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MFBTY : w o n d a l a n d

There are levels to stannery. There always has and there always will be.

I, amazingly, manage to touch all aspects and levels. I can barely tell you much about Dragon Ball Z aside from character names, senzu beans and the fact that one fight will take up about 2 weeks of your precious time. I know even less about One Piece (OH THE SHAME!). I can look at my bookshelf and see it flooded with epics about hobbits and wizards and women who lead rebellions, conspiracy theories about Mary Magdalene, manga chapters, the sort. And you can look at my bookshelf and see my appalling lack of romantic comedies, Steve Harvey self help books and books along the lines of B-More Careful (BECAUSE NO).

Then there are times where I transcend levels. I become ethereal and ridiculous in my stannery. Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons (which I can meta like no one has ever meta’d before.) Naruto and Bleach and my undying love for Uiquorria. Beyonce. SHINee, dear God SHINee. I actually radiate pure maniac when it comes to such things.

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Well, it is time to add another so completely deserving bullet on that list of things I am completely manic about.

My Fans (are) Better Than Yours, or as aptly acronymized (you guys are going to have to get used to me making up words) as

MFBTY

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This should be no surprise; I’ve spoken highly about this group before. It was February 2013 when MFBTY released “Sweet Dreams”  and it was February 2013 when I become obsessed. Manic, I tell you.

MFBTY is comprised of MCs Bizzy and Husband-Wife tag team Yoon Mi Rae and Drunken Tiger.

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(Left to right: Bizzy, Yoon Mi Rae, Drunken Tiger)

These empyrean titans– legends!– in the Korean Hip Hop World came together to bless us with their first mini-album. We were graced with the aforementioned visual beast of a music video “Sweet Dreams” as well as my favorite favorite track BizzyTigerYoonMiRae.

Following the creation of Feel Ghood Music, we now have, two years later, Wondaland. Wondaland is the full length album–thank GOD–that blessed us with SIXTEEN tracks.

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Now what’s special about this album has something for everyone, your neopolitan of KHip Hop/Pop albums. There is the upbeat, funky  make you get out of your seat Bang Diggy Bang Bang. You’ve got Tasha (Yoon Mi Rae) and Tiger’s son Jordan’s adorably giddy Fart Dance. You’ve got the Bucku Bucku banger featuring Rapmon of BTS, EE, and Dino-J. You have Tasha’s angelic vocals with Bizzy and Tiger’s addictive rhymes on Angel. Then you have the fire-filled Rebel Music which plucks at the heartstrings of any revolutionary. Love Game with with Son Seung Yeon’s BEASTLY AMAZING POWERFUL vocals. Then, if you really want your mind blown Hollywho feat DOK2 is SO THROUGH. All four MCs FLOATED on this track. You HAVE to listen.

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I mean I could do this for each and every track. I seriously could. OR you could go buy it and check out the entire thing.

The moral of the story is, in a world completely taken over by the Hallyu Wave, we have a group that has managed to incorporate not on the thuggery and essence of hip hop along with the very thing that made Hallyu a WAVE, addicted melodies, upbeat tempo, funky lyrics and FEEL GHOOD MUSIC.

Tracklist:

  1. Welcome to Wondaland (intro)
  2. Hello Happy (feat. ????)
  3. 야야야/Hey Hey Hey (Half Time)
  4. 부끄부끄/Blush Blush (feat. EE, Dino-J, Rap Monster do BTS)
  5. Love Fortune
  6. 눈빛에 (In Your Eyes)
  7. Hollywho (feat. DOK2)
  8. Rebel Music
  9. 방뛰기방방 / Bang Digi BangBang
  10. 방귀 Dance/Fart Dance
  11. Angel
  12. 6am
  13. 사랑놀이/Love Game (feat. Son SeungYeon)
  14. Let It Go (Yong JunHyung do BEAST)
  15. 사랑과 펑화/Love & Peace (feat. Jeon InKwon)
  16. BizzyTigerYoonmirae (Smells & Reno Remix)

 

The Resurgence of NY Hip Hop

hiphop80[1]In the Golden years that were the 80s, something extraordinary that would change the world, was born. A culture. A lifestyle. A voice. More importantly, it was ours. We call it something along the lines of uh.. Hip Hop. Yeah, thats it.
Hip Hop. When Hip Hop was born in the city, it became a cultural phenomenon. A phenomenon where every other region, area, hood, wanted to mimic what we, NY created. They too wanted to express themselves. For years we had the game wrapped up. The west made a push, the south made a push, but NY stayed ahead of the pack. Somewhere along the lines though, we lost it. We’d make some quick noise but there wasn’t a strong strong presence for a long long while. Until recently.

If you’ve been paying attention to the hip hop scene. You’ve seen the likes of B$B x GS9 spark the resurgence. Some of us wont like to admit it, but let’s be honest. Yes, they are the new kickstarters to the hip hop movement of NY. On the mainstream scene anyway.

They brought the light back. Now people are watching and being more receptive to the “New NY” that is rising even if it isn’t a utopia. But, a lot are confused as to wtf x how are there so many dope dudes out of NY that we’ve never heard of. I pose this question, “How can you know of something that you’re not even looking for?”. You see, history repeats itself. NY never left we just went underground.

There was a point in time in NY hip hop you had to go to those mom x pop stores to get exclusive freestyles x music from your favorite NY artists. It was a part of the culture. It’s just what you did. You couldn’t be that dude on the block who was’nt up on the best dudes in the city and try to discuss Hip Hop. That was just the nature of the beast. See us NYers found those artists on those tapes and pushed themselves on our own. Sadly enough, we got away from that. We got lazy and wanted to be force fed who’s dope. Therefore, we ended up burying our talent and losing our voice. Mainly because we lost our hunger to be NY, we got comfortable.

Yes, I’m saying it “NY got soft”.

Think about it NY, we started this in the Bronx. It spread because of us. We were our own journalists. We were our New York City signown voice. We through our own shows, our own functions, and our own parties. But, now we’ve taken pride in using it again. From the fans to the artists. ESPECIALLY the artists.

The artists had to be the fans all these years. The artists had to be the bloggers meanwhile we let everybody else tell NY who was dope. Not anymore. Welcome to NewNY. As NYers, we’re supposed to be the proudest most resilient city in the world. Well let’s apply that to our culture now. No way should out of towners come here x tell us who’s dope and why “NY ain’t got it right now”. No way shape or form.

NY is making a resurgence. With new talent, new attitudes, new sounds, and a huge chip on our shoulder. 2015 is going to get real Wendy Williams!

Latrell James – The Button


Everyone’s got a story, and Boston rapper Latrell James is no different. Listen as he shares a vivid look into what growing up in his environment was like. The video it self was directed by Jose Rodriguez and serves as his 3rd single. Latrell’s next project entitled “Twelve”, is slated for an Early 2015 release.

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