Like many I was shock to hear that Whitney Houston was found dead at her Beverly Hilton hotel room. Found unresponsive in a bathtub by management. Reports say she either had died from a overdoes and/or drowning or maybe a combination of both. This has yet to be determined because she was removed from that area upon paramedics arrival. Who conducted CPR and found her unresponsive. She was in the mist of a Grammy rehearsal and celebration. According to friends and spectators she was in “good spirits” before her death. Yet L.A.P.D is treating this case as a “normal” death for the time being.
The autopsy has already been done as of this moment toxic reports are last to be concluded. Her body was released Sunday and funeral services for the singer starts Friday and Saturday in New Jersey. Her home state were she was raised and started her career as a gospel singer.
It’s a public known fact that Whitney had a long time history of drug abuse before she met Bobby Brown. So many others who passed Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson that were drug related deaths. I hope she find peace on the other side. That people will remember her for her music more than the troubles she faced leading to her death. I hope this will help others who are abusing either legal or illegal drugs to sober up. Life is to short and you are to precious to waste. Doesn’t matter if you’re famous or not you can get help. You can find support and you can move on.
I hope the Houston family will find peace in their dark time of need.
Drunken Tiger leader Tiger Jk and his amazing wifey Tasha(Yoon Mirae) are back . This time collaborating on a hip hop project called Sunzoo. Teaming up with producer !llMind ( worked with Eminem, LL Cool J, Kweli, and 50 Cent) for some bad ass hip hop but on a global scale. Sunzoo consist of DJ Jhig aka DT DJ, Roscoe Umali and Styliztik Jones. Including Tiger JK and Tasha at the helm.
Their MV ” Get Down” is receiving positive feed back.
Sunzoo is nothing like anything else in hip hop right now. As American hip hop becomes a hood rat’s paradise and Korean electronic waste land. Sunzoo keeps the street vibe alive with delivering original beats with raw lyrical dominance.
Tim Be Told is releasing a new album title Humanity is available for pre-order at $10.00.
Only a limited quantity will be available. Pre-ordering will close after the first 300 CDs and will reopen again on March 22nd. Pre-orders will ship on March 20th.
Oh you thought 2011 was gonna be quiet, filed with big idol comebacks. More infectious Hallyu in Japan and plagiarism accusations dead. No, no it wouldn’t be K-pop and yes I used double negatives. This time its Queen Monster Lady Gaga verse the bubble up beat Girls’ Generation aka SNSD.
Lady Gaga’s new track “Born This Way” has already raised suspicion. Most people feel the track has rip off Madonna’s “Express Yourself.” Now it seems SNSD’s “Be Happy” may also have fallen victim(?)
E-Tribe who produce SNSD’s “Be Happy” has already made statements to Newsen on March 1st, quote…..
“Someone this morning told me that there were reports of Lady Gaga plagiarizing SNSD’s ‘Be Happy.’ I listened, and I do feel that there are similarities. The way the song flows and the arrangements are, honestly, the same. I am currently working to get in contact with Lady Gaga’s publishing label to find further information.”
Ah, maybe he is wrong taking a page from YG entertainment Teddy Park. Simply could be another case of similar melodies. You know when two people look a like but live on different parts of the hemisphere. Just because they look the same but aren’t…….oh forget was a horrible analogy.
Do you think E-Tribe might have gotten ripped off?
I’m gonna be straight forward about this and wonder if Korean pop fans fully support the ideal. I get a sense of fear and passiveness when K-pop fans hear or speak about their artists going state side.(did article about this a while back) I don’t blame them for feeling this way. Lets just face it America has a habit of ignoring and flat-out bastardizing foreign music and its musicians. Although K-pop groups like Big Bang and 2ne1 are trying to bridge the gap. Either featuring large amount of foreigners in their music videos or releasing English tracks. Using Youtube as their catalyst to show their form of artistry and spark the interest of foreigners.
There is a huge problem about Asia introducing foreigners into their music videos. RACE (Americans can’t help it) Take the most recent and controversial video G-Dragon and TOP’s “High High”
Many fans were alone excited about GDTOP collaboration album. In the music video it only show Caucasians and Asians partying. Granted in Asia there isn’t a lot of Africans or African-Americans hanging around. That is the main reason why you don’t see them in “High High.”Most Africans are working to professional class individuals are very few….very few in numbers. They don’t live up to the stereotypical point of view of western white culture has portray them to be. In other words seen as ordinary people who are living normal lives. Wouldn’t make great partying buddies in an MV that is about over indulgence. Yet many Black K-pop fans are confuse and feel left out. In American MVs showing different ethnicity together is normal. Because the United States is made up of different ethnicity of people. Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Rock” is a mixture of different people partying together. Even Far East Movement did a cameo. As Quest Crew are the primary dancers who are all Asian.
YG has shown Black and Asian relations before just not always the most positive. Take Stony Skunk “Boomdi Boomdi” feature Asian males with Black females (Jamaican women).
Reminder this was shot in Jamaica so it makes perfect sense.When “Boomdi Boomdi” single hit #2 on Billboard hip hop/r&b charts in 2007. YG quickly revamp the video with computer animation and eliminating Kush, Skull only. Most likely to avoid negative feed back or racial tension. Even though “Boomdi Boomdi” the first version original context is about partying. The way Black females are portrayed in the MV can cause quite a stir for westerners. Lets be real only reason why it would be controversial because its Asian men dancing with sexy Black women. No different from any other hip hop video. But because Kush and Skull are Asian makes it 1o x’s more controversial.
In se7en’s MV “I Know” featuring Teddy Park has Black male dancers. No different from Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Rock” having Asian male dancers.
In an older YG video former singer Lexy “Tears” features Africans but as tribal. This video was shot in Africa most likely South Africa.
If you figure it out Africans and African-Americans are seen as two different cultural identities. African culture is more traditional, conservative and is consider unique because of their indigenous customs still prevalent. The negative is that African people are viewed as poor,uneducated and suffer European colonization oppression. While African-Americans in hip hop view them as free-spirited and party influence. The negative African-American men are seen as scary thugs and women portray as objects of sexual lust.
Whites in Asian MV aren’t portrayed in a negative way but bare little cultural importance. Pretty much like any other model in a music video and seen as a novelty items like G-Dragon and TOP “Knock Out”
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K-pop isn’t politically correct nor does it want to be. The more K-pop uses Youtube as it catalyst gives foreign media the opportunity to place them under a microscope. Americans forget the situation we are in is totally different from our Asian cousins across the pond.They come from homogeneous base nations were 90%-99% of their nation will be one ethnicity and heritage. Despite America being a melting pop everyone is categorize by race and ethnic background. Which can determine if a person will be successful or fail.
No wonder why both Korean and Korean Americans fans might be biting their nails. When a K-pop groups goes state side your pretty much sending them to be slaughter by wolves. This doesn’t stop Wonder Girls from teaming up with Claude Kelly (who is Black) or 2ne1 with Wil.I.Am (who is Black). Maybe the success of Far East Movement is proof that my generation is trying to shed the ugliness of our parents racial driven pass and present. With one generic pop electronic beat at a time.
This makes me wonder for non-Asian K-pop fans, are we listening to their music because its Korean or because you really like it?
Maybe this is why racial comments and concerns among non-Asian especially those non-white and female are popping up more.Is K-pop whiting it self off to be more accepted or are they using them because of convenience? Are K-pop artists teaming up with Black producers because they are more prevalent in American pop culture and business or because they wanna make good music? Will American except Korean foreigners and their bad engrish ? So many question arise when I think about K-pop and west starting to merge. Even though in J-pop you have happas who are half black or white in their music scene. Maybe it’s that old belief Koreans are extremely hateful towards Blacks and only accept whites?
Music should just be about music but once you give it a face, a scene, a language and try to mix it up with others who differ becomes more discriminatory. I want K-pop to come state side and have foreigners in their MVs for all the right reasons. Not for white or Black cultural acceptance. I want fans to support because they love the music and respect the people who make it. K-pop fans not only can be divided by their favorite group but also ethnic race. I don’t want the mood of K-pop foreign fans turn into whites vs Blacks and Koreans trying to regulate by saying “we like you all STFU.” For heaven sakes kids lets keep K-pop pure of the racial scrutiny Americans are so infamous for. Maintain our support for K-pop equally among all types of fans.
I feel festive and very Latina. Kat Deluna my favorite Dominican princess bringing forth dance Bachata pop musica. This little Puerto Rican diva loves it. enjoy 🙂
I don’t know why but I feel 2ne1 should do I cover to this song. It kinda fits them don’t you think?
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