Back in February, Virginian MC Manifest dropped his 3rd mixtape entitled Open Bars. The title is less an allusion to alcohol but rather more towards his lyrical content and at 20 tracks deep it’s clear that Mani has a lot to say. His last release was about two years ago but he’s stayed active performing, touring, interviewing, […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Manifest – Open Bars MixtapeJR Aquino, who often goes by simply JRA, hasn’t been on my radar for too long but upon hearing some of his work and album previews on Youtube at the early part of this year I was impressed enough to support the guy and pick up his album. That also means we get to take […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: JRA – ExposureIt’s been quite some time since this album dropped towards the end of 2009, but we’re still playing catch up on these album reviews. Violinist and singer Paul Dateh frequently collabs with guitarist Ken Belcher, so it was only natural that they would join forces and put out an album together. With a heavy emphasis […]
Read More Critic’s Corner: Paul Dateh x Ken Belcer – The Good LifeCheck this collab from some of our people up north, D-Pryde, Young Avz, AJM and J Reyez. I’m liking this track. Each MC had a decent verse though no one was amazing. These artists never seem to let more than a couple weeks go by without dropping a new song or remix but I think […]
Read More D-Pryde x Young Avz x AJM x J Reyez Release “4AM in Montreal”Most people who have been following Asian-American music for a while will be familiar with the classic Passion song “Lemonade”. Well a bunch of singers were in Canada for a gig and what do you get when a lot of talent is in a small room? Awesome jams. Check out this clip of Victor Kim, […]
Read More Victor Kim x Lydia Paek x JRA x Erika David x Traphik x Passion Sing “Lemonade”Inspired By U, the R&B group from Chicago, has a new interview posted up with SayWhatNews. They get to discussing a lot of details you probably didn’t know about the group like how two of them originally knew each other as break dancers and that how one member came up with the name for the […]
Read More IBU Interview w/ SayWhatNewsJapanese Rapper Shing02 recently had an interview w/ ChannelAPA and although I’m not too familiar with his work as it’s mostly based in Japan, from what I understand he’s a well respected veteran that has done work with people such as the late Nujabes. Check out what he has to say about how he stays […]
Read More Shing02 Interview w/ ChannelAPASinger/Song writer Connie Lim recently had a performance set with KPRC Radio, an internet broadcast station, and has shared some footage from the event. In this clip she sings “Now”, and really channels a Sarah McLachlan vibe. It’s slow, haunting, but beautiful song. Nick and I went into the KPCR radio station and did about […]
Read More Connie Lim Shares Footage from KPCR Radio Performance
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