If you keep up with West Coast Hip-Hop artists Bambu & Rocky Rivera on even the most casual of levels, you should know that the two are something of a power couple in the underground rap scene on that side of the country. But not only do they share their love for the art and […]
Read More Snapshot: The Family – Bambu x Rocky Rivera x Khalil BayaniHere’s a new Beatrock Music production, a joint album from 6Fingers & Topkat – Mercury Retrograde. They are commemorating the release of the LP with a music video for the lead single, “I’ll Be Around”. The album has a ton of guest features, including: Bambu, Rocky Rivera, Hopie, Chariz, and underground Hip-Hop vets like Del the Funky Homosapien and Exile. Hip- Hop […]
Read More 6Fingers x Topcat Release MV for “I’ll Be Around” & ‘Mercury Retrograde’ AlbumBambu and his team have put together a simple but semi-controversial video for his first song off his upcoming LP, One Rifle Per Family. The track is called “Sermon” and it’s all being released in conjunction with his birthday (which is today). So with that, we wish Bam an awesome birthday as we patiently await the […]
Read More Bambu Debuts MV for First Single (“Sermon”) off ‘One Rifle Per Family’“At It Again” is one of my favorite tracks from The Bar’s album, Walk Into a Bar. If you haven’t been keeping up, The Bar is the moniker given to the collaborative duo of Prometheus Brown and Bambu. The two have released a music video for the single, which was delayed due to footage being lost […]
Read More The Bar (Pro Brown x Bambu) Drop the MV for “At It Again”Jeff Yoo returns for another guest post, here on a-Tunes. Here, he talks about Hip-Hop in the context of Asian-Americana. I’ve been a huge hip hop fan for years so it’s a great honor and privilege that I get to do a hip hop music review for http://www.a-tunes.net — Shout outs to Mr. Gifted Thought […]
Read More Two Cents: Inspire’s Jeff Yoo Talks Asian-American Hip-HopHere’s some Hip-Hop music from the other side of the country – the West Coast. Bambu has a guest spot on a new Otayo Dubb song called “A Lil More”, off OD’s Cold Piece of Work. The Beatrock family collaboration is a dope upbeat track with a similar video to match. There’s something about organ sounds […]
Read More Bambu Features on Otayo Dubb’s “A Lil More” MVBambu has found himself on the billing for 2012’s Soundset (an annual Hip-Hop festival) in Minnesota at the end of month (the 27th). To mark the occasion, he’s dropped “When I Get to Minnesota” as a precursor to his appearance at the independent Hip-Hop musical event, along with 40 other artists. Mid-western rap fans would […]
Read More Bambu Debuts “When I Get to Minnesota”In some musical commentary regarding Trayvon Martin, Bambu steps up to the mic against some a sparse, DJ Phatrick produced beat in a piece called “Sad Life”. The entire production was done within a couple hours and really entails Bambu airing out his grievances while under some recreational influences. He was never one to back […]
Read More Bambu x DJ Phatrick Present a “Sad Life”Bambu once again teams up with DJ Muggs for the latter artist’s track from the upcoming Bass For Your Face LP. The electronica/dub-step influenced track mixed it up with it’s heavy use of the classic 808 drum, and adds some flavor via the UK courtesy of Dizzee Rascal. Both the song and video are fairly […]
Read More Bambu Features for DJ Muggs on “Snap Yo Neck Back” with Dizzee RascalLast summer, Prometheus Brown & Bambu Walk Into a Bar, was released by said friends and frequent collaborators. Pro & Bam now have a music video for the song “Lookin’ Up”, produced by Fatgums. The two of them have proven to be an incredible team time and time again, and we’re glad to see that nothing’s […]
Read More Prometheus Brown x Bambu Present the MV for “Lookin’ Up”
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