feeling lazy today but wanna post something....so i'm just gonna take the short cut 'n just dump the last few clips I've posted on fb.....
this track didn't get 56 million youtube hits for no reason! diz homie'z got it going on aiiii.....!
God created men, women ... 'n then Ciaraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Father MC + Jodeci...that was tha early 90s aiiiii...hot damn 20yrs onnnn! now THAT, is what ya call hip-hop R&B crossover classic...ya know what i'm sayin'!!?
...16yrs on....still going strong....still Monica...still a rightful R&B Queen..STILL STANDING!!!....this song came at the right moment last year in 2009..needed something like this to lift my soul.....
'n that's all folks!.. outta here!
Aug 30, 2010
ONE story... Part II: Random Act
Let's continue from the last post... well if you're talking about the hip-hop influence.. there's one group that u ain't gonna mess around with cuz u're always gonna go down with like da O.P.P with Naughty By Natureeeeeeeeeeeeee...
Ya know, growing up in an Asian family in Australia from the late 80s, and then somehow got into the whole hip-hop R&B thang which weren't mainstream meant that I was always make my music soul-searching a motherfucking difficult task.. but i kept on 'n pressed on til da break of dawn cuz i won't stop til I drop...... The important thing was, that I would not be swayed by any other music types.....
R Kelly, possibly one of the greatest modern R&B singer, producer, hitmaker, funkmaster... from 'She's got the Vibe' (with Public Announcement) to 'Bump 'n Grind', to 'I believe I can fly' to 'Ignition' to... aiii.. endless..... his lyrics, his creativity and the power of his tracks.. not many could compare...
'n talking about the top of da game....R&B group wise, yo cant' pass JODECI...
back in 1993, yr 12, somebody introduced me to Jodeci.....with 'Come & Talk to Me' and the album.. i was hooked.... while I never had the chance to see the whole group live in concert, watching K=Ci 'n Jojo in 1999 was better than nothing....
ok... midnight... devils in town.... goodnight
Ya know, growing up in an Asian family in Australia from the late 80s, and then somehow got into the whole hip-hop R&B thang which weren't mainstream meant that I was always make my music soul-searching a motherfucking difficult task.. but i kept on 'n pressed on til da break of dawn cuz i won't stop til I drop...... The important thing was, that I would not be swayed by any other music types.....
R Kelly, possibly one of the greatest modern R&B singer, producer, hitmaker, funkmaster... from 'She's got the Vibe' (with Public Announcement) to 'Bump 'n Grind', to 'I believe I can fly' to 'Ignition' to... aiii.. endless..... his lyrics, his creativity and the power of his tracks.. not many could compare...
'n talking about the top of da game....R&B group wise, yo cant' pass JODECI...
back in 1993, yr 12, somebody introduced me to Jodeci.....with 'Come & Talk to Me' and the album.. i was hooked.... while I never had the chance to see the whole group live in concert, watching K=Ci 'n Jojo in 1999 was better than nothing....
ok... midnight... devils in town.... goodnight
Aug 27, 2010
壹.....斷.....文.....章
不經不覺,已經在台北1.5月....同一時期,已經兩個多月沒有寫blog了..
..感覺上....每年逢七月都有變數.好/壞/喜/哀,我還...其實由七十,八十,九十到現在二0一0...hip-hop也不斷地變...想當年..九十年代初,在墨爾砵的Central Records Station 買美國Imported hip-hop CDs,每個月的零用錢就買碟..
Public Enemy, Above the Rim soundtrack, Warren G's Regulate,Limited Edition DJ Mix, Remixes,Enter The Wu Tang,Beastie Boys....數不完...腦海有二十年以上的music video.
在大學上堂時,只會戴上headphone 聽Snoop Dogg 說唱 what's my motherfucking name?!?...或者...口頭已經唸'it was a clear black nite, a clear white moon Warren G was on tha street.......
Hip-hop的感染力很大. 我還記得,在Year 12 Chemistry class,我老師問我"What are you doing Freeman?" and I replied,without any second thought "I ain't doing nuthin', u know what i'm sayin'?!?".He then said "If you are not doing nothing, then you must be doing something, and I do not know what you are saying"...講說話已經半白半黑了...
Kriss Kross will make ya, JUMP JUMP!... growing up with this shit 'n motherfucking proud of it... 這歌令我想起父母不滿我聽的音樂..難怪他們說"咁'The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Anker,徐小鳳,羅文唔好聽咩!!"...我話"啊,我無話唔好聽喎阿媽..."不同年代,不同文化...
94/95年, C&C Music Factory已經有幾首上流行榜,但我覺得"Do You wanna Get Funky Tonight"反而是一首絕對爆的party anthem...含有funk, house, hip-hop & party 原素...比起"Gonna make you sweat" 等等更好聽.......
淩晨兩點四十分......訓覺
..感覺上....每年逢七月都有變數.好/壞/喜/哀,我還...其實由七十,八十,九十到現在二0一0...hip-hop也不斷地變...想當年..九十年代初,在墨爾砵的Central Records Station 買美國Imported hip-hop CDs,每個月的零用錢就買碟..
Public Enemy, Above the Rim soundtrack, Warren G's Regulate,Limited Edition DJ Mix, Remixes,Enter The Wu Tang,Beastie Boys....數不完...腦海有二十年以上的music video.
在大學上堂時,只會戴上headphone 聽Snoop Dogg 說唱 what's my motherfucking name?!?...或者...口頭已經唸'it was a clear black nite, a clear white moon Warren G was on tha street.......
Hip-hop的感染力很大. 我還記得,在Year 12 Chemistry class,我老師問我"What are you doing Freeman?" and I replied,without any second thought "I ain't doing nuthin', u know what i'm sayin'?!?".He then said "If you are not doing nothing, then you must be doing something, and I do not know what you are saying"...講說話已經半白半黑了...
Kriss Kross will make ya, JUMP JUMP!... growing up with this shit 'n motherfucking proud of it... 這歌令我想起父母不滿我聽的音樂..難怪他們說"咁'The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Anker,徐小鳳,羅文唔好聽咩!!"...我話"啊,我無話唔好聽喎阿媽..."不同年代,不同文化...
94/95年, C&C Music Factory已經有幾首上流行榜,但我覺得"Do You wanna Get Funky Tonight"反而是一首絕對爆的party anthem...含有funk, house, hip-hop & party 原素...比起"Gonna make you sweat" 等等更好聽.......
淩晨兩點四十分......訓覺
Jun 20, 2010
Graffiti art....
Yo.... its been more than a week since I wrote so I figured I should write something.. Our radio show talked about graffiti art this week and its one of those things that I wish I had done a lot more when I was youngerrr....
Jun 10, 2010
4:08 AM Friday Morning....Insomnia state kicks in...
Now what the fuck am I up writing this on a Friday morning? don't know....guess life has been like this and had been irratic for the psat 12 months so why would today be any fucking different! LOL....
Anyway...the other day...the whole night Eminem's new track 'Not Afraid''s been in my head for the whole day while I was in Taipei.. kind of weird... Anyway....this track just pop up in my mind....Edison Chen's track..back in 2004:
Being back in HK for almost a year now....hmm...i guess this song gives me a reminder of what HK's really like...but at the same time, grinding thru the last motherfucking year hasn't been easy...but I just keep pressing on...til the break of dawn...! The next track...speaks my current state of mind.. the insomnia state of mind....Bobby Digital's "Insomnia"....
........another sleepnessless track.. R Kelly's 'I Can't Sleep'....
....love this track, not exactly the reason why I can't sleep but R Kelly is GOD...
G'nite/morning..... it is now 4:47am....
Anyway...the other day...the whole night Eminem's new track 'Not Afraid''s been in my head for the whole day while I was in Taipei.. kind of weird... Anyway....this track just pop up in my mind....Edison Chen's track..back in 2004:
Being back in HK for almost a year now....hmm...i guess this song gives me a reminder of what HK's really like...but at the same time, grinding thru the last motherfucking year hasn't been easy...but I just keep pressing on...til the break of dawn...! The next track...speaks my current state of mind.. the insomnia state of mind....Bobby Digital's "Insomnia"....
........another sleepnessless track.. R Kelly's 'I Can't Sleep'....
....love this track, not exactly the reason why I can't sleep but R Kelly is GOD...
G'nite/morning..... it is now 4:47am....
Jun 7, 2010
Not Afraid...to take a stand.!!
Just a way to start the day.....! can't wait for the album to come out!!!??!!?? EMINEM!!!!!...
Off to the airport...!
Off to the airport...!
B-boys,breaks 'n all!
Well, I haven't updated this for a few days but here I go again. On our radio program (Show#7) we invited two HK B-boys to talk about their experience as a Bboy dancers in Hong Kong (Chacha & Ga Jung). So it's only natural for me to try and select a few hip-ho b'boys dance tracks. one of the track featured on the show was Bomfunk MC's 'Freestylers'..it was a pretty good track came out in 1999/2000:
I used to love that clip especially with the kid remote controlling fastforwarding people.. There's another awesome track this same CD called 'Uprocking Beats':
Apart from music tracks, over the years there had been quite a number of movies made (esp.in the US) where they based the storylines around hip-hop/hip-hop dance.. More recently, I'm sure you all have heard of 'Step Up 2'..here's the final sequence... now, any clips with girls getting wet is great, the dance is just a 'bonus' hahaha:
One more, one more....! 'Stomp The Yard'..2006/2007...opening sequence... with Chris Brown...with a different dance style called 'krumping'...:
Of course there's plenty more as always... until then..... g'nite!
I used to love that clip especially with the kid remote controlling fastforwarding people.. There's another awesome track this same CD called 'Uprocking Beats':
Apart from music tracks, over the years there had been quite a number of movies made (esp.in the US) where they based the storylines around hip-hop/hip-hop dance.. More recently, I'm sure you all have heard of 'Step Up 2'..here's the final sequence... now, any clips with girls getting wet is great, the dance is just a 'bonus' hahaha:
One more, one more....! 'Stomp The Yard'..2006/2007...opening sequence... with Chris Brown...with a different dance style called 'krumping'...:
Of course there's plenty more as always... until then..... g'nite!
Jun 4, 2010
Jin B'day shoutout....Party Anthems 'n all...!
Ayo Jin!...i know its a day late...*let's just say its cuz of my forever time-lag behavior since coming back to Hong Kong LOL haha :P* But thought I'd do a shoutout 'n wishing u all da best in the year ahead!!!
Thought I'd take this opportunity to throw a few old school party anthems out so hope ya'll enjoy this!! :-)
1) MJ/Akon "Wanna be startin' somethin'"...an old MJ classic mixin' it with Akon and a different beat arrangement...not to mention a diff MV!
2) Montell Jordan's "this is how we do it"... tell me who didn't jam along this back in 94!! damn...!
3) Dr.Dre/LL Cool J - Zoom... from the "Bullworth" movie soundtrack...not a well-known track but the sound of Dre's beat with LL's vocal..it's slamming..!
the time is 7:03am....6th June 2010... time for a nap!
Thought I'd take this opportunity to throw a few old school party anthems out so hope ya'll enjoy this!! :-)
1) MJ/Akon "Wanna be startin' somethin'"...an old MJ classic mixin' it with Akon and a different beat arrangement...not to mention a diff MV!
2) Montell Jordan's "this is how we do it"... tell me who didn't jam along this back in 94!! damn...!
3) Dr.Dre/LL Cool J - Zoom... from the "Bullworth" movie soundtrack...not a well-known track but the sound of Dre's beat with LL's vocal..it's slamming..!
the time is 7:03am....6th June 2010... time for a nap!
Jun 3, 2010
Meanwhile, back in Year 2010
OK OK... Time to come back to today's world a little and pick on some of the more current tracks that meets my expectation of good hip-hop/R&B music of 2010... Just before I step into that, I want to raise an annoying factor living in Hong Kong, that is we don't even have fucking BET (Black Entertainment Television) on cable TV.. Now if there's anyone that can tell me we actually have that in HK, do let me know!?!?! 我有少許不滿意,香港沒有這個那麼基本的音樂台!?!
Anyway,back to this year's music.. Let's start off with one of the 90's R&B princess Monica who released her latest album 2 months ago called 'Still Standing'. One of the best track from the album has to be this 'Mirror':
Now I ain't saying Chris Brown's R&B ain't great, but if ur trying to front me with real R&B sound, I would still pick Usher, who also released a new album this year, called "Raymond vs Raymond". I have seen both Usher and Chris Brown live in concert in the past, both great dancers, but I'd give Usher also for his vocal, much better. Here's a clip from his American Idol performance earlier this year, such a pro performer:
Now hitting back onto the hip-hop side of thang... If 2009 Jay-Z/Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind' was the anthem of that year, this year..(so far anyway) I'd definitely give it to Snoop's "I wanna rock"..esp. the remix with Jay-ZZZZZzZZZ! Check out the new clip they just did for the re-mix:
'n now.. take a look back at the original clip with guest starring Jamie Foxx!'Malice'!
da dancers damn aiiiii.. 'n da girls.. hahaha....hotdamn!..
Anyway,back to this year's music.. Let's start off with one of the 90's R&B princess Monica who released her latest album 2 months ago called 'Still Standing'. One of the best track from the album has to be this 'Mirror':
Now I ain't saying Chris Brown's R&B ain't great, but if ur trying to front me with real R&B sound, I would still pick Usher, who also released a new album this year, called "Raymond vs Raymond". I have seen both Usher and Chris Brown live in concert in the past, both great dancers, but I'd give Usher also for his vocal, much better. Here's a clip from his American Idol performance earlier this year, such a pro performer:
Now hitting back onto the hip-hop side of thang... If 2009 Jay-Z/Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind' was the anthem of that year, this year..(so far anyway) I'd definitely give it to Snoop's "I wanna rock"..esp. the remix with Jay-ZZZZZzZZZ! Check out the new clip they just did for the re-mix:
'n now.. take a look back at the original clip with guest starring Jamie Foxx!'Malice'!
da dancers damn aiiiii.. 'n da girls.. hahaha....hotdamn!..
Jun 2, 2010
90年代 one hit wonder 的 hip-hop/R&B 歌/歌手
在我眼中,90年代是hip-hop/modern R&B 在美國音樂歷史上的高峰期.雖然如此,其間也有很多One hit Wonder歌手只有一隻hit歌...之後就再沒有hit歌上流行榜)..以下同大家分享一些歸於這類的歌:
1) Snow - Informer:有reggae/hip-hop feel
2)下一首是由R&B group 'Shai' 唱的 "If I ever fall in love"...蠻好聽..可惜其他作品一般
3)House of Pain 的唯一一首hit歌 "Jump Around" 可以說是90s hip-hop 經典作之一..
1) Snow - Informer:有reggae/hip-hop feel
2)下一首是由R&B group 'Shai' 唱的 "If I ever fall in love"...蠻好聽..可惜其他作品一般
3)House of Pain 的唯一一首hit歌 "Jump Around" 可以說是90s hip-hop 經典作之一..
Jun 1, 2010
First urban encounter
I was trying to recall when I actually started to enjoy listening to soul/urban music just now and I would probably say around the late 80s (ie. 1989), with tracks such as New Edition's "Every Little Step":
Thinking back, I probably wouldn't even know what the different genre of music were. Although I remembered back in high school Year 9 we had to take music subjects and I was already flipping thru books on "The Beatles" and "James Brown". Of course in the 80s there were Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and George Michael. I could easily have another blog dedicated to MJ (RIP) but that's for another day and another time.
I have to say, I got onto R&B first before Hip-hop.. I would have to give props to R Kelly's group "R Kelly and the Public Announcement" and his "12Play" albums that got me onto the R&B thang.. Ya'll can say about how Babyface was a great producer of R&B 'n all, but to me R Kel has always been da man....
Another old school but memorable R&B track was in 1993, BoyzIIMen's "End of The Road":
This track knocked Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and became the longest consecutive weeks on Billboard chart No.1 (I think it was like 14 weeks or something) back in 1992/1993... I still remembered walking into Whitehorse Plaza in Box Hill Victoria (a big shoutout to all ya'll in Box Hill AUS!!)with my aunties to buy the BoyzIIMen 'Motownphilly' album!...
On the hip-hop front, it was the beginning of the gangsta rap era, with NWA, Ice T emerging in the early 90s. But it was LL Cool J's 1990 hit "Mamma Said Knock You Out" that blew me away, 'n really set my mind to get into hip-hop/rap music:
"Don't Call it a come back!" as Lady Loves Cool James would hit it !. 'n on that note, I'm off to bed!...
Thinking back, I probably wouldn't even know what the different genre of music were. Although I remembered back in high school Year 9 we had to take music subjects and I was already flipping thru books on "The Beatles" and "James Brown". Of course in the 80s there were Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and George Michael. I could easily have another blog dedicated to MJ (RIP) but that's for another day and another time.
I have to say, I got onto R&B first before Hip-hop.. I would have to give props to R Kelly's group "R Kelly and the Public Announcement" and his "12Play" albums that got me onto the R&B thang.. Ya'll can say about how Babyface was a great producer of R&B 'n all, but to me R Kel has always been da man....
Another old school but memorable R&B track was in 1993, BoyzIIMen's "End of The Road":
This track knocked Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and became the longest consecutive weeks on Billboard chart No.1 (I think it was like 14 weeks or something) back in 1992/1993... I still remembered walking into Whitehorse Plaza in Box Hill Victoria (a big shoutout to all ya'll in Box Hill AUS!!)with my aunties to buy the BoyzIIMen 'Motownphilly' album!...
On the hip-hop front, it was the beginning of the gangsta rap era, with NWA, Ice T emerging in the early 90s. But it was LL Cool J's 1990 hit "Mamma Said Knock You Out" that blew me away, 'n really set my mind to get into hip-hop/rap music:
"Don't Call it a come back!" as Lady Loves Cool James would hit it !. 'n on that note, I'm off to bed!...
May 31, 2010
Hong Kong hip-hop Part I
How could i not do a little bit of a shout out to the crew behind the HK hip-hop radio show that we started 6 to 7 weeks ago...! The whole setup took place pretty quickly and can't believe it's been 6 weeks going on 7 already..!
Heyo,LC,Ah Ball (also Hoax, Rachel), just wanting to give a big THANK YOU for the very late night and dedication to piece this together week in and week out!! Also thx for bringing me to the Hong Kong hip-hop scene...
Here's the teaser clip that LC put together for the show before it was launched!
And here is the link to our weekly program!!! Thanks for the SUPPORT!!!!
http://www.mobileradio.hk/category/music-film-art-entertainment/hehehehe-hahahaha/
講開寫blog,有人問我用中文或英文寫? 其實我寫中或英文唔係好重要,鐘意中就中,英就英lor...無限際...
Heyo,LC,Ah Ball (also Hoax, Rachel), just wanting to give a big THANK YOU for the very late night and dedication to piece this together week in and week out!! Also thx for bringing me to the Hong Kong hip-hop scene...
Here's the teaser clip that LC put together for the show before it was launched!
And here is the link to our weekly program!!! Thanks for the SUPPORT!!!!
http://www.mobileradio.hk/category/music-film-art-entertainment/hehehehe-hahahaha/
講開寫blog,有人問我用中文或英文寫? 其實我寫中或英文唔係好重要,鐘意中就中,英就英lor...無限際...
First Post
OK OK.. So here I am attempting to start my own blog again for the 10,000,000th times... I guess everytime I start one (eventually they lead to nowhere!) there was always a purpose in mind.
I have promised myself that, this time around I'll actually stick to it and let it run for a long time...
Anyway! Enough bullshit and let's get this started..! The reason why I've started this is simply because I noticed since moving back to Hong Kong, I have been on facebook a LOT and I also noticed that I had been posting a lot of youtube hip-hop,R&B and funk music videos on FB but as we all know, once it scrolls off the page all clips are gone. So I figured if I create a blog, put the videos up, do a little bit of writing about hip-hop,music,lifestyle or whatever,and putting some of my thoughts in it, it might not be a bad idea!
Being the first post, I'll put up a clip from an icon, Tupac (R.I.P).."My Block". Just like James Dean, Pac passed away at the height of his career. This was one of more laid back track. I remembered buying 'The Show' soundtrack album back in 95/96. (The album's version is a little different from this clip).
It's funny....whenever I look at an old MV from youtube or where-ever, it reminds me of what I was doing at that point in time of my life. I guess the thang with music is, that each song, or each album tells a story, or an era in time in the past. Back in 1995, getting hip-hop music in Melbourne, Australia was quite hard and Central Station Records was probably the most well-equipped urban music provider in Australia.
Another track I like to share is a track from MC Jin before he came back to HK called " I Quit".. It's the grits 'n fire in the lyrics that I enjoyed the most from this track..that's JIN to ya earsss....
It's interesting with Jin. I heard of him back in the 2005 period and I even remembered he came to Australia (I didn't go). I was living in Sydney by then but what was really wicked was to see an Asian-American representing in the hip-hop community and THAT, got me noticed because there were probably quite a few Asian-Australian representing hip-hop in Australia but nowhere near where Jin had gone with his battles 'n freestyling.
Now that I'm back in HK, haha, i guess the rest is history!
Til tomorrow, good night ya'll.
I have promised myself that, this time around I'll actually stick to it and let it run for a long time...
Anyway! Enough bullshit and let's get this started..! The reason why I've started this is simply because I noticed since moving back to Hong Kong, I have been on facebook a LOT and I also noticed that I had been posting a lot of youtube hip-hop,R&B and funk music videos on FB but as we all know, once it scrolls off the page all clips are gone. So I figured if I create a blog, put the videos up, do a little bit of writing about hip-hop,music,lifestyle or whatever,and putting some of my thoughts in it, it might not be a bad idea!
Being the first post, I'll put up a clip from an icon, Tupac (R.I.P).."My Block". Just like James Dean, Pac passed away at the height of his career. This was one of more laid back track. I remembered buying 'The Show' soundtrack album back in 95/96. (The album's version is a little different from this clip).
It's funny....whenever I look at an old MV from youtube or where-ever, it reminds me of what I was doing at that point in time of my life. I guess the thang with music is, that each song, or each album tells a story, or an era in time in the past. Back in 1995, getting hip-hop music in Melbourne, Australia was quite hard and Central Station Records was probably the most well-equipped urban music provider in Australia.
Another track I like to share is a track from MC Jin before he came back to HK called " I Quit".. It's the grits 'n fire in the lyrics that I enjoyed the most from this track..that's JIN to ya earsss....
It's interesting with Jin. I heard of him back in the 2005 period and I even remembered he came to Australia (I didn't go). I was living in Sydney by then but what was really wicked was to see an Asian-American representing in the hip-hop community and THAT, got me noticed because there were probably quite a few Asian-Australian representing hip-hop in Australia but nowhere near where Jin had gone with his battles 'n freestyling.
Now that I'm back in HK, haha, i guess the rest is history!
Til tomorrow, good night ya'll.
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