Archives for the ‘hip-hop’ Category

SEAMO’s Round About

By Shay • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Reviews, hip-hop, music, pop2 comments

SEAMO’s latest album Round About has been runnin’ around the charts since its release on October 30th.
Round About is the Japanese rapper’s third album. It’s packed full of upbeat and thoughtful rhymes and definetly leads further into ‘hip-pop’ territory.



Outsider - speed rap extraordinaire

By Shay • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Features, Korea, hip-hop, music20 comments

Saying that Outsider can rap fast is an understatement. I’ve almost never heard syllables spouted off so rapidly.
Outsider (아웃사이) may be Korea’s fastest rapper and he may very well be capable of taking the world title one day. Signed with MC Sniper’s Sniper Sound label, he is currently working on new material.
The current Guinness [...]



SOUL’d OUT’s “Tongue Te Tongue”

By Shay • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, hip-hop, music, pop5 comments

If someone ever kept track of the most times the word “tongue” (タン in this case) was said in a song, SOUL’d OUT should win. Beyond that, the hip-hop trio’s latest single is cool, catchy, and the PV is a visual treat. Tasty I say.
SOUL’d OUT’s “Tongue Te Tongue” is the 2nd of a [...]



m-flo’s electriCOLOR: ‘complete’ means complete

By Shay • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Japan, hip-hop, music, pop3 comments

Japanese hip-hop duo m-flo just released their latest remix album, electriCOLOR.

electriCOLOR is the remix release of COSMICOLOR, their latest original album released earlier this year. The album’s formal title is electriCOLOR: Complete Remix.
When they say ‘complete’ they mean complete. electriCOLOR features a 2-disc set and 44 total tracks!
Disc 1 is the actual COSMICOLOR [...]



Namolla Family’s “I Love You”

By Shay • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, hip-hop, music, pop9 comments

I can’t help but love “I Love You” by Namolla Family.
“I Love You” (사랑해요, Saranghaeyo) by Namolla Family (나몰라 패밀리, I Don’t Know Family) featuring Kim Kyung Rok (김경록) of V.O.S and Tae In is pretty hot. The single, off of Namolla Family’s debut album is sweet and cool and the music video does [...]



The artist behind Kanye’s Graduation cover

By Shay • Sep 23rd, 2007 • Category: Japan, art, hip-hop, music3 comments

So I finally picked up a copy of Kanye West’s new album Graduation.
While spinning the CD in my stereo I was flipping through the album book. We’ve all seen the cover of Kanye’s album but I never questioned who the artist behind the work was. I just thought, “that looks cool”.
All the art on [...]



SEAMO’s cool cover art and new single

By Shay • Sep 22nd, 2007 • Category: Japan, art, hip-hop, music, pop2 comments

With popular artists releasing so many singles, the CD cover artists in Japan must be busy.
Japanese hip-hop artist SEAMO’s (シーモ, Shiimo) latest single “軌跡” (Kiseki, miracle) is coming out. Listeners can hopefully expect an album due out soon as well (though there is no official word as of late).
Since 2005, SEAMO has released 8 [...]



KREVA’s new album and “Strong Style”

By Shay • Sep 21st, 2007 • Category: Japan, Videos, hip-hop, music6 comments

After what seems like forever, KREVA’s new album is finally here!
The stylish Japanese emcee dropped his new album in the early part of September. His long-awaited 3rd album, よろしくお願いします (Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu) hit stores and quickly entered the Oricon Album charts Top 10.
The time in between the first single and the final release of the [...]



Skull is “Here to Stay”…but military service may await

By Shay • Sep 18th, 2007 • Category: Korea, hip-hop, music, news5 comments

Skull hase been living up to his second single’s title “Here to Stay” while his other single still holds it down on the charts. But the “powerful voice for Korea may soon be silenced”.
Korean reggae artist Skull’s US debut single “Boom Di Boom Di” is still on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales — [...]



Top 5 favorite m-flo albums

By Shay • Sep 16th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Opinion, hip-hop, music, pop5 comments

m-flo has been holding it down on the Japanese popular hip-hop scene since the turn of the century. Since 1999, the iconic group has released 5 full-length albums, remix albums, 2 best-of collections, over 20 singles, and more.
Here at SparkPlugged, I compiled a list of my favorite m-flo LPs countdown-style. My thoughts on each [...]