Alicia Key’s most recent album has produced a number of hits, most recently being the single ‘Unbreakable’. It’s a great R&B single and of course that means it’s going to be heavily covered. For this episode of Showdown we have three very talented ladies in the form of Baiyu, Erika David, and Esna Yoon. There’s […]
Read More Showdown: Baiyu vs Erika David vs Esna YoonOK, I couldn’t help but post this cover. It’s completely acapella and undoubtedly impressive. Paul Jisung Kim decides to cover the well known Coldplay hit ‘Viva La Vida’ and it’s friggn cool. He heavy layers his vocals and forgoes all instrumentation, instead opting to recreate the sound with just his voice. I think you’ll dig […]
Read More Paul Jisung Kim Covers ‘Viva La Vida’ by ColdplayKaty Perry’s latest single “California Gurls” has been given the BLYSS treatment and I personally think its better than the original. This unplugged version gives it a a great sound. Who knew this trendy pop song could translate so well to a showtune-esque style? The girls sound great with some strong harmonies. It was pretty […]
Read More BLYSS Covers “California Gurls” by Katy PerryRock Band Feats in Inches has released a new A/V recording of a studio session where they tracked their single “No Use Pretending”. It’s crazy what can be done in a home studio now. I was feeling the snare percussion, gave it a cool marching band type of feel. Overall it’s a dope release and […]
Read More Feats In Inches Release Studio Session Recording of ‘No Use Pretending’OK, so normally I’d avoid Ke$ha covers like the plague but this one stands out and isn’t nearly as painful as the original. Erin Paula decided to put her own spin on it and even made a cute fun little music video for it. It’s just her acting a fool with one of her studio […]
Read More Erin Paula Covers ‘Tik Tok’Soompi keeps churning out these interviews! This time they got to talk with MYK, of the Map the Soul crew over in Korea. He is a Korean American from the Bay area that moved to Korea and ended up linking up with Tablo of Epik High fame and the rest is history. You can hear […]
Read More MYK Interview w/ SoompiThree members of 454 Life Entertainment, Drew, Thai, and IZ have enlisted the help of Freeway for a new track and video called “We International“. The beat hits hard on this one, and Freeway piratically steals the show. I’m feeling the style choices made for the video… the grimy, dark color palate and blurry effects match the song well. […]
Read More Drew Deezy x Thai x IZ x Freeway Release “We International” MVJ. Reyez has decided to take a break from all the R&B jams and return to a style a little less soft. He even shot an impromptu video for it. Honestly I’m glad he switched it up, hearing him drop all those R&B tracks was getting kind of stale. This wasn’t OMG amazing but it […]
Read More J. Reyez Drops New Video for “Stop Whinin”So if you’ve been keeping up with us, you should know that we hosted a contest to give away a free pair of tickets to the Wonder Girls show in DC. I’m a bit under the weather so I decided not to make a video for this announcement but without further ado… here are the […]
Read More a-Tunes News: And the Winner of the Wonder Girls Tickets Is…Kero One sat down with Soompi to chat and they talked a lout about recent success and how it came to be. You can hear about his thoughts on developing his own music & style, working with Epik High, the importance of family and his new material, Kinetic & ‘Asian Kids’. Kero definitely has some […]
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