Carlos Galvan has a new interview out with HalfKorean.com, as they go indepth about what he’s been up to and what has happened since the last time they spoke. It’s a thorough read but explains how so much has happened in the past year including his linking of with the Jiggy Fellaz crew and his […]
Read More Carlos Galvan Has a Follow-up Interview w/ HalfKorean.comJin, arguably the most well-known Asian-American MC, decided to drop a track in tribute of all the Asian MC’s he respects that are doing their thing right now. This song is in response to a list that was published by a blogger on their top 10 Greatest Asian MC’s list, where Jin made the cut […]
Read More Jin Drops Tribute Song to Asian MC’s – ‘The A-List’Welcome to another edition of Weekly Thursday Freebie! Back in 2004 the hip-hop group Organic Thoughts released the album The Purest Form and helped become one of the first Asian rap groups to get major distribution (I picked up my copy from the local Best Buy). The group has gone through some member changes and […]
Read More WTF: Organic Thoughts – The Purest Form2009 is quickling coming to an end and as part of my guest blogging gig at mtv IGGY I was asked to compile a list highlighting what I considered the top 10 tracks of the past decade by Asian Amercan artists. It took a lot of debate and even now I’m not 100% satisfied with my list by regardless I stand […]
Read More Lookin’ Back: The Top 10 Asian American Tracks From The DecadeSo some of you may remember earlier this year when we reported Chan had joined the new reincarnation of the Korean group Uptown. They’ve dropped a couple singles and released some MV’s but a new fact was recently revealed last week about the MV for their debut single Black Knight. In an interview, Christina Chung […]
Read More WTF: Uptown – 흑기사 (Black Knight) MVYo a-Tunes readers! I know I’ve missed the past couple weeks of WTF due to my vacation but I’m back with a new one for you today courtesy of Asian Rap Worldwide. ARW has posted up their first release, ‘The LS Mixtape’. This compilation album is dedicated to none other than LS, a veteran asian […]
Read More WTF: ARW Presents The LS MixtapeWaddup world. It’s another Weekly Thursday Freebie and this time we’re bringing you a classic Chan track… arguably his most famous – Lonely Road. The video was shot by Todd Angkasuwan and the track produced by illmind so you know everything came together nicely. If this isn’t Asian American collaboration at it’s best then I […]
Read More WTF: Chan – Lonely RoadWow, time flies… it’s another Weekly Thursday Freebie (It’s already the 18th one!). But all the credit for this one goes to the good fellas over at Urban Azn. They are the ones that compiled this hip-hop mixtape together for your listening pleasure. A compilation album of the most prominent Asian rappers in hip hop, […]
Read More WTF: Urban Azn Presents War For RespectChan (most recently of Uptown fame) recently gave a quick video update featuring m-flo‘s frontman Verbal. Verbal launched a new clothing line called Ambush and they set the record straight on who’s really behind the fashion trends (were those subliminal shots at Big Bang I was hearing?). Chan & Verbal have been cool since their days […]
Read More Chan endorses Verbal’s Ambush ClothingNew Uptown members, korean american MC’s Chan, Maniac, and Swings, along with veteran member Chris Jung released a repackaged version of their album last month. This went completely under the radar for me but our good friends at ARW posted up the music video today. The song is entitled ‘Baby Baby’. Honestly I think it’s just aight. […]
Read More Uptown repackages album w/ new single
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