The much anticipated battle between Jin & Dizaster has been officially called off by Jin himself. Although initially excited for the event, it seems the complicated delays and continual badgering from Diz has caused Jin to reconsider the entire thing and just call it off altogether. No word on the situation with Illmaculate though.
Though I’m dissapointed its not gonna go down I respect Jin’s reasoning and wish both MC’s the best.
Happy new year everyone! Sorry we missed last week (I’m sure you can forgive us since it was New Year’s Eve), but we wanted to make sure we started 2010 right and not miss the first Weekly Thursday Freebie.
As I’m sure many of you know, American born Chinese MC Jin has been doing his thing over in Hong Kong for the past few years, and doing it BIG might I add. True this is a few week’s after the fact but towards the end of last year he dropped a FREE mixtape in the spirit of Christmas. (Shoutout to ARW for posting it up!)
Just a warning, the mixtape is almost exclusively in Chinese. But if you ever wondered how the language sounded in rap you should check it out regardless!
He spits over a lot of famous beats by artists like the Black Eyed Peas, Kanye, Drake, Asher Roth, etc. As I said, I know this release ain’t for everyone but you gotta at least be curious right?! Haha….
Source: ARW
Download link after the jump!
Remember when we reported that there was some trouble organizing the Jin vs Dizaster/Illmaculate battles? We heard at that time the battles were rescheduled for Battle of LA on New Years Eve. Well since that day is today Jin posted a new update stating it didn’t happen once again due to the lack of coordination.
This battle may not happen but Jin is contemplating starting his own league to make sure the logistics are worked out properly.
Either way we’ll keep you updated!
I’m sure many of you remember a year ago when we posted up this now famous battle of Dumbfoundead and Tantrum. Well four seasons later the guys regroup for a little discussion on what’s been going on since then and what it takes to make it in the Grind Time league. They also discuss the upcoming Jin vs Dizaster/Illmaculate battle and what they hope to see from that. Good to see the old opponents chatting it up and let’s hope to only see more from then in the future.
Oh, and the censor on Tantrum is hilarious.
So the much talked about battle didn’t go down as planned… it seems there was some trouble getting the event organized in time but Jin just dropped a message to let everyone know he’s still down but it’s on Grind Time to get it set up.
Rumor has it it’s supposed to go down around New Years, so stay tuned to a-Tunes and we’ll keep you posted!
Veteran + the New School, doin their thing on youtube. James Ha does his body beat box magic as Jin spits off the top. It’s a quick verse but definitely cool to see.
Check it, if you’ve been following the noise on the web the past 24 hrs you’d know that rumors were heating up about Jin making his return to the rap battle scene, specfically Grind Time.
Yesterday, I first saw this tweet from dumbfounded saying:
Just got an email from Jin with a video attached that involves grind time, haven’t seen it yet cause I’m on the road but stay tuned
Then this morning I wake up and see this headline on AR about how Dizaster is calling out Jin:
So what happens next? Jin posts up a response to youtube!
He’s accepted the challenge given three conditions:
If this happens, looks like it’s going down in November. We’ll keep you updated! Remember, you read it first at a-Tunes!
Yo a-Tunes readers! I know I’ve missed the past couple weeks of WTF due to my vacation but I’m back with a new one for you today courtesy of Asian Rap Worldwide. ARW has posted up their first release, ‘The LS Mixtape’. This compilation album is dedicated to none other than LS, a veteran asian american MC who was part of the early movement but has since left the music scene a few yrs back.
Read what ARW posted about the mixtape including the dialogue w/ LS himself:
I’m very proud to announce that Asian Rap Worldwide has just released its very first mixtape called The LS Mixtape!! The LS mixtape features 12 songs from LS, a Chinese-American rapper from New York that rapped about his life experiences in the streets of New York’s Chinatown. He was coming up in the rap game around the same time when Asian-American rappers such as Jin, Chan and Shogunna were also coming up. That was in the early millenium which marked the beginning stages of an Asian-American hip hop movement, which LS was a part of. If you haven’t heard any new songs from LS lately, that is because LS is not rapping anymore (or at least is putting his rapping on hold for a while). LS explains it all in this the email he sent to me:
Wuts good Royal? Sorry bout the delay, after i got out the hospital n all i had to catch up on mad shit but i didn’t forget about you… i appreciate the luv fam… i juss wanna let you kno that, i haven’t been in the game for a minute now… it seems my time has come and gone… it’s funny because when i was younger i had dreams of making it big but i never thought it could ever happen… then when it really did start happening n things started to take off it kinda took me by surprise because it was happening so fast and i didn’t really kno what to do with it, all the visions i was having was coming tru but i wasn’t really taking it that seriously when i should of been… but thats how life is sumtimes… whether i decide to pursue music again or not i could say say that i’ve definitely made my mark… even with the limited amount of songs that i put out there, i’m still arguably one of the best asian american artist that did it… it was definitely fun while it lasted and who knows, maybe i’ll pick up the mic again n show these niggas wuts up lol… HOLLA AT THE KID!
-LSWell… you heard it straight from LS. Now about the mixtape. The LS Mixtape is a mix of some originals, some covers over instrumental beats and some collaborations with other Asian rappers.
The mixtape also features Jin, Jay Chou, Shogunna, Chan, Rook, Young Mac, Thai Streets, South Star, FM, & Ailee. You can check out the back cover, tracklisting & download link after the jump. Thanks to ARW for putting this one together!
Continuing where he left off with the last vlog, Jin’s dropped a new track over the Drake instrumental for ‘Best I Ever Had’.
So, I can appreciate where he’s going with this, and I’m happy for his newfound direction but I wasn’t feeling this track too much. It came off kind of played, but maybe that’s just me. Jin’s definitely talking about some good things here but it wasn’t nearly as fresh as his ‘Welcome to the Light Club’ track from a few weeks back.
Regardless, both are up for a free download, so if you want either track then you can grab em HERE.
Source: ChannelAPA
Some of you may remember Jin releasing a new faith-inspired track a couple weeks back entitled ‘Welcome to the Light Club‘. Well his return to the mic has sparked a flurry of discussion all over the web and he decided to take a moment and talk about it all. He spends the vast majority of the time covering the topic of his faith and his recent recomittment to it. While this move may alieniate and turn off some of his fans, I give him mad respect for being real and open with what is true and important in his life, regardless of the collateral outcome.
Source: ChannelAPA
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