Posts Tagged ‘hip-hop’

IHL ‘has love’ and gets romantic

By Shay • May 24th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out, Top Story4 comments

While IHL’s “Romantista” is a change of pace musically and lyrically for the band, they use their skills to pull it off seamlessly. They’ve always played this style of music right?



Hotei + KREVA + Kameda = THE THREE

By Shay • May 9th, 2008 • Category: news3 comments

What happens when a famous guitarist, rapper, and bassist team up to make the theme song to a remake of an Akira Kurosawa film? Find out and be amazed.



KREVA’s best, so far

By Shay • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out4 comments

With just a handful of years as a soloist, KREVA has built an extensive repertoire and his “best” is out now. KREVA no Best Ban is out March 19. It’s packed full of all them catchy beats, rhymes, and hooks.



FUNKY MONKEY BABYS take a trip

By Shay • Mar 9th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out4 comments

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS take an inspiring ‘trip’ in their latest single. The popular hip-hop trio’s latest single is “旅立ち” (Tabidachi) which comes out on March 26. It is certainly an uplifting song with a meaningful PV accompanying it.



KAME & L.N.K have the Rhythm

By Shay • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out0 comments

Newcomers KAME & L.N.K obviously got the ‘rhythm’ but they also have much more. The duo’s latest single is a very thoughtful piece, while its b-side shows a bit of a lighter side.



SOFFet’s NEW STANDARD

By Shay • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Check it Out7 comments

SOFFet celebrates their 5th Anniversary by giving us a new album: NEW STANDARD. The duo’s latest release includes some fresh tracks and features collaborations with the likes of SEAMO, MONGOL800, and more.



supreme sound recreation - J.O.K.E.R

By Shay • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out, Top Story0 comments

Good luck trying to classify supreme sound recreation into one or even two genres. “J.O.K.E.R” is the seven-member band’s first major single.



45RPM - Hit-Pop

By Shay • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Reviews0 comments

I obviously went into 45RPM’s Hit-Pop with some skepticism. After watching their MBC comeback performance, how couldn’t I? Well, how did it turn out? Did my biases get the best of me or did the trio prove me wrong?



Masta Wu’s radio interview

By Shay • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: Features, news0 comments

Korean emcee Masta Wu recently did a radio interview with Jennifer of Alchemy, on SBS Radio in Australia.
In the interview, Masta Wu talks about his upcoming album and more.



Zeebra - “Bushido”

By Shay • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out, Top Story7 comments

Samurai, hip-hop, video games…it can’t get much cooler than this. Veteran rapper Zeebra’s latest single titled “Bushido” has it all — at least the PV does. The video features the emcee as a samurai and and includes clips from “Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Yakuza 3)”, the upcoming PS3 game by SEGA.