Whoa, this new single off of Manifest’s upcoming mixtape ‘Open Bars’ is NICE. I’m feeling the jazzy production from Sam Ock. It’s smooth and clean yet not overly so and keeps things bangin. A great collaboration as Lyricks jumps on in the second half, reminds me why these dude makes such a strong team. ‘Open […]
Read More Manifest x Lyricks x Sam Ock Release New Single – “My Way”They cover the song ‘Beauty for Ashes’ by group Shane & Shane (whom if you’re familiar with, you’ll know that’s no easy task). Their rendition takes a little while to get going but by the halfway point they really start laying into it and all I can say is, it may not be perfect but it’s raw and […]
Read More Sam Ock x Esna Yoon Release Another Collab CoverIt’s only a few minutes long but they announce a couplew juicy news worthy items including their upcoming joint collaboration between them, Wong Fu and Paul Dateh. That sounds like an awesome project and I can’t wait for it to drop. They said end of March time frame. 2010 is gonna be a great year […]
Read More afterschoolspecial Interview w/ ChannelAPAThis was one of my favorite songs from Paul’s self titled album. It’s an emotionally charged number and I can appreciate the fact that he’s pouring his heart out through his music. Ken’s guitar playing really helps set the tone, making this an incredible jam video. Lyrics are the jump.
Read More Paul Dateh x Ken Belcher Perform ‘Without You Here’Bet you never thought you’d see US rapper The Game, Twitter, and KPOP group 2PM in the same headline did you? I saw this over at AngryAsianMan earlier today. Although it doesn’t really piss me off the incident makes me shake my head and sigh. Check out what he recently said on twitter when he […]
Read More Worst Ever: The Game, Twitter, and 2PMSimilar to the interview with Sam Ock, the Inspire 2010 team chatted it up with Clara Chung about a lot of different topics. It’s great to hear the girl outside the context of a youtube video, as she talks about how big a part music plays in her life among other things. Also, wait for […]
Read More Clara Chung Interview at Inspire 2010Lilian Bui, who’s been releasing her original songs in a series on Youtube is now at her 3rd and 4th pieces. One of the tracks is called ‘Up’: This song was inspired by Disney Pixar’s animated feature Up. I am a huge fan of this movie for a plethora of reasons! Also, I’d like to dedicate this little […]
Read More Lilian Bui Releases Her 3rd and 4th Original SongsCheck the spread for the feature Club Culture Magazine did on Cool Calm Pete & Dumbfoundead. I can read Korean though my comprehension ain’t so sharp but either way just know that they were talking about the two in the context of the R-16 Festival held in Korea. Congrats to the two very talented artists […]
Read More Cool Calm Pete & Dumbfoundead Featured in Club Culture MagazineBLYSS (Jasmine Rafael, Jenny Suk, & Cathy Nguyen… Kat Badar sat this one out) is back with a new cover. They cover the infectious tune ‘Do You Remember’ originally by Jay Sean x Sean Paul x Lil Jon. They opted to leave out the raps but kept the sweet pop melodies intact. I enjoyed this […]
Read More BLYSS Covers ‘Do You Remember’ by Jay SeanKato recently posted up this performance from the Atlanta New Year Festival featuring the Akademikz, Eric Cha, and Kyoung as well. I think Kato had one of the stronger performances but it was cool to see one of the MC’s keep it international and spit a verse in Korean. ‘Swagga Like Us’ is a hard […]
Read More Akademikz x Eric Cha x Kyoung x Kato Perform Remix of ‘Swagga Like Us’
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