In K-Pop news, Korean American singer Brian Joo has dropped a new album in the motherland called Reborn Part 1. Why this news is particularly a-Tunese worthy is because one of the singles, “Can’t Stop” features one of his fellow kyopo artists, Jay Park, along with a rap verse from California’s Dumbfoundead. Now, this particular […]
Read More Passport: Brian Releases “Can’t Stop” with Jay Park & DumbfoundeadIt’s been a while since Esna Yoon made the move to Korea, but the girl is starting to make a name for herself – starting with the release of “Only U” by veteran K-Pop group and fellow gyopo artists, As One. Esna Yoon was one of the writers of the song, also featuring a member […]
Read More Passport: Esna Yoon Pens K-Pop Song for As One – “Only U”It only makes sense that since Blush is comprised of international members, that they would have international appeal. Perhaps that is why they are part of the ad campaign in Singapore for Pioneer Electronic’s dance gear line, STEEZ. Blush’s latest single, “Dance On“, is primarily featured along with a short shoutout from all the ladies […]
Read More Passport: Blush Featured in Pioneer STEEZ Ad Campaign in SingaporeIn 2012 it seems that Aziatix has set their sights on Japan with the release of a Deluxe Edition of their album Nocturnal. The repackaged album pretty much contains a compilation of all their work thus far since their debut last year. This includes the singles “Go”, “Nothing Compares to You”, “Be With You”, “Cold”, […]
Read More Passport: Aziatix Releases the Nocturnal Deluxe Edition in JapanIn South Korea, an online cypher video series hosted by Freestyletown.net called Amper recently put together a new session featuring a number of MCs including Atlanta’s The Yellow Boyz. The vast majority of the clip is in Korean but TYB sprinkle in some English here and there (we’ve gone ahead and set the clip to […]
Read More Passport: The Yellow Boyz Appear on Korea’s Amper Cypher SeriesCrown J, government name Kim Kye Hoon, doesn’t exactly have the best of reputations. On more than one occasion he’s been what some of our contemporaries in the blogosphere have called an “Asian Behaving Badly”. Unfortunately for the aspiring international rapper who had an ever short stint in the US with his Young Dro assisted, […]
Read More Passport: Crown J to Face 8 Months in JailEmi Meyer reported wrote a catchy little tune called “On the Road” for Toyota in a new TV ad campaign they are running for the new Prius. I wouldn’t mind hearing the full version of the song because there seems to be a lot to like. Either way, it’s a good placement for Meyer and […]
Read More Passport: Emi Meyer Writes Tune for Toyota Prius Ad in JapanIt’s been revealed that the budding KPOP via way of Jersey, Ailee, has joined the cast of Dream High 2 – the follow up to the popular teen drama series in South Korea. The show is notable for casting popular singers and musicians as main characters and the second iteration is set to debut in […]
Read More Passport: Ailee Cast in South Korea’s “Dream High 2” Drama SeriesLet me be the first to admit, this track has been on replay since I first heard it a couple weeks back. Thankfully, Japanese Hip-Hop troupe Re:Plus have released the official music video to “Let the Story Tell” featuring California’s FlowEthics. Personally, I can appreciate a little bit of story telling mixed in with my […]
Read More Passport: MV for FlowEthics Featured Single “Let the Story Tell” by Re:Plus ReleasedEddie was a KPOP solo artist before Aziatix, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise to see him branch out on ventures of his own. The following MV is for a track called “If Only” and it’s off a project compilation album titled 청춘만감 (Project Boy, Myself) that was released last week in […]
Read More Passport: Eddie Shin of Aziatix Releases “If Only” MV
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