album release party for Basic Strategy as he and Ailee perform their hit song ‘Rollercoaster’.

Please excuse the poor lighting =(.

A huge thank you to Johnnyphlo and MUzO Entertainment for the interview!

Support Johnnyphlo by picking up his latest album Basic Strategy.
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Check out Johnnyphlo at the following:
http://johnnyphlo.com/
http://twitter.com/johnnyphlo
http://www.facebook.com/johnnyphlomusic
http://www.myspace.com/johnnyphlo
http://www.youtube.com/johnnyphlo

After thanking all his supporters at his album released party, Johnnyphlo goes on to announce that his debut full-length album ‘Basic Strategy‘ has been officially released today.

The album is on sale for $10 via paypal but 50% of the proceeds will go towards the relief efforts in Haiti. It will also be available via different online retailers in the near future.

Like I explain in the video blog, I’m going to donate 50% of my sales to Haiti. I’ve never been the type to really go out of my way to help the others around the world. I was always caught up in my own life and lives of those around me that I never bothered to look around to help those that’s really, really in need. With everything that’s happened for me for the past year or so, I just feel so blessed and felt like it was only right to give it back to the world, no matter how small it may be. Also to be honest, I did feel like it will motivate some of you to purchase the album to support the cause. It ain’t about the money. It’s more important to me that you listen to my music and I hope you can feel better knowing that part of what you pay for will go to help those in need!

If the album is as strong as the singles he’s dropped so far, it should be a great listen. We’ll have a review for you as well soon.

Tracklist after the jump:

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Youtube sensation Ailee released her first ever, official track “Shoe Game” yesterday and the track is just oozing with greatness.

The song melody originated from mixing Drake’s “Uptown” beat and relaunched as a new femme power track but it not only amazes us females but the fellas as well. This is a strong start for a first ever track and everyone so far is definitely loving the track as much as I am.

Label mate Decipher wrote on his wall,

Ailee sent me this track a few weeks ago and I knew it would be something big. I love being right. “Shoe Game” has hit #3 on the UK charts and who knows where it will take her. You got one with this! Proud of you girl!

Congratulations Miss Ailee!

Well I’ll be… NJ based rapper Johnnyphlo has teamed up with his long time colleague Ailee and crafted one helluva track. Sure it’s poppy but after just a couple listens I can’t get this one outta my head. It’s definitely a recommended listen.

And Ailee killed it on the hook. Oof, that girl can sing!

‘Rollercoaster’ is the lead single off his upcoming album ‘Basic Strategy‘ which drops one week from today, January 19th, 2010! If this song is any indication of what’s to come, then I’m definitely looking forward to that release.

Johnnyphlo’s has just announced the release date for his upcoming debut full-length album ‘Basic Strategy’. It’s all set to drop January 19th, 2010, nearly a year after the release of his mini-album ‘The Notebook‘. This time around he’s collaborated with a list of artists that reads like who’s who of all the top Asian American talent.

We’ve been informed that Ailee, Decipher, DJ Zo, EXP (aka Explicit Linez), James Ha, JL, Lyricks, Manifest, Sam Ock, Schoolboy DUKE, Shogunna, and Viruss 44 are all on the album! A couple of the tracks have been released already like ‘One of the Best‘ and ‘‘Too Late‘ but it seems like there’s a lot more to look forward to.

JP is also holding an album release party in NY, so if you’re in the area you can find out more details at his site.

Don’t you love collaborations? Cause we sure do. Johnnyphlo has teamed up with Philly’s James Ha to create a real smooth track entitled ‘Too Late’. After a couple listens I think this is one of those sleeper hits. The melody kind of sticks with you after a while.

Best of all, it’s a free download, so make sure you grab it!

Note: If you pay attention you may notice some additional background vocals from the very talented Ailee. Also some of you may remember them performing this song at the NY Chuseok festival a couple months back.

Lyrics after the jump!

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