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We showed you the preview, now the full video is out. It’s off his …Paper Cuts… EP. I’ll share my thoughts later tonight after I get a chance to view it too but for those of you lucky enough not to be stuck at their day job you can check it out now.

[edit] Just had a chance to view it. The video quality is sharp and the video is decently shot but a bit unimaginative. Doesn’t stray too far from your standard street video. If you like the song you’ll prob like the video but I don’t think it’ll change your mind if you didn’t. [/edit]

The latest music video from Bambu, “Paper Thin,” pairs the Los Angeles emcee with Chace Infinite (half of the West Coast supergroup, Self Scientific). The newest song from the EP, …paper cuts… released earlier this year, aggressively attacks the active gentrification in urban America. The music video was shot in New York City, between Woodside, Queens and the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Bambu’s next project sees him teaming up with DJ Muggs for a mixtape dropping on Soul Assassins before the year’s over. Also, the highly anticipated hat collaboration between Bambu x Soul Assassins x Pnoy Apparel will drop in conjunction with the mixtape.

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For numerous reason I’m very excited to announce and share the line up and promo video for the FIRST Kollaboration event in DC EVER. Finally one of the biggest and greatest showcases of Asian-American talent has come to the mid-atlantic and the list of competitors include Ivy Rose, Christopher Santa Ana, Amanda Lee, Philip Jung & Dong Woo Seo, Lilian Bui, Dave Bak, Trus Real, and Chip Han. That’s a pretty musically diverse collection of talent and they will be competing for top honors (and some money) on September 25th, 2010 at the GWU Lisner Auditorium. There’s also some well known guest performers including SNRG, Lyricks, the Phil Good Band and a whole lot more. To kick things off they’ve also put together a cool promo music video with some slick effects. Make sure to check out Kollaboration DC’s website for more information and to get your tickets, already available for sale!

Oh and one more thing… I’m so incredibly honored to announce that I, GT, am slated to be one of the guest judges at the event. So I expect to see you all there, it’s gonna be an awesome show!

Power Struggle, a Hip-Hop act out of California, has got a new MV out for their single “ArtOfficialFreedom”. They are fairly well known in some circles but I’m just now starting to get into their music. For those of you like me, this isn’t a bad introduction at all. It’s got that classic Hip-Hop sound and the video is real clean too. God Bless the DSLR. You can find this song off their Remittances album that dropped earlier this year.

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You may know City Boy from the various collabs that he’s been involved in that we’ve posted up. He’s part of a group of urban artists on the come up, a new school of Hip-Hop if you will. He’s joined up with a singer named Tousher for their single “KISS U” off his mixtape “D.E.R.E.Z.”, which apparently received some spins on Arizona radio. Here is the MV they put together for it. In terms of production quality it’s decently done. That being said, I’m not sure how old these fellas are but they def look on the young side. And in the inclusion of seemingly jail bait girls all over the video made me a bit uncomfortable. Like the track? DL it here, or DL the whole mixtape here. Kids grow up to fast nowadays.

Taeyang, whose material is no stranger to many Asian-American artists in the states, seems to have international cross-over status in his sights and has released a new track in both Korean & English entitled “I’ll Be There” off his Solar International Album. You can see the official MV below, complete with “Thriller”-esque visuals and dance. What do you guys think? I’m sure the KPOP fans will love it but what about everyone else?

Back in May Lil Crazed dropped his Chapter 2: Famine mixtape, including the track “By Your Side” featuring Krystle Cruz. It’s one of the stronger tracks on the album and a great pop/R&B jam. Today they released the official MV for the song. It’s nowhere near as polished as the song itself but it does the job. No outfit changes, few locations, no effects… you can tell they did what they could and it didn’t turn out too bad, all things considered.

This song features Krystle Cruz, a very talented singer. The hook was written by Joanlee and produced by Flash Beats. The song is featured on my Chapter 2: Famine mixtape. The video was shot at Long Beach with cameos by Michelle Martinez, R. Productions, Joanlee and a few others. Also keep in mind, this was a NO budget music video. Enjoy!

Download Link:
http://limelinx.com/files/eb09b735568…

Download Link to the Chapter 2: Famine mixtape:
http://usershare.net/w22zfhnxgw6q

It’s been a little over two months since FM dropped their official MV for “Like a G6″ but they’ve put up a new remix of both the track and the video by Disco Fries & Video DJ Crush. Is it any better than the original? Not really… though for those of you who like the original and wouldn’t mind hearing/seeing a slighly different spin on it, I’m sure you’ll dig it.

Maybe I’m just getting tired of the promotions of a track that dropped in November of last year.

This weekend will be the 4th Kollaboration Acoustic featuring Alex & Jackie (Alex Hwang & Jackie Kim), Justis Kao, Esna Yoon, FlowEthics, Sorah Yang & Brian Fang, Peony (Judy Lee), Hippie Hippie Hoorah, Lily Bee (Lilian Bui), Johnny Le & Iris Leonardo, Misscarolinexoxo and Dawen as contestants and a special performance by Marie Digby. So make sure to check out the show if you’re in the area!

Date: Friday, August 27, 2010
Time: 8:30PM (Doors Open 6:30PM)
Venue: Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd, East, Hollywood, CA 90068
Ticket Prices:
…$15 General Admission, $25 VIP Admission (preferred seating)

VIP Incentives:
*VIP Preferred Seating
*Meet & Greet opportunity with Marié Digby and other selected artists/judges**
*An opportunity to win a FREE iPad

Open Seating

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE - http://www.kollaboration.org/tickets/…

IYAZ is no stranger to the world of Youtube, and has gone on to create a special online version of his MV for “So Big”. The new MV features webcam cuts of some our favorite artists like AJ Rafael, Kat Badar, Olivia Thai, and Michelle Martinez along with a bunch of other Youtube celebs. It’s a fun watch, but it’s too bad everyone is just lip syncing. Even still, it’s a great nod of respect from the established singer.

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Last week we showed you a  new single by J. Moy aka Chinx called “On My Way” featuring Kin Smuv on the hook. Today we’re showing you the new MV that just dropped for that single. The DSLR quality is crisp, but the lighting effects are overdone and a bit cheesy. It’s a simple video that is decently done but is still a little on dull side. Funny thing is, a couple years back this would have been fairly impressive, but others have really stepped up their video game leaving this one middle of the pack. It’s still a dope track though.

The song is available as a free DL.