A few weeks back Roscoe Umali had tweeted about performing at a bboy event held in korea. Well full event details have been released and it turns out it’s going to be a joint stage concert event on September 27th also featuring Dumbfoundead, Drunken Tiger, Epik High & Rakaa (of Dilated Peoples). What an incredible line […]
Read More Roscoe Umali x Dumbfoundead x Drunken Tiger x Epik High x Rakaa at Soulsonic 2009So I decided to give vlogging a try and I realized I talk WAY too much. I apologize for being so verbose, I’ll work on it for the future =). Anyways, the point of the video is this: Support the music you love, because we, the consumer can shape the market for Asian American musicians. Here are […]
Read More Two Cents: Apathy Killed the Asian American StarThis marks a special edition of Weekly Thursday Freebies as we are presenting what is hoped to be the first of many releases to come in a series uncreatively titled ‘a-Tunes Mix’. In short, the a-Tunes Mixes are going to be digital mixtapes comprised of music released by Asian/Asian-American artists here in the states. These […]
Read More WTF: a-Tunes Mix Vol1 – Summer BreakAccording to a tweet, Roscoe Umali will be performing at the World B-Boy Championships in Korea on Sept 27th. JUST GOT BOOKED TO PERFORM IN KOREA 4 THE WORLD B-BOY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SEPT. 27TH….GET AN INTERNATIONAL DRUNKEN TIGER BAR!!!! He name drops Drunken Tiger but it is yet to be determined whether or not they […]
Read More Roscoe Umali to Perform at the World B-Boy ChampionshipsWow, 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 RespectRoscoe Umali has just debuted his newest single entitled ‘Never Fallin’ ft. One Block and 1st Place. It has a fun retro summer feel. Definitely fitting for the beginning of the season. It’s a different sound for Roscoe but he adapted well. It’s actually pretty poppy. Check it out at his myspace!
Read More New Roscoe Umali Single: Never Fallin’Just found out about this, but for you SoCal people, Roscoe announced via Myspace today that he is shooting a video for his new single ‘LA Dodgers’ and wants everyone to come through. His bulletin post read: come thru…..we’re shooting a video If you’re in town tonight, I’m performing at the Little Temple Bar 4519 Santa […]
Read More Roscoe Umali music video shoot tonightToday, on a very special Weekly Thursday Freebie… Recent events have led me to be nostalgic for the glory days of Drunken Tiger. Their third album, ‘The Legend Of…’, released in 2001 marked a new era for the group as they suddenly found themselves accepted widely by mainstream Korea. This album also heavily featured collaborations between […]
Read More WTF: Drunken Tiger – The Legend Of …Sorry, this is just lazy reporting =) Jin (yes that Jin, from 106 & Park Freestyle Friday), Camino, and Sheri are headlining a show at the Japanese American National Museum in LA on October 17th called Eyes and Ears: A Night of Asian-American Hip-Hop. Most notable is Sheri, a young up and comer R&B artist. Make […]
Read More News Quickies 10-03-08Asian American film director Todd Angkasuwan was recently interviewed by HipHopDX.com. Todd used to be a news reported but gave it up to move into music video and film directing. He has directed videos for several up and coming asian american artists including Roscoe Umali, Rook, Jin, Chan, and the Far East Movement. He has […]
Read More HipHop DX interviews Todd Angkasuwan
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