Interestingly enough, I noticed that a lot of recent covers were some of our favorite female artists showcasing their talents on their musical instruments of choice. This time around we have Alfa singing a bluesy version of “Grenade”, a faith inspired cover by Esther Lee (aka ThatsEstherLy), Cate Song singing some Jimmy Eat World, Erin […]
Read More The Girls That Play Instruments Youtube Cover Round-Up – 9/1/11No one said the music biz was easy, even after you’ve made it big. Hip-Hop DX has reported that platinum recording artist Bruno Mars is currently in litigation with his music publisher over the terms of his contract and has moved to sue. Mars has claimed that he has fufilled his contractual obligation and wishes […]
Read More Bruno Mars Reportedly In Legal Dispute Over Contract with PublisherVirgina’s Ly to the Ricks has just unleashed a pair of videos for “High Road” and “Memories”. The former features his fellow VA brethren, C-Note and the latter is Sam Ock track with Jess Yang that Lyricks jumped onto. Both are great listens/watches but the “Memories” in particular has am eerily yet beautifully haunting quality to it. […]
Read More Lyricks Drops Videos for “High Road” ft C-Note & “Memories” ft Sam Ock x Jess Yang; and “The Last Year”Creativity can strike and manifest itself in the oddest form sometimes. The whole planking/owling/etc phenomenon is one such example and so it looks like Andrew Huang aka Songs To Wear Pants To felt inspired to create an equally off-center and humorously absurd song to match. This one is dedicated to the act of Horsemanning, where […]
Read More Songs To Wear Pants To Releases the “Horseman” MVSinger Paul Kim sure has been staying busy. Capping off a string of recent new music and videos is his latest featuring Eunice Kiss – “Still Not Over You”. The track was first released in the first half of August and now has the visuals to go with it. It’s not quite as polished as […]
Read More “Still Not Over You” MV Released by Paul Kim x Eunice KissLast year, Jihae released the album Fire Burning Rain and as part of the promotions, put together a musical theater production to accompany the LP. The show is about to have another debut in a couple weeks at the Highline Ballroom in NY City on September 8th. The multi-media Rock Opera is a full scale theatrical […]
Read More Jihae to Premiere the ‘Fire Burning Rain’ Rock Opera in NY on September 8thThis clip ain’t brand new but it’s still worth sharing. I’m sure most West Coast/Bay area Hip-Hop fans should be able to appreciate this one! E-40, one of the veterans and staples of NorCal Hip-Hop is a one of a kind carried by his unique flow, charisma, and vocabulary. But this Asian guy may be giving him […]
Read More Just ‘Cause: An Asian Man’s Surprisingly Good Impression of E-40At the end of this past Spring, Rocky Rivera dropped a project called the Pop Killer mixtape including the song “SF Retrospect” featuring Davinci; an ode to her home stomping grounds of the Bay. It never got pushed as a single but it’s been given the official remix treatment courtesy of Digital Martyrs, retaining the nostalgic […]
Read More Rocky Rivera x Digital Martyrs Leak the North Bay Remix to “SF Retrospect”This is the last week of Adam WarRock’s Donation Drive Month campaign and he’s brought out some tracks from his older catalog to refresh and present to many for the first time. “Smashed Gordon” is the first cut with “PBR” on the flip side of this double single. AW is getting ready to go on […]
Read More Adam WarRock Re-Introduces “Smashed Gordon” & “PBR”It’s been a good day, so what would you folks say to another edition of Showdown? This is where we have a little friendly comparison of artists that cover/remix the same songs and then vote for the one we think pulled it off better. Canadian rapper Drake has always been a popular pick for covers and remixes […]
Read More Showdown: J. Han of AMP vs City Boy
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