Daily Archives: September 14, 2011

Planet B-Boy on Hulu

Planet B-Boy on Hulu

If you missed the film “Planet B-Boy” directed by Benson Lee a few years back. You have a chance to watch it FREE on Hulu. The film focuses on five crews representing France, Japan, South Korea, and the United States in their quest to win the Battle of the Year. Here’s a synopsis of the documentary:

Planet B-boy goes inside the international, underground b-boy scene in Japan, France, South Korea, and the United States, as they prepare for the event of their lives: The Battle of the Year in Germany, the oldest and largest B-boy event in the world. Eighteen nations send their best crews to compete at the “world cup of b-boying”. Coming from vastly different cultures, what the b-boys share above all is their willingness to sacrifice everything for b-boying as a way of life. By gaining personal insight into their lives, we see that it is their ultimate form of self-expression and creativity. With little chance of recognition or financial gain, the b-boys struggle to maintain their passion and love for their art, the original essence of hip-hop in its purest form.

Some of the b-boys and b-boy crews in the film include Gamblerz, Ichigeki, Knucklehead Zoo, Last For One, Phase T, Ken Swift, Storm, Thomas Hergenrother, and Trac 2.

The film came about before America’s Best Dance Crew and all the other dance shows came out.

Planet B-Boy on Hulu

L.A. Coffin School Trailer

L.A. Coffin School Trailer

L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL, co-written and directed by Erin Li, is about a once-renowned Chinese painter who is kicked out of her son’s home. This prompts her to enroll in a controversial school that claims to teach people how to start life anew. The instructor and class exercises force her to re-evaluate life and what it is worth. Based on an actual school in South Korea, L.A. Coffin School was inspired partly filmmaker Li’s decision to leave the finance industry (working in Hong Kong and New York) to pursue her passion for filmmaking. The film stars Elizabeth Sung (“Memoirs Of A Geisha”; “Ping Pong Playa”; “Joy Luck Club”), Michelle Krusiec (“Saving Face”; “Made In Taiwan“), Megan Lee (YouTube music sensation), Jerry Ying (NINJA SAY WHAT?!) and Angela Ai (AVENUE Q on Broadway).

Here’s more on the film from director Erin Li

While conducting research for this film, I came across numerous articles and studies that shed light on the high suicide rate among elderly Asian women in the U.S. The causes range from acculturation stress and language barriers to poverty, illness, weakened family support and social isolation. Asian Americans as a whole are the least likely demographic group to seek treatment for mental illness. Shame and cultural stigmas against acknowledging mental illness play a major role. Interestingly enough, there are actual “coffin academies” in existence. Large conglomerates in South Korea have enrolled employees in coffin academies as part of the company’s orientation activities. This may be a way to remedy and address the high suicide rate in the country.

My goal with L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL is to tell the stories of elderly Asian immigrants and bring more awareness to these issues. I hope that the film will also continue the dialogue on Asian Americans and mental illness. I am currently working on the feature adaptation of L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL.

L.A. Coffin School Trailer

Run DMZ by Surrilla x Lyricks

Run DMZ by Surrilla x Lyricks

Rapper Surrilla teams up with rapper Lyricks for the track “Run DMZ” off Surrilla’s upcoming “Partners In cRhyme” mixtape. Compared to his recent music videos Slappage and My 808, Surrilla goes low key for “Run DMZ” with a statement about North Korea. The duo raps about liberating the North Korea from Kim Jong-Il.

Look for Surrilla’s mixtape to drop in October 2011. Listen to more Surrilla : Beat Oven, Pokerface remix, Mad World, and Mynd Games.

Run DMZ by Surrilla x Lyricks

Beauty Salon by Lyricks x Sickboi

Beauty Salon by Sickboi and Lyricks

Once again, rapper Sickboi got together with Lyricks to put out a collaborative track titled “Beauty Salon.”  Spitting over RAEKWON’s Flawless Crowns, both Virginia natives grace their hometown with a video that will take you through the 703. Listen to this track as they channel their inner Tribe Called Quest and give you a few deep verses to wrap your head around. If you’re a Fairfax local, can you guess where the spots they filmed were?

Here’s a few more tracks with Sickboi and Lyricks : Take Over The CityUps & DownsLava, and Mynd Games.

BEAUTY SALON – SICKBOI x LYRICKS

You Should Be Loved by Anoop Desai

You Should Be Loved by Anoop Desai

Former American Idol contestant Anoop Desai dropped a music video for his single “You Should Be Loved” off his “Zero.0” album. The pop/R&B artist offers a unique combination of soulful vocals and contemporary pop. The song follows Anoop Desai as he yearns for a girl close to him, who isn’t getting treated right. She should be loved and Anoop tells you how it should be done. You can get the song on You Should Be Loved - Zero.0.

Also check out his recent videos All is Fair and Someone Like You.

You Should Be Loved by Anoop Desai

Behind the scenes with Anoop Desai

Lyrics to You Should Be Loved by Anoop Desai

You should be wearing a ring
You should have everything you like
Your man should open your doors
And he should give you the world if you like yeahhhh ohhhh

He should be holding your hand in public
Showing the world that you’re his girl yeahh
He should be holding you every night
Making sure that you get it good
‘Cause I would, girl

and if you don’t have that I offer all the above
Tell me what are you waiting for

You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved

He should be taking you out,
He should be buying you something nice (real nice)
You shouldn’t be stressin’ for nothing
You deserve a man that treats you right yeahh

If I had you I’d make every moment we shared better than the last
you should be happy, I’m wondering how I can make you understand

And if you don’t have have all the all the above
Tell me what are you waiting for

You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved

He should be there with open arms when you’re crying, when you’re hurting,
When you need him, he should always be there
You should be catered to, that’s all that I’m saying to you
You should be loved

You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved
You should be loved

Michael Jackson by Das Racist

Michael Jackson by Das RacistMichael Jackson by Das Racist
Rap group Das Racist dropped their latest music video “Michael Jackson” off their album “Relax”. It’s a bizarre video with the rapping trio getting kidnapped and dumped at a location where the King of Pop his having a Last Supper. Quickly, they travel around the world dancing with various cultures with plenty of references to Michael Jackson’s music videos like Smooth Criminal and Black or White. Suddenly, you’re watch the video on The Simpsons TV with the rappers drawn in a 2D animated world. Get ready for a wild ride as they try to dance like Michael Jackson. You can get the song on Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson - Single.

Relax by Das Racist
Be sure to check out the Brooklyn group’s 14 track “Relax” album. Here’s a tracklisting:

01. Relax (Produced by Das Racist and Patrick Wimberly)
02. Michael Jackson (Produced by Das Racist and Patrick Wimberly)
03. Brand New Dance (Produced by Patrick Wimberly)
04. Middle of The Cake (Produced by Anand Wilder)
05. Girl (Produced by Blood Diamonds)
06. Shut Up, Man feat. El-P (Produced by El-P)
07. Happy Rappy (Produced by Diplo)
08. Booty In The Air (Produced by Patrick Wimberly)
09. Power feat. Danny Brown and Despot (Produced by Dash Speaks)
10. Punjabi Song feat. Bikram Singh (Produced by J-La)
11. Selena (Produced by Patrick Wimberly)
12. Rainbow In The Dark (Produced by J-La)
13. The Trick (Produced by ROSTAM)
14. Celebration (Produced by Francis Farewell Starlite)

You can get the full album on Relax - Das Racist.

Michael Jackson by Das Racist (contains explicit lyrics)

Lyrics to Michael Jackson by Das Racist

[Hook]
Michael Jackson
A million dollars
You feel me?
Holler!
Michael Jackson
One million dollars
You feel me?
Holler!

[Verse 1: Heems]
These rap dads is on some fashion scene sh*t
Skip that sh*t that I spit to talk about how my jeans fit
But I got a clean grip on the game
Some mean sh*t
And you seen the team that I spread my green from schemes with
Well it’s your boy, like a Queens street chumpa
Heems the ruler
Medulla create the moola
And Me, I just do the rumba, por que esta es la rumba
And we, we are the future
Abdullah, see that’s my shooter
The ruger, he keep it super
Duper, Abdul’ll shoot ya
He’ll knock you right out your Supras
Knock right out your Pumas
Doctor give you the sutures
Victor is in the cooter in tune with a boo from Hooters
While Dap is on the computer
Lakutis the clean up hitter
Call him the pooper scooper
Alec an Oompa Loompa
Retutor the school of looters
Hakuna matata Pumba
Por que esta es la rumba
Yeah, I’m f*cking great at rapping

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Kool A.D.]
Call me Janet Jackson
I got a hundred dollars
I got the jungle fever
Run with a hundred zebras
I got a leather jacket
I got a little hat on
I’m drinking carbonated water by the quarter gallon
I got an Eagle Talon
Call me Richie Valens
Me no speakie spanish
Valium and Caesar salad
I’m DJ Khaled
I’m a Daikon radish
See me next to sushi sexually
I’ll sex your coochie
Extra juicy
Electrocute me
Fire scientist
McGuyver my appliances
Describe the flyest buying this
I am this, I insist
Shout to all the highnesses requiring that I’ll buy them shit
You go girl, it’s your world
Watching Parenthood
On Ketamine at the hoterrrrrl
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa…
WHAT?!

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Kool A.D., you good at rapping
Yo Hima, you good at rapping
Yo Victor, you genus latin
Yo Hima, you Eric Clapton
Yo Victor, we going platinum
Yo Hima, we finna clap them
Kool AD’s finna happen
We see the cream and we grab them
Yo Victor, just let me stab them
Chill Hima, we in Manhattan
Let’s move the static to Staten
Move the static to Staten?
Let’s move this static to Queens
Damn, you crazy Heems
Damn, that’s very true
That’s how we do

[Hook]