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.
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 [...]
The popular Japanese folk duo Yuzu (ゆず) has been doing their thing since 1997. With the 10th anniversery of their first release approaching, how about a “best of” release?
Yuzu, which consists of Kitagawa Yujin (北川悠仁) and Iwasawa Kouji (岩沢厚治) has been very popular over the years. They found great success since their humble roots [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SparkPlugged has recently featured album art a couple times. Well, here’s more.
A fan has his collection of 60’s & 70’s Asian pop record covers online. David Greenfield’s collection features some 130 Asian pop record covers. The collection consists of records from the 60’s and 70’s from Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Thailand.
I must [...]
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 [...]
Hinouchi Emi’s latest single is…well, “goodie”.
The Japanese songstress Hinouchi Emi (日之内エミ) recently released her new single titled “GOODIE MEMORIES”. The vocalist, who gained fame from her collaborations with hip-hop duo m-flo and was pretty much discovered by m-flo’s Taku Takahashi, is once again actively pursuing her solo career.
Released on Sept. 5, “GOODIE MEMORIES” is [...]
After 2 years, Korean R&B star Wheesung (휘성) is back with his highly-anticipated 5th album, Eternal Essence of Music, which is his first release since signing with a new record label (Orange Shock).
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 [...]
