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Passport: Brian Releases “Can’t Stop” with Jay Park & Dumbfoundead
In K-Pop news, Korean American singer Brian Joo has dropped a new album in the motherland called Reborn Part 1. Why this news is particularly a-Tunese worthy is because one of the singles, “Can’t Stop” features one of his fellow kyopo artists, Jay Park, along with a rap verse from California’s Dumbfoundead. Now, this particular line up is for the English version of the song, with the Korean rendition substituting another MC in for Dumb. You can grab the song on iTunes and stream it via the Youtube link below… for now.
Purchase: iTunes
Two Cents: GT’s Top 10 MVs from 2011 (and 10 Honorable Mentions)
2011 was a banner year in the world of Asian-American music. We saw more releases than ever, more artists achieving more mainstream success, and more fans across more ethnic backgrounds recognizing the great music by our artists. But along with more of the good comes more of the bad – with there also being an influx in mediocre music, an increase in hate and bigotry (check Youtube comments) and even more pressure to try and stand out. That’s why I wanted to look back on the past year and choose what I consider to be my top 10 favorite music videos from 2011. Now this doesn’t mean that these are the MVs with the top production values (although this is often the case), but rather it’s a reflection of what I found to be the most well executed, balanced, and entertaining visuals. On the very last page we also have a list of 10 honorable mentions that I thought deserved to be recognized as well.
So without futher ado let’s jump straight into number 10…
10. IAMMEDIC – “Spaceship” (article)
Electronica-Pop group IAMMEDIC took the concept of their song “Spaceship” to the max by injecting a silly Star Trek inspired motif and alien abduction. The video is fun, looks great, and represents the high energy of the audio perfectly. Deep? Not so much, but fun and well executed? Very much so.
Directors/Cinematographers/ Dan Fisher and Ed Park
Produced by Joe Park and IAMMEDIC
Edited by Steve Arcenio
Visual Effects – Ed Park and Derrick Lee
3D Model by Daniel Harris
“Spaceship” Written and Produced by IAMMEDIC
Mixed by Enik Lin
DFD Remixes “Love Is a Song” by DJ Soulscape
Mr. DFD aka Dumbfoundead has brought out a gift for all of his fans, a remix of Korea’s DJ Soulscape’s jazzy Hip-Hop track “Love is a Song”. The remixed track comes complete with a music video featuring Jennifer Field. If you’d prefer to add the song to your collection, it’s also available as a free DL, here - can’t be mad at that.
Dumbfounded Profiled on Last Call with Carson Daly
Whoa, the dude is making moves! Dumbfoundead was recently profiled on Last Call with Carson Daly, the music themed talk show hosted by the former TRL poster child. It’s kind of a high level overview to help the masses who are unfamiliar with the rising artist, get to know him on a quick and dirty level. I say, the more exposure, the better – because Jonathan Park is certainly someone who deserves it.
Dumbfoundead Features on Wax’s “Guess Who”
Dumb has joined his Clockwise partner in rhyme, Wax, on a track called “Guess Who” off the latter’s latest mixtape, Eviction Notice (a free DL). You can check out the promo video below where the two emcee’s trade rhymes over an EOM beat. The two have always made a strong team and this is yet another example.
Snapshot: DFD x Tiger JK
DFD x JK
Recently, international super star Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger fame brought a Movement concert to LA. But he couldn’t throw down a show in the city of angels without linking up with the town’s golden child, Dumbfoundeadso for the lucky few who were there, you got to see the young and the new school share a moment in the spotlight. Maybe Dumb can take on the alias of DFD Shine and the two can reform Drunken Tiger and call it a day. I wouldn’t mind one bit. Tigers in the presence…
Just rocked with the big bro @drunkentigerjk instagr.am/p/XEC30/—
Jonathan Park (@dumbfoundead) December 03, 2011
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Here’s some footage from the show!
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Rekstizzy x Decipher x Dumbfoundead Release the MV for “No Apologies”
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.
Just ‘Cause: Dumbfoundead “Interviews” John Cho
OK, there’s really not much I can say here. This is just an awesome clip. If it’s staged, it’s silly and entertaining. If it’s genuine, then it’s sheer genius. Gotta love Dumb, always up to no good. Poor John Cho… Someone give Dumb his own reality show a la Ashton Kutcher. You’ve just been Dumb’d!
Decipher & Dumbfoundead to Feature on Rekstizzy’s “No Apologies”; MV Due Nov 25th
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!
Snapshot: Lyricks x Dumbfoundead x Esna Yoon x Manifest x Zo x Lyraflip x JL
L to R: Lyricks, Dumbfoundead, Esna Yoon, Manifest, Zo, Lyraflip, JL
I’m honestly not sure when or where this picture was taken, or even how we found it. But my best guess is that this is on set of the music video for “Lava” by JL, L. Scatterbrain, Lyraflip, Lyricks, Manifest, Dumbfoundead and DJ Zo – meaning the photo has to be at least a year and a half to two years old. How’s that for a Snapshot in time? Esna makes an appearance though L.S. is curiously missing… perhaps he’s taking the picture?
Odd to think how much has happened since this photo was taken. Mani & JL have been to Korea and back again (welcome home fellas!), Lyricks has remained a staple in the DMV/East Coast Hip-Hop scene, Dumb & Zo have been conquering the world… and I dunno where Flip & Scatter are right now. They’ve been kind of quiet, fell off our radar a bit. Can’t wait to see what will become of everyone in another two years!
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