Hopie Spitshard just leaked a new joint from the upcoming Sugar Water album called “Sunshine”, and guess who is behind the boards on this one? That’s right, it’s Chops on the track! In addition, Hopie had some vocal help from Viveca Hawkins. All in all, it’s a pretty solid listen. You can enjoy it via […]
Read More Hopie Spitshard Shares Some “Sunshine” (Produced by Chops)This is one jam packed release, folks. The veteran, Bambu, has just released his latest full length LP via Beatrock Music – …One Rifle Per Family. We have 20 tracks on this LP including the previously shared “Sermon” and the new single “Rent Money” ft Rocky Rivera (produced by Chops). There are a number of other […]
Read More Bambu Releases the ‘…One Rifle Per Family’ AlbumAllow me to be perfectly honest for one moment. If the above image doesn’t get you hyped up, there’s a very good chance you are perusing the wrong ethnic focused music blog. Two words: Mountain Brothers. The photo above makes perfect sense considering we have new music coming from the recently reunited trio along the […]
Read More Snapshot: The Mountain Brothers ReunitedJeff 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-Hoprecording new mountain brothers song this friday. video saturday & sunday. — CHOPS Onthetrack (@CHOPSmusic) May 28, 2012 OK, the above image is obviously an old picture, but if what Chops tweeted earlier today is true… we may finally be able to see an updated version. If you follow this site and don’t know about […]
Read More The Mountain Brothers to Reunite?Chops. Interview. Knocksteady. Do you really need to know anymore to get you to listen? The pioneering producer and former member of the Mountain Brothers gets real practical and honest in this interview as he talks about coming up, staying on the grind and what makes him tick as a musician and artist. If you’re […]
Read More Chops Chops It Up With KnocksteadyIn the following grainy clip you’ll see a little nugget from the long-gone VHS era. It’s a Nike ad from a campaign featuring some big names repping for their teams at the time. In this particular clip, Jason Williams from the Sacramento Kings (at the time – circa late 90s) does a little remix of […]
Read More Lookin’ Back: Chops Voices Over for Nike AdIs there an epic collaboration of Hip-Hop veterans in the works? According to twitter, it just may happen! Rapper Bambu and producer Chops have been exchanging tweets and it looks like all systems are a go, so let’s hope everything works out because we certainly can’t wait to hear the final product! Both artists have […]
Read More Chops to Produce for Bambu?Mountain Brothers alum and accomplished Hip-Hop producer Chops likes to keep his talents on point and as a result never goes too long without dropping some kind of project. On this new mixtape he takes on the task of switching up a bunch of Lil Wayne tracks (most of which are remixes themselves) and has […]
Read More Chops Releases a Lil Wayne Remix Mixtape – ‘Sorry 4 Your Producers’If you’ve paid even the least bit of attention to online pop culture then you have probably seen a video or two by the SNL comedy troupe known as The Lonely Island. Well this past weekend the group dropped a new viral digital gem called “The Creep”, a collaboration with the ubiquitous Nicki Minaj. It’s […]
Read More Chops Talks to NodFactor About Producing for The Lonely Island x Nicki Minaj
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