It may have been a month since Verse first shared the song “Ride to Oblivion” featuring the one and only Jin, but it’s now being given something more of a proper promotion. They just released the typography video, and the song has officially dropped on iTunes – so now you can get a more dynamic viewing of the lyrics and put the song on your collection all at the same time. Short of an official music video, this is pretty much everything you could ask for.
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We weren’t trying to pull an April Fool’s joke on you when we reported about Traphik’s new mixtape. Cruise Control is in fact now available as a free DL from his bandcamp page. The 13 song release with guest features by Jin, Erika David, Dumbfoundead and more, is his latest collective drop since his MixedApe mixtape in 2010. Enjoy via the widget below!
That’s right folks, Mr. Timothy De La Ghetto has announced a new mixtape, and it’s going to be available April 1st as a free download. It’s called Cruise Control and is full of 13 tracks including guest appearances by Dumbfoundead, Erika David, and Jin, among others. Songs that made it onto the tracklist include “Fly Young Gentleman“, “CHIA“, and “Charlie Sheen“, so you certainly have a lot to look forward to. Check out the back cover & tracklist below, after the break.
Rapper Jin takes a trip down memory lane with a song called “After Tonight”. March marks the 10 year point since his famous appearance on Freestyle Friday on BET’s 106 & Park program, where he proceeded to win 7 weeks of 1 on 1 battles to become inducted into the hall of fame. Though we have a more indepth look back planned in the comings weeks, this track will get you pretty much up to speed if you happened to miss Jin’s first big claim to fame.
Verse makes a return with a new single called “Ride to Oblivion”, featuring the veteran MC Jin. The track is an inward look at each artist’s place in music, life and faith and keeping them all in sync. There’s an official video in the works, so we’ll be sure to post that up whenever it drops. Hopefully we’ll get some footage of the two together, but this may be a long-distance-send-my-parts-over-mediafire type of affair.
In an indepth interview with Asiance, Jin the MC touched upon topics both old and new, even revisiting his days as Jimmy the mechanic on 2 Fast 2 Furious. If you’re been wondering why he’s so active on twitter, what’s next in terms of music, and how radical of a change he’s gone through the past few years, then head on over to Asiance Magazine for the full read. It’s been a decade since the guy blew up on 106 & Park, so there’s a lot to reflect on!
If there’s one thing rappers love to do, it’s dropping remixes. Now, everyone is taking the extra step to differentiate themselves by putting together full music videos for their remixes, but the easy way out is to throw some cover art or an image over the track and post it to Youtube. That’s exactly what’s been done here. All the songs are pre-recorded, studio-esque quality songs, most available as a free DL, but there is hardly a visual to match – effectively turning Youtube into a new school jukebox. At least Jin took it a half step further and threw some lyrics up on one of his videos! (To be fair, I prefer this over the webcam rap videos…)
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If you’re a Jin fan, you may recall a little EP he released last Spring called Sincerely Yours, it was a 5 track release that was promoted briefly before he unveiled the more polished singles like “Shoot for the Moon” and “When the Lights Come On” later that year. But with anticipation building for his long-awaited new English album, he’s decided to re-release the EP under the Sincerely Yours 2.0 banner. It’s the same tracks, same beats, same lyrics, only now they’ve been re-recorded and remastered for a much cleaner sound. You can get the not so new but improved songs as a free download, here.
If you are Asian-American or have a fair amount Asian-American friends, you may have noticed that NBA’s latest feel-good story, Jeremy Lin, has been a huge hot topic as of late. He’s become a starter for the NY Knicks and has had some great games for several consecutive nights.
Well, the rising basketball star has certainly inspired a lot of people, including some of our artists. Already we’re beginning to see songs about Mr. Lin and we suspect it isn’t over yet. So this post will serve as a running collection of the songs, in reverse chronological order of release (Newest at the top). So far it’s Gowe and Jin, but I’m sure there”ll be more to follow!
[Added 3/13]
Grand Master Chu of Model Minority – “Hard Work”
The Slants – “Capture Me Burning”
Here are the much anticipated visuals for Jin‘s latest single that dropped a couple weeks back, “When the Lights Come On”, featuring Joseph Vincent. The video work is impressive at points with some snazzy effects, and they went all out by taking things to Sydney, Australia. It’s a pretty decent watch overall, props to Jin & the rest of the Catch Music team!
