Independent record label, 454 Life, has taken skeptics and San Jose by surprise with their strong cross promotional efforts, a major billboard campaign, and extravagant…
1. Smile For Me 2. Southeast Asian Gangsta (Produced by Shadowville) 3. A-Milli Remix 4. Show You How To Live feat. Semi Auto 5. Dreams feat. Sonit (Produced by 9th Wonder) 6. A Gangsta and A Gentleman feat. King Does It 7. Sucka Ass Gook 8. Honda Music feat. Semi Auto 9. My Mama Don’t Know 10. Lions In The Jungle (Produced by X-Facta)
454 LIFE ENT & 454 FILMS PRESENTS - "I DON'T SEE NOTHING WRONG" DREW DEEZY, THAI, FEAT BOBBY V., PRODUCED BY TRAXAMILLION. DIRECTED BY THA RAZOR & GINOROCKS.
The 454 Life CEO is putting up $2,000 to build 2000 followers for the 454 Life Twitter account.
Participating is simple:
Be the first 1,000 followers to send an email to: 454ceo@gmail confirming your RT tweet for @454Life. Save the email confirmation. Promote to get more followers! The 2,000th follower will win.
Also check out the new trailer for 454's new collab with Bobby Valentino:
Massiah conducts an interview with locally known hip-hop duo, Blue Scholars. Made up of 2 members, Geo (the MC), and Sabzi (dj/producer), Blue Scholars have emerged out of the erupting Northwest hip-hop scene with soulful beats, poetic yet political rhymes and a reputation for dynamic live performances. With two full length albums and 3 EPs, the group has become one of the top West Coast independent hip hop acts, known for their energetic and always entertaining live shows and a world view that blends the personal and the political, but unafraid to party in the process. Here Massiah takes the audience into a close look of the scholar’s views about Asian Americans in this hip-hop industry and the life of hip-hop musicians for the scholars.
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Ten years ago, a list of the 10 Greatest Asian-American MCs Of All Time wouldn’t have been possible. Back then, there simply wasn’t enough rappers to fill a list. A lot has changed in ten years. Hip-hop as a genre blew up and took mainstage in the music industry and the number of Asian-American MCs exploded along with it. With the advent of the internet age, rappers were able to effectively self-promote, which was crucial for Asian artists who were generally overlooked by record labels. This had led to the creation of huge online communities dedicated to Asian-American hip-hop and what could loosely be referred to as the “Asian rap scene”. In this short history of Asian-American MCs, a few stand out from the rest, whether it was due to their lyrical ability, persona, deep meaning, impact, commercial success, or combination of traits. I took all those factors into consideration when compiling and ranking this list, trying to be objective as possible in my rankings. But what even constitutes an Asian-American MC? My definition is that being Asian had to play a part in their career. In the Asian connection portion I included a short paragraph explaining the ethnicity and some background on how being Asian plays into their identity....
