At no point am I trying to convert you. I listen to different music, I watch different things, I am a different person. Cool gravy.
But I thought I’d introduce some of my favorite Hip Hop songs that didn’t have swagger footprints of the United States, English speaking variety. And I promise you, you’ll enjoy it. Well I can’t promise you that, BUT even if you don’t enjoy it, nor understand it, you gotta admit….if you DID understand it, it’d probably be good music…..
I’m just saying. [DJ Khaleed] LISTEN. [/DJ Khaleed]
This is my shit. Bolded and EVERYTHING.
Dok2 & Double K – 시간이 됐어 / Die Legend 3 [M/V]
This feels like it was filmed right down someone’s street…
Drunken Tiger – 편의점 Convenience Store (feat. Gemini)
IN ENGLISH and Dope.
Sun Zoo (Tiger JK, Yoon Mirae, Roscoe Umali & Illmind) – “Get Down.”
Right. So pretty much after being called Asian for months now (I AM A BLACK, DAMON). I’ve decided to let the masses know that it’s not just Asian things I’m obsessed with. Empirically speaking, I’m pretty much obsessed with things that are NOT English.
With that being said, I wanted to introduce you to another love of mine. French-Pop. Probably based on your perceptions, you were expecting to see overly romantic men with pencil mustaches and french woman in can can skirts. Wrong. French Pop is just as dance driven and beat obsessed as ours, while French Soul can be just as moving and feels goody as our music. Just in a different language.
A Haitian friend of mines put me on to French music a few years back, and I’ve never looked back. It’s pretty damn good. Let me show yo.
First up.
Ahmed Soultan
A Moroccan singer, Ahmed emigrated to a French district when he was young, and has been fusing Arabic, hiphop and soul, along with his French tounge. This song took me to a summer a few years back when music had that soulsly, everything is going to be okay, vibe to it.
Next up is Gage.
Full name Pierre Gage, he goes monogamously by just his last name. This singer of Haitian and Jamaican decent, has a very soothing voice, and tends to mix modern soul’eque sound with reggae into his songs. In this song Tu Peux Choisir, the funky use of horns and the smooth mixture of Vitaa voice compliments his. I REALLY like this song.
And last but not least is my favorite little cwo’sant (say it JUST like that) songbird is Shy’M.
Beset with a beautiful set of sultry vocals, Shy’M has been tearing up the French charts since she debuted. Not only is she gorgeous, but she can dance and she is pretty. Did I mention she is beautiful? *girl crush*
I’ll make you people culture aware if it’s the last thing I do. Toodles! Ce’la vie! Bon après-midi. A wee wee to you all as well!
I’m not the biggest openly emotional fangirl, although in my heart I’m a raging lunatic when it comes to the things that I love. As mentioned in a previous post, there is a new group a foot the K-Pop world; Block B. My personal taste range from extreamly poppy and techno to heavily influenced hip hop tracks. Block B would be as close to mainstream hiphop over there before you start getting into your Korean Jay-Z’s and Gangstaars (Epik High, Drunkey Tiger).
Recently, they released a teaser to a song off their mini-album New Kids on the Block, Halo. I kinda lost it. I mean that in the literal sense of the word. Like LOST IT.
Like one of the greatest song teaser trailers I’ve ever seen. Exaggerating of couse, but it’s still pretty dope.
But that’s not EVEN the purpose of this post. Remember this cat?
Zico here, released his own mixtape. MAN. MAN. No really. Yo…like…okay…. You’ll recognize some of these beats too. (English Subs too) GO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZIihR-B5rg
^^^To the muthafucking Goaple Higher beat???? I died.
Aziatix. Never heard of them before until last week, and I’ve had this song on repeat. An Asian American group (of course ^_^) that have their eyes on debuting in New York here soon. Group memebers Eddie Shin, Nicky Lee and Flowsik write and produce their own songs, and have a very urban R&B sound. Check it. Now.
