Hello, friends. We’re still digging out of our backlog of MVs to review and share – so we’re sticking with the micro-review format. One positive, one negative, and on to the next one. This collection is made up exclusively of bands. It’s not really a battle, but “Battle of the Bands” is a catchier headline. […]
Read More The Mid-week Music Video Mini-Reviews Round-Up – 8/27/14 – Battle of the Bands EditionA couple weeks ago, a number of Asian-American artists made their way out to the beautiful state of Hawaii for the Aloha Concert. Folks like David Choi, Jason Chen, Clara C, Timothy DeLaGhetto, and AJ Rafael all went out to the 50th territory to join the union, and one of the cool results of their gathering […]
Read More Snapshot: Traphik Blows Away Clara C, David Choi, Jason Chen, and AJ Rafael with a Fireball #HADOUKENThere’s no way you haven’t heard of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at this point; it’s taken the world by storm via social media. The purpose of the challenge is to spread awareness and raise funds to help combat an otherwise incurable degenerative nerve condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease in a self-deprecating manner. […]
Read More Watch These Asian American Artists Support the Fight Against ALS with the #ICEBUCKETCHALLENGEMAGIC!’s reggae pop hit, “Rude”, has been unavoidable this summer – and for good reason. It’s the kind of breezy, catchy pop song that perfectly fits the season. And its that reason I’m kind of surprised we haven’t seen a lot more covers of the song. Regardless, here are 8 videos where some of our […]
Read More The Rude Covers Youtube Round-Up – 8/21/14If you’ve been following this blog, you should know by now I like to keep my Hip-Hop simple. All the glitz and polish of them fancy videos, all the abundance of alcohol and pretty girls, they mean little to me if the bars aren’t there. So if you subtract all the former and only leave […]
Read More Jin x J. Reyez x Jargon x Lil Crazed x Rob Campman Join Together for an All Asian-American CypherAJ Rafael has come a long way since singing infront of a webcam on Myspace and Youtube. He acknowledges that many artists have influenced him along the way and now he wants to pay it forward with this new web-series called Pen Trails. For this show, he opened up an opportunity for aspiring artists to submit […]
Read More AJ Rafael Starts a Reality Music Web Series called Pen TrailsWell I came across this interesting tidbit today on Billboard. According to a study, it seems that Asian-Americans spend the most on music out of any other demographic. It appears to be a combination of quickly adapting new distribution technologies and coming from generally more affluent backgrounds. It’s not too long a read, and I recommend […]
Read More Required Reading: Asian-Americans Outspend Average Music FansOK, there was never any true “beef” to begin with. But it looks like all the hoopla surrounding Olivia Thai‘s public outcry regarding the alleged unfair business practices during her tenure with JK Films has been settled. The two sides appear to be all kumbaya and BFF again, and we’ll take it at face value […]
Read More Olivia Thai & JK Films Settle Their Business DisputeThey say music is the universal language – and I guess it’s true even in the absence of it. You don’t have to understand Korean to cringe at this performance from the Reality TV Hip-Hop competition, Show Me the Money 3. This contestant seemingly had some momentum before choking on Mom’s jjapaghetti with this dud of a […]
Read More Worst Ever: This Awkward Korean Hip-Hop Reality TV PerformanceDavid So is back with the 2nd installment of his Nike Just Do It ad spoof comedy videos. This one is just as entertaining as the initial release from last week, with one scene in particular expertly walking the line between cringe-worthy and hilarious. And So always rolls with his crew so you can expect […]
Read More David So’s 2nd ‘Just Do It’ Spoof Is Just as Funny as the First
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