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The Blue Scholars Release the “Seijun Suzuki” MV

a-Tunes.net — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:21:43 +0000

This is the latest MV from Seattle’s hip hop favorites, Blue Scholars. The track is “Seijun Suzuki”, from their Cinemetropolis album. I haven’t checked it out myself but I’ll be sure to share my thoughts once I have.

[update] Clean, stylistic cinematography that matches the decidedly off-centre content of the song. The incorporation of Samurai swords was the icing on the proverbial unpredictable cake that is this video. It’s like a weird dream… with street cred.

Bambu Drops a Tour Compilation MV for “Bang”

a-Tunes.net — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:41:08 +0000

August gave us the release of the FreEP from Bambu x the Diamond Supply Co. featuring the production of 6 Fingers. One of the tracks, “Bang” has been given a visual treatment comprised of performance footage from the 1st half of his current stint on the road with the Blue Scholars for the Cinemetropolis tour. Not a bad way to keep tabs on the MC as he makes his way across the country.

Watch Bambu Perform “Just(Us)” and “Iron Bam” in Seattle

a-Tunes.net — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:45:41 +0000

Take a look at this dope performance clip of Bam doin his thing while touring with the Blue Scholars at their stop in Seattle. He spits a little something new and old via “Just(Us)” and “Iron Bam“. It’s crazy how hyped up that audience is! Other MCs need to take note cause that’s how you flippin move a crowd. Audio gets a little distorted at times but it’s still a very watchable clip.

Bambu performing “Just(Us)” and “Iron Bam” live during the Seattle stop of the Cinemetropolis Tour. Be sure to check out http://bluescholars.com for more information on a tour stop near you!

Just(Us)

It is just us
look around the room
a bunch of broke muthuhfukkuhs who look just like you
and some of you keep looking at your clocks counting those minutes
’cause that boss is gonna’ make you wake up at 6AM to wash those dishes
and tuition getting high
so you study all day
and the guy that washes dishes just graduated last May
same school
same major
same grades
same honor
and the Shift Manager’s summa cum laude straight outta’ Harvard
and the guy who owns the business took the business from his Dad
and his Dad built that business on a low cost land
using low cost hands
stolen man on stolen land
and his business keep on booming ’cause you keep looking at the hands of the tic toc click clock
“When’s this show gonna’ stop?”
but you hate your fuckin’ job and you lovin’ this Hip Hop
but, nah, ’cause if you stay here with the people lovin’ music
you might come in late
and the boss is already mad over some stupid shit
and God forbid you don’t get those good grades
B’s and A’s
if you just average Daddy’s gonna’ take your car away
and anyway he can’t afford it
he washes dishes and parks cars
so I appreciate y’all coming out
I know that time’s are hard!

Just us!
Just us!
Ain’t no justice when it’s just us! (repeat)

Welcome to the muthuhuhfukkin’ moment when you realize the way we live here don’t work
where the kids and the others where you live either off to a prison or get driven in a hearse
but worse
working like a muthuhfukkin’ slave for that little bitty pay
I rather we die
that American dream is a lie
check to check just to get by
it’s not a Black thing or a white thing
it’s class division
listen
’cause one day you gonna’ have to explain this bullshit to your children!

(hook)

Blue Scholars and Bambu Team Up For a Tour

music4ursoul — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:51:17 +0000

Seattle’s own hip hop group Blue Scholars and LA native emcee Bambu have joined forces together to announced their first national headlining tour appropriately called the Blue Scholars and Bambu Tour. The tour will officially kick start on September 14th in Vancouver, Canada and will be spread out across 30 venues. The schedule will be after the jump and if they’re playing a city near you, you should definitely check it out!

09/14 – Vancouver, BC – 560 Nightclub

09/17 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market

09/20 – Eugene, OR – Wow Hall

09/21 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom

09/22 – Olympia, WA – The Royal Lounge

09/23 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo

09/24 – Belllingham, WA – Wild Buffalo

10/12 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

10/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – Atrium @ Catalyst

10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club

10/16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah

10/18 – Scottsdale, AZ – Chasers

10/19 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad

10/20 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre

10/21 – Denver, CO – Cervantes

10/22 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep

10/23 – Ft. Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre

10/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court & Urban Lounge

10/26 – Boise, ID – Reef

10/27 – Missoula, MT – Top Hat

10/28 – Spokane, WA – A Club

11/03 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry

11/04 – Madison, WI – Frequency

11/05 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s

11/06 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig

11/07 – Toronto, ON – WrongBar

11/08 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground

11/10 – Boston, MA – Paradise

11/11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

[Music Video] Blue Scholars – “Fou Lee”

a-Tunes.net — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:16:53 +0000

Fresh off the release of the Blue Scholars’ latest album, Cinemetropolis, they have a new music video for the single “Fou Lee”. The duo continues to expand their sound and push boundaries with their music although I was a bit underwhelemed by the MV. Although it’s an interesting watch with some fun moments, the bulk of it is also a bit uneventful. Get both the song and full album on bandcamp now or iTunes & Amazon starting tomorrow.

[Album Release] Blue Scholars – Cinemetropolis

a-Tunes.net — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:54:09 +0000

Let’s start off our first post of the month right, shall we? The long awaited new full-length album from Seattle’s Blue Scholars – Cinemetropolis - has finally dropped. Right now it’s available only on Bandcamp (which means you can stream it too; see the widget below) but look for it on other major services like iTunes & Amazon come June 14th, only a couple weeks away. Pick up the 15 track release now!

Blue Scholars Star in Sonicsgate Film: Slick Watts – A Day in the Life of Seattle without the Sonics

a-Tunes.net — Sun, 29 May 2011 01:07:06 +0000

Hip-Hop group Blue Scholars has always shown nothing but the utmost for their hometown of Seattle. That includes the major loss of the Supersonics franchise as the team was relocated to what is now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder. Perhaps thats why it must have been a no-brainer for the Scholars to team up with the vocal group Sonicsgate. The following clip is the outcome, an ode to the lost Sea-town team and a hopeful proclamation for their return. It’s called Slick Watts – A Day in the Life of Seattle without the Sonics.

[Music Video] Magnetic North x Taiyo Na x Jin – “I Got My”

a-Tunes.net — Tue, 17 May 2011 22:54:57 +0000

The folks behind the Home:Word album, Magnetic North & Taiyo Na have finally put out the music video to their song “I Got My” featuring Jin. But I doubt you’re ready for what you’re about to see as the crew has dug deep and reached out to all their contacts, friends, affiliates, etc to be a part of this MV. There are cameos from the Blue Scholars, Denizen Kane, Conchita Campos, DFD, Christina Chung, FM, Thomas Apartment, James Ha, Vienna Teng, DanAKADan, El Gambina, Cynthia Lin, Dawen, Bambu, DJ Phatrick, Kiwi, Heather Park, Vudoo, Lyrics, Manifest, Alfa, AJ Rafael, Jay Legaspi and a whole lot more. Those are just some of the musicians, there are a ton of activists, media folk, dancers, artists, students, educators, and more who also had a role. This is easily one of the dopest concepts put to music and unifying MV’s I’ve seen all year. Great release.

=== CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ===
DJ Boo
Geologic, Sabzi [Blue Scholars]
Xin [EMC Monkeys]
Travis Wong [The LXD]
Adriel Luis [iLL-Literacy]
Denizen Kane, Jason Mateo
Robby Huang
Erin & Arielle Turullols
Christopher Chao
Conchita Campos
Aivy Nguyen
Dumbfoundead
Alexander Shen
Jen Kwok
Dennis Chin, Ryan Takemiya [RAMA]
Christina Chung
Prohgress, Kev Nish, J-Splif [Far East Movement]
VyVy Trinh, Fatimah Asghar, Teng Yang
Thomas Tran, Pete Nguyen, Nam Tran, Billy Vu Lam, Laine Baker [Thomas' Apartment]
Terry Park, Samuel Lee, Irene Katehis, Seulgi Hong, Eimeeh Escoto, Pemba Sherpa [ASIAN340]
Carol Yip
Naman Rawal, Harajuku Friends
Lisa Lee [Hyphen Magazine], Jeff Chou, Chris Dong, Jonathan Yu, Chia-Chi Li, Diana Halog
Peggy Phan
Sahra Vang Nguyen
TL Truong [Blueprint Cru]
Beau Sia
James Ha
Vienna Teng
Bao Phi
Jennii Le
Ed Lin, Cindy Cheung
Ishle Park, Vinh Hua
DANakaDAN [afterschoolspecial]
El Gambina [Organic Thoughts]
Kelly Tsai
Charlie Chin
Jet Li, Dumbo, Law, Can Nguyen, Charles Nguyen, Chad Mayate [Poreotics]
Christina & Katherine Seid [Chinatown Ice Cream Factory]
DJ Kid Stylez
Face Yu, Bhurin Sead [Blue Man Group]
Cynthia Lin, Bonnibel Fonbuena
Karen & Annie Lin [AIRA]
Yuri Kochiyama
Regie Cabico
Giles Li, David Kong, Pen Khek Chear [Boston Progress]
UCLA Superstars
Dawen
Wilson Tang [Nom Wah]
Bambu, DJ Phatrick
Kiwi
Pushkar Sharma, Sathya Sridharan [Brownstar]
Abraham Kim
An Rong Xu, Kingston Yuen, Allen Wong [Three-Half Collective]
Andres Turullols
Heather Park
Dan Diggity
Julia Cho
Sheng Wang
Mia De Claro, Nancy Shon
Sam Kang, Charles Kim, Abe Chung [Bluebook Productions]
Davidian Shaw
Corky Lee, Wendy Lee, Vickie An, Cheryl Tan [Asian American Journalists Association]
Lindsey Trinh, Matthew Luu, Patrick Luu, Jessica Luu, Christine Trinh
Koba
Diana Nguyen [Disgrasian]
Ruby Veridiano [iLL-Literacy]
Franz Loza
Jackie Fernandez, Olivia Lin, CRAASH
Chris Tan, Northeastern University’s Pi Delta Psi
Karl Sung, Kien Luc
Vudoo Soul
Phil Wang, Wesley Chan, Ted Fu [Wong Fu Productions]
Tou Saiko & Vong Lee [Delicious Venom]
Randall Park
Scooter Oyama
Dan Nguyen
Thi Nguyen
Lyricks, Manifest
Michelle Myers, Catzie Vilayphonh [Yellow Rage]
Phil Yu [Angry Asian Man]
Alfa
AJ Rafael
Jay Legaspi
Tad Nakamura

=== ADDITIONAL CAMEOS ===
Steven Cong
Paul Cabasag
Caly Ngo
Tammy Ngo
Catrina Ngo
Harold Min
Young Song
Pearl Ohm
Minna Kim
Pearl Kim
Deborah Tu
Sophia Giddens
Brian Redondo
Joanna Lui
CJ Guiang [Deep Foundation]
Helen Ong
Jenny Ye
Stephanie Lin Hsu
Jennifer Myaeng
Will To
Nicholas Chack
Daichi Ebato
Andrew Lin
Jon De Castro
Ha Tran
Mary Joy Graham
Kelli Lin
Justin Leroy
Eddie Kim
Derek Srisaranard
Mori Nagasako
Bonnie Duen
Aimee Estrellado
Ashley Manzano
Judia Chang
Weiling Chou
Jeany Zhang
KT Takai
Claire Vergara

=== SPECIAL THANKS ===
An Rong Xu
Corinne Manabat
ManSee Kong
Chris Huang
Vinh Hua
Gary San Angel
Paolo Ongkeko
Casey Chan
Sahra Vang Nguyen
Justin Schell
C-Knowledge
Bowery Poetry Club

The Blue Scholars Release “John Deloreon” [Free DL]

a-Tunes.net — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:40:04 +0000

I love it when artists put a fresh spin on their music and switch up the topics and concepts. Seattle’s Blue Scholars integrate a little time travel talk with some spaced out production and dope synths to create a refreshing track that stands out in a sea of lazy Hip-hop music. I’m really diggin this track, and lucky for me it’s a free DL. Well, I guess you can have it too.

Blue Scholars Perform for Knocksteady

a-Tunes.net — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:36:35 +0000

Dumb and company put on a podcast series called Knocksteady live, and last week featured Seattle’s Hip-Hop duo the Blue Scholars. They came through to interview, perform, and just plain chill. You can plain DL the entire podcast on iTunes but for your A/V pleasure they’ve posted up the footage from the live in-studio performance. Can’t wait for their Cinemetropolis album to drop.