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!
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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