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That’s right. These talented Asian-American women of New York, singer Heather Park & Knewdles of Misnomer(s), are working on a track together! It looks like this is going to be on Heather’s album Stay, scheduled to be released soon (in May). I’m really looking forward to this collab. It’s awesome to see these ladies holding down their own!

From Knewdles’ Twitter:

Going to the stu & laying down my verse on @heatherpark‘s album today…

For those of you who are like me and have been itching to hear some official studio material from the hip-hop sister duo Misnomer(s) well then today is your lucky day. The just announced via twitter that their single ‘Too Many Things’ is available for freedownload via their bandcamp page. Of course this means you gotta input your e-mail and join their list but it’s a small price to pay for good music.

From Twitter:

Want some Misnomer(S) music? Get yer free download of “Too Many Things” on www.misnomers.bandcamp.com!!!

The Misnomer(s) have been featured in an ad for the upcoming video game “Def Jam Rap Star”. They have a couple shots in the ad and it’s awesome to see them representing! Let’s hope one day their songs will be in the actual game too. These girls are no strangers to being featured in ads as they’ve done work for other companies such as Target as well.

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It’s cool to see some more live footage of the duo. They are definitely active on their home front. They have an organic old school hip-hop kinda vibe about them though I’d like to hear them switch things up now and then (kinda like Knewdles collab w/ Bridget Barkan). A lot of their material sounds similar. But props to them for doing their thing. Especialy that Target ad, awesome placement!

On a side note, I just realized these girls are maaaad skinny, especially Knewdles. haha

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The MC half of the group Misnomer(s) recently performed as a featuring vocal on Bridget Barkan’s song ‘Dear Stranger’. KNEWDLES spits a verse and the two artists performed to much fanfare and justly so. It’s a pretty nice song.

My only complaint is that it was kinda awkward for KNEWDLES to just stand there for a couple minutes until her part came up.

Check out this recent performance of Misnomer(s) from the SOLA Street Festival in Bed Stuy Brooklyn from over the weekend. They performed their track ‘Too Many Things’ over the instrumental for ‘Bells of War’ by the Wu-Tang Clan. It was a pretty heartfelt performance. I like the MC’s energy though her voice takes some getting used to. The violin is always a nice touch. I’d like to see her go toe to toe with Paul Dateh in a violin-off haha.

Misnomer(s), a hip-hop sister duo from NY have just been featured on Seoulbeat’s latest episode of EMT.

It’s a great watch and for many, I imagine it’s a great introduction to these artists. They definitely have a unique flavor and you’ll be able to check out more once their debut album ‘American Eyes’ drops in September of this year.

Lastly, big ups to Ellie from Seoulbeats… her doing these segments makes my life a lot easier to spread the word about these homegrown artists!