It's amazing to see where rap music has evolved to from Biggie dropping this song over a decade ago, to his passing, and to a new generation of rappers of young rappers like D-League paying tribute to him.
"[Beatboxing] It's a metaphysical process of becoming an instrument of music, and a human sound machine."-- Jason Tom shares his thoughts about his favorite element of hip-hop. Check AR's interview with this Hawaiian beatboxer.
In the past, the Japanese hip-hop group, the Teriyaki Boyz, have collaborated with artists like Kanye, Busta, Pharell, and Chris Brown. This time around the group has teamed up with producers Verbal of M-Flo and Jermaine Dupri for their single "Living the Life" featuring Jay-Z off their Delicious Japanese album.
(FYI: You might have recognize Jay's verse from Timbaland's Give it to Me Remix)
Rapper Dumbfoundead gets shoved by an opponent during a battle and gives the guy a kick back to the head in return. (well, at least that's how the story unfolds on video) However, it's yet to be confirmed if this incident actually happened or was staged. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it's real since it was uploaded to Dumbfoundead's Youtube account. In that case, DAMN, don't mess with Dumb.
Sean Beastly and Dom Juan have finally released their Love Cycle Mixtape in the Audio Session of our forum.
"Me and Dom have been working on this album for almost 2 years", says Sean Beastly. "It's basically a concept album about the whole cycle of a relationship, thus the name the Love Cycle. So it's basically one big story of how you meet a girl, the start of a relationship, the relationship problems, and the end of the relationship. We put in a lot of work on this, personally some of my best verses are on this album. I hope you guys like it."
It was only September when UK R&B Artist Stevie Hoang released his Japanese Album "All Night Long." Now Stevie is already prepping for his UK album with the release of his new single "No Coming Back" for 2010.
The Wonder Girls, a Korean supergroup comprising of 5 females, have recently made a big push here in America to be the first major Asian act to cross over to the US. The other day, they got a major gig on American television for the Fox TV show "So You Think You Can Dance". Check out the performance below.
This video is getting tons of plays in case you haven't seen it yet. Apparently a Taiwanese news station recreated the incidents of what happened during the Tiger Woods car crash. It's a bit dull at first but gets funny near the climax of the action. Can anyone translate this if it's meant to be a spoof or if the news station was being serious?