Daily Archives: August 31, 2011

Someone Like You by Anoop Desai

Someone Like You by Anoop Desai
Former American Idol contestant Anoop Desai put his own music video together for Adele’s Someone Like You.
Watch his soulful rendition of the track with heartbreaking imagery. The guy can hit those high notes in this emotional song.

Be sure to get Anoop Desai’s Zero.0 album and watch his music video “All is Fair”.

Someone Like You by Anoop Desai

Lyrics to Someone Like You (Anoop Desai version)

I heard, that your settled down.
That you, found a guy and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things, I didn’t give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
It ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the lie.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited.
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I’d hoped you’d see my face & that you’d be reminded,
That for me, it isn’t over.

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best, for you too.
Don’t forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

You’d know, how the time flies.
Only yesterday, was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summery haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I’d hoped you’d see my face & that you’d be reminded,
That for me, it isn’t over yet.

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don’t forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”, yay.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret’s and mistakes they’re memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don’t forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”

Nevermind, I’ll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don’t forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yay yeh yeah

Work Out (Girl’s perspective) by Jennifer Chung

Work Out (Girl's perspective) by Jennifer Chung

Singer Jennifer Chung put a female spin on J Cole’s “Work Out”. Her perspective provides an alternate point of view to girls who give it up too easy. She makes a case for a committed relationship rather than one that’s not. Why be a side dish lover when you can be the dedicated main course? Jennifer Chung did a quick turnaround on this one. She re-wrote the lyrics a couple of hours.

Look for Jennifer Chung to release her album “4 Years & Counting ” on September 10, 2011.

Work Out (Girl’s perspective) by Jennifer Chung

Work Out by J Cole

Lyrics to Work Out (Girl’s perspective) by Jennifer Chung

We got a good thing.
You tell me that you like how it is.
So is that a good thing?
‘Cause you say that you can’t be my man.
I know what’s on your brain,
You’re hoping that I will understand.
To be single but keep me, is that all a part of your plan?
Won’t have that.

Hear me say “bye” after “no.”
Would rather be the girl flying solo.
Then to be the fool to follow your dead-ending road.
‘Cause it’s gotta work out for me.
Work out for me.

Hear me say “bye” after “no.”
Would rather be the girl flying solo.
Then to be the fool to follow your dead-ending road.
‘Cause it’s gotta work out for me.
Work out for me.

He likes em’ girls with the big ol’ fangs.
Who eats up every word, every thing he says.
I’m just sick & tired of being misled.
I thought it was a go, but all I see is red.

Would you look at that.
He came back for me.
It’s because he couldn’t get it so easily.
It’s not the game, but come on, think logically.
Who is gonna respect, if I don’t respect me?

I’ve heard it all.
The same old thing.
“It isn’t you, it’s me,
You get it, right babe?
I’m not the type to commit.”
Well, isn’t that a shame?
I’ve heard it all.
The same old thing.

So is life, take a chance, roll a dice.
You get tricked into believing something bad is right.
Don’t over think.
Maybe next time.
Who’s losing sleep in the night?

We got a good thing.
You tell me that you like how it is.
So is that a good thing?
‘Cause you say that you can’t be my man.
I know what’s on your brain,
You’re hoping that I will understand.
To be single but keep me, is that all a part of your plan?
Won’t have that.

Hear me say “bye” after “no.”
Would rather be the girl flying solo.
Then to be the fool to follow your dead-ending road.
‘Cause it’s gotta work out for me.
Work out for me.

Hear me say “bye” after “no.”
Would rather be the girl flying solo.
Then to be the fool to follow your dead-ending road.
‘Cause it’s gotta work out for me.
Work out for me.

Here you go again, confusing me.
What you want, you aren’t sure?
Exactly.
I’ve got a heart with a lot o’ love to give.
To waste it on someone who doesn’t believe,
Would be a sin.
What? What, you wanna stay “friends?”
Friends who call each other every night before the night ends?
Every time you want it to, the rules bend.
There is something wrong with all the messages that you send.

Cold world.
Real cold world.
I don’t need you to hold me & call me your girl.
Know what’s on my mind.
I’m fighting for what’s right tonight. Tonight. Tonight.

Move slow.
You wanna live fast.
Grow up, be a man, there’s a thing called class.
Life is a test so before the night pass, get right. Get right.

We got a good thing.
You tell me that you like how it is.
So is that a good thing?
‘Cause you say that you can’t be my man.
I know what’s on your brain,
You’re hoping that I will understand.
To be single but keep me, is that all a part of your plan?
Won’t have that.

Straight up now tell me do you really wanna love me forever?
Oh, oh, oh.
Or is it just a hit and run?
Straight up I’ll tell you I refuse to be your side dish lover.
Oh, oh, oh.
I’m not just here for you to have fun.

Straight up now tell me do you really wanna love me forever?
Oh, oh, oh.
Or is it just a hit and run?
Straight up I’ll tell you I refuse to be your side dish lover.
Oh, oh, oh.
I’m not just here for you to have fun.
I’m done.

Colima Road by Fung Bros. x Aileen Xu

Colima Road by Fung Bros. x Aileen Xu

This ones for our readers out Southern Cali reader especially in the OC and the 626. The Fung Bros. x Aileen Xu team up for their song and music video “Colima Road”. They take you on a trip 20 miles east of Los Angeles, nestled within the quaint suburbs of the San Gabriel Valley (SGV), where a pathway to social independence, a boulevard of culinary treasures, and a road to self-discovery collide. Joining them are some YouTubers you might recognize including AJ Rafael, Kevin Lien, Scott Yoshimoto, and Casey Nishizu. How many references can you find on this track? BTW – nice change up on the end of the song.

Colima Road by Fung Bros. x Aileen Xu

Lyrics to Colima Road by Fung Bros. x Aileen Xu

[Aileen- Chorus]
Tonight, on Colima Road tonight
Hacienda Rowland Heights
We’re coming up, from Diamond Bar to Walnut
Let’s do it tonight

Don’t care where they go
This is all I know
Nothing is enough
Can you handle us? (Lets do it tonight)
Let’s hang out tonight, I want you to pay
See you out tonight

Grab some food and boba, tell em hey
On Colima Rd tonight (x4)

[Andrew]
Take advantage tonight
Making out at vantage point with a princess
practice with my hip hop team
Banana Bay turn heads at the entrance
My tumblrs insane: the way the names growin
boba flowin Squares move aside
85 C bakery, I’m standing in line BOY

This is what I love baby
Lets go to lunch baby
Lets hit Guppy House
We ain’t gotta go dutch Baby

Excuse me
i might play the crane game more than i should tonight
I’mma take a iPad home with me if I could tonight
That pad see yew is gonna taste so good inside
If not see you tomorrow

[Aileen]
Grab some food and boba, tell em hey
On Colima Rd tonight (x4)

[David]
Reach for the stars
And if you don’t grab ’em,
At least work at Boiling Crab
Think about it
Cuz if you slip,
I’mma take ya girl ta Half N Half (hahaa)
What I’m involved wit
Is deeper than shaved ice
Baby, baby, and it ain’t no thang
Wingstop chicken wangs
D ancin in my palace, Colima, Nogales

Put it on the food, baby
It make you feel good, baby
We already Rowland
But, I promise we rollin

Excuse me
I might play the crane game more than i should tonight
I’mma take a iPad home with me if I could tonight
And that pad see yew is gonna taste so good tonight
If not I’ll see you tomorrow

[Aileen]
Tonight, on Colima Road tonight
Hacienda Rowland Heights
We’re coming up, from Diamond Bar to Walnut
Let’s do it tonight

Don’t care what they say
All the games they play
Nothing is enough
They can’t handle us (Lets do it tonight)
I want you tonight, I want you to stay
I want you tonight

Grab some food and boba, tell em hey
On Colima Rd tonight
I’m on Fullerton tonight
On Colima Rd tonight
I’m on Fullerton tonight

[David]
We invented swag
Feelin pimp, Peelin shrimp out at Boiling Crab
Iced milk drink, they don’t know the Half
Large size same as the medium it’s a scam

[Andrew]
I like them cute girls named Jenny Chang
Esther Kim, Clairbel Santos, Vicky Pham
UCR girls that’s still livin with their fam
You a waitress at Guppy House daaamn!

[David]
Shout out to the old crazy Hello Kitty Man
America don’t know bout this crazy Asian land
Coming off the sixty, doing over sixty
Round 1 at Puente Hills, they got me tipsy

[Andrew]
throw ya diamond in the sky for the plaza
molca salsa, super fries, sippin agua
Go Bananas at the bay, watchin the game
Colima road got it all This is why we caaaame

Shell by Wong Fu Productions

Shell by Wong Fu Productions

Wesley Chan of Wong Fu Productions has released his latest short film “Shell“. Much liked his previous works “At Musing’s End” and “When Five Fell,” he delves deeper emotionally than other Wong Fu shorts. Here’s more about “Shell”:

Our lives are shaped by our experiences. Our experiences are preserved in our memories. But what if we had a chance to remember things that we never actually experienced? “Shell” explores this idea through a quiet conversation. If you could look through a window that softened the edge between reality and fiction, what would you want to see? What would you want to remember?

Originally conceptualized as a senior project at school, the film was based on the idea was that, in the future, people would be able to buy memories– real or not. This technology would allow people to buy the ultimate human gift. What is more intimate and touching than a memory? The short blurs the line between fiction and reality. The visuals of the two environments are juxtaposed to one another as reality and “memories” become more of a confession of “true” feelings.

There’s plenty of symbolism in the “Shell”. As Wesley Chan describes “The shell is a protective housing that shelters something fragile. Not only that, but it preserves it. As we know, when we put a shell to our ear, it sounds like the ocean waves. It is an experience we can recall. Now imagine if you had never seen the ocean– if you lived too far from a coast. What would the experience of listening to a seashell mean to you? Would it be any less real? Other symbols include the glasses that Chris wears and the window that he looks out of. They are both barriers between what he wants to see and what he really sees. When his glasses are taken off, he has a new perspective on his reality.”

Shell is the Official Selection for 2011 Seoul International Extreme-Short Image and Film Festival.

Shell by Wong Fu Productions

Behind the scenes of Shell by Wong Fu Productions

I’m Ready by Melissa Polinar

I'm Ready by Melissa Polinar

Singer Melissa Polinar released the original song “I’m Ready”. She tackles the tough emotional transition for someone to let go of the past and be ready for a new relationship. Sometimes you just know you’re ready.

Listen to more Melissa Polinar: Forever With You, Say You’ll Stay, Back To Me, Honestly, and Try.

I’m Ready by Melissa Polinar

Lyrics to I’m Ready by Melissa Polinar

Feels like there’s no tomorrow
breathing in, breathing out gets harder
playing this guessing game
leaves me all alone
where am i to go?

don’t know what signs to follow
trying to keep myself together
sweet dreams i harbored didn’t last for long
this can’t go on

chorus:
i’m ready to try falling apart
right into your arms
i’m ready for you to take my heart
and tell me that i am yours
then i’ll be alright
there’s no turning back
i’m ready this time

I just don’t know what’s coming
i was unprepared but now i’m
tyring to fight grain
of who i don’t want to be
so help me to see

bridge:
the past is gone
from every right and wrong
and you’re behind it all
i’m tasting complete surrender
from now on i will remember you

The Breakout by Kixxie Siete x Art Official

The Breakout by Kixxie Siete x Art Official

Rappers Kixxie Siete x Art Official dropped a fresh new joint “The Breakout”. They’ve got some sick flows to the chill beats. The duo keeps hip hop real by returning to its roots. It’s lyrical alchemy going down on this track. They be floating along singing this song in hopes that you’ll be singing along. You can download the single FREE here.

Listen to more Kixxie Siete : Way too Long , Enter the Swaggin’ #1 (Snake Style), and Enter the Swaggin’ #2 (Tiger Style).

The Breakout by Kixxie Siete x Art Official