I saw this recently over at Gumship and thought the image was too cool not to share. The illustration is by Jaeil Cho, and depicts four prominent Asian-American artists at a table – namely Rekstizzy, Decipher, Lyricks, and Dumbfoundead. Most have shared … Continue reading
Who knew that when we first heard the song “Reaching Out” over a year ago that it would be the beginning of a solo album by Saving Thomas frontman, Dave Bak? Well, that’s the path that he’s taken, dropping Voices today with the help of a number of guest artists including Decipher, Jason Min, Manifest, Lyricks, Andrew Ha, Sam Ock & Sarah So. There are a dozen songs on here by the singer/rapper, and is available via Bandcamp. For a little additional context behind the lead single “Reaching Out” and the album as a whole, check out the video clip after the break.
1.Reaching out feat. Decipher and Jason Min
2.Winter Storm feat. Sarah So
3.Paralyzed
4.Compromise feat. Manifest and Lyricks
5.Voices (Interlude)
6.Voices
7.This Time I’ll Stay
8.Gratitude
9.David’s Cry feat. Sarah So
10.Is Anyone Out There? feat. Andrew Ha
11.Go feat. Sam Ock
12.The Facebook Song
Happy Monday everyone! To start off your week on a fun note, we’ve put together a round-up of some Hip-Hop & R&B music video covers by some of your favorite Youtube stars. If you find yourself typically tuned into your urban radio stations, this collection should be right up your alley. I’m sure you’ll find something you’ll enjoy, if not all of em!
Jennifer Chung x Decipher Remix “Only Wanna Give It to You” by Elle Varner x J. Cole
The Fung Brothers x Jason Chen Remix “Young, Wild & Free” by Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg; “Niggas in Paris” by Jay-Z x Kanye
(JustKiddingFilms, Olivia T, Quest Crew, Wong Fu Productions & More cameo)
Arden Cho Covers “We Found Love” by Rihanna x Calvin Harris
This piece by Gumship isn’t a conventional interview, which is probably a good thing considering that the board they went to for opinions in their February Recap isn’t your conventional collection of MCs. Decipher, Dumb, Lyricks, and Rekstizzy all contribute their two pennies on a wide range of topics including #LINSANITY, past Valentine’s Day experiences, what they would do with Facebook money and more. Check it out in full over at Gumship, it’s one of the more entertaining reads we’ve come across in a while!
Let’s kick off the first of many Valentine’s Day releases with a new track from the extended Chung fam, Danny ‘Decipher‘ Chung and Jennifer Chung. They worked on a track called “Freestyle For Me” and have a little typography video to provide some visual flair. In the mood for a laid-back, Hip-Hop love song? Try this one on for size.
It’s been about a week since YBZ dropped their new single “Hit the Club” but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to hear a new remix. This new version features Philly’s Decipher joining the crew by opening the song with the first verse. Almost makes me wonder what could have been had they made this a posse cut and gotten a lot of other artists to jump in on the action too.
Welcome to another episode of Showdown, where we have a little friendly comparison of artists that cover/remix the same songs and then vote for the one we think pulled it off better.
With Drake being undoubtedly one of the hottest acts in the business right now, it’s no wonder why his music has been covered and remixed by artists thousands of times over. For this installment of our Showdown series we’ve decided to highlight a few recent remixes of Drake’s song “The Motto” featuring Lil Wayne. This one is a three way battle with On Fire & Rocky in one corner, Hopie repping the fairer sex on her own in another, and a huge mega roster of artists in the last corner – comprised of Lyricks, De, The Yellow Boyz, Excel Cruz, Koreone, Manifest & Smokes. So by all means, go ahead and take a listen to the three renditions and vote for your favorite below!
Lyricks, Decipher, Al P, JL, Excel Cruz, Koreone, PassDa, Joel, Manifest, Smokes
So who do you think did the track the must justice? The one two punch of On Fire & Rocky? Hopie rocking the mic via webcam? Or the gigantic 10-man lineup from this years’ Asian Hip-Hop Summit tour? Cast your vote now! Why? … Bragging rights? We really don’t have an answer except to say it’s fun!
Rekstizzy has debuted his music video for his song “No Apologies” featuring heavy hitters Decipher & Dumbfoundead. This is more of your classic style of Hip-Hop, no electronica, auto-tune or sung hooks, just three MCs trading verses. Impressively, the song was debuted courtesy of Complex (as we shared that it would). So did it live up to the hype? I’ll let you be the judge but in my opinion the track got stronger as it progressed – and I’ll leave it at that. You can get it as a free single via the Bandcamp widget below.
It looks like NY based rapper Rekstizzy managed to lock down some heavy hitting features for his song “No Apologies”. Decipher and Dumbfoundead both contribute to the track and appear in the music video – set to debut in a little under a week on November 25th (Black Friday) via Complex.com no less. We’ll let you know when it’s up for viewing, so stay tuned!
