The latest installment in the awesome Kollaboration Acoustic series has been announced and is set for the end of summer – August 27th, 2010. Check out that awesome list of competitors! There are a bunch of names I recognize including Esna Yoon, Lilian Bui and Dawen along with a bunch of people I’m not so familiar with […]
Read More Kollaboration Acoustic 4 Announced!Kina Grannis, who recently wrapped up her East Coast tour, had the opportunity to perform on national tv on The Early Show on CBS a couple days ago. What an incredible opportunity though the sound set up wasn’t the best… sounded a bit thin and flat. She performed a couple songs including her hit song […]
Read More Kina Grannis Performs on CBS’s the Early ShowA month ago they dropped the trailer but the full MV for “I’mma Be the Best” was released today. Michelle Martinez features and and is a great addition to the song, giving the track a lot of soul. This is probably my favorite release from 454 thus far since it’s the first track with some […]
Read More Thai x Michelle Martinez Release the MV for “I’mma Be the Best”That’s quite the line up. A ton of VA artists – Lyricks, JL, Sickboi, Capital P and west coast soul singer Esna Yoon are throwing a fundraiser concert in VA a week from today. You can find details at the official facebook event page. For those of you in the Mid-Atlantic area, this is a […]
Read More Esna Yoon, Lyricks, JL, Sickboi, Capital P & More To Hold Concert in VAShe released the preview a couple weeks back, but here’s the official video which she debuted last night. The song is “Love as Tragedy: A Play in 3 Acts” and features a pretty well executed video that really was only lacking in technical polish. I like that they tried something a little different with the […]
Read More Alfa Garcia Releases the MV for “Love as Tragedy”Check out this great article on the NY Times website highlighting and focusing on Asian American musicians, most prominently Legaci as they continue their back up duties for Justin Bieber. They mention a lot of great talent, including Charice, David Choi, AJ Rafael, Kina Grannis, Gabe Bondoc, Cathy Nguyen, JR Aquino, Dawen, Jennifer Chung, and […]
Read More Must Read – Great NY Times Online Article on Legaci and Other AA MusiciansNew York must be a special place because I don’t have any live musicians at any of my local Best Buys. But nevertheless Alfa Garcia had the opportunity to play there a couple days back and here’s some footage from the event. She was backed by a full band and sang “Meaningless Conversation” and “Second […]
Read More Alfa Garcia Shares Performance Footage from Gig at Best BuyJ Reyez seems to enjoy creating english covers of KPOP songs, and this time he’s joined by JD Relic and 3rd Degree as they put their english spin on the Big Bang single “Tell Me Goodbye”. It’s good but with a few tweaks I think they could have done a lot more with this beat […]
Read More J Reyez x JD Relic x 3rd Degree Cover Big Bang’s “Tell Me Goodbye”Lyricks, Manifest, Sickboi, JL and a bunch of other MC’s (mostly) from the 703 (Northern Virginia) area have dropped a mixtape entitled The Supernova Collective Volume One. You can hear one of the singles (“Guillotine Music”) in the promo video below. “LAVA“, “Cube Runners“, “Myndgames 2.0” and the “Lemonade remix” are also included. Other artists […]
Read More Lyricks x Manifest x Sickboi x JL & More Release The Supernova Collective Volume One MixtapeFriday, June 18th has arrived and Kato’s follow up to the mixtape This Is My Everything has officially dropped. The second volume in the series features a couple of his own solo joints along with a ton of music that’s all produced by Kato himself. This mixtape is filled with previously released and unreleased music […]
Read More Kato Releases the T.I.M.E. Vol II Mixtape
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