"1 vs 99" documentary about Hong Kong Hip Hop 1/4

[flip1sba]

I got into hip-hop back in the early 90s. Hip-hop music was great back then. If I was a teenager living in today's decade, I would not gotten into the culture.

[flip1sba]

I personally know MC YAN. His LMF band was succesful in HK, a breakthrough from Canto-pop and Canto-rock.

It is cool that he got a nice home in NT. To rent or even own a house is very expensive in HK so only the super rich can afford to live in such places. MC Yan on the other hand lives in the rural part so homes there are more affordable.

HK's hip-hop scene is mainly underground. But you would be surprise that alot of those active in the city's scene are not Chinese but Filipinos.

[tiulaylomay]

u should change ur name to artist yan cuz ur an artist not just a mc...mad respect for what uve done for hk hiphop. respect!!!

[larryau1990]

That's a good learning English materials!

[VictorLooser]

Very nice update!

Thx Mischu~

[d1gps15]

it's Not industry.. it's exist..

[thatesedog805]

whattt dont try to talk down like u fucken better than me i was just askin a fucken question wtf do i know about these fucken chinos

[thatesedog805]

this dude is firme .hey homie much do u get pay,.is it better to go rap in there or da states

[DTMUniversal]

lol, the F u talkin about. MC YAN isnt rich, he just explained to u that the HK industry does not appreciate real music. and u better be black if u wanna rap in the states or else they wont care about u neither.

[Sangfroidation]

@thatesedog805 Hong Kong music industry is heavily commercialised and Hong Kong Hip Hop as a culture musically doesn't exist.

There are rappers, but they're very, very numbered.

[d1gps15]

@Sangfroidation For Sure..? You better check it Out from who did sang Rap before came out.. Hong Kong did have Rap already in yrs 2002... Hong Kong be already become real rap now, Jin were there, he become hk Rapper now, Not on American..

[Sangfroidation]

@d1gps15 I meant it doesn't exist in relation to the hip hop foundation of the states. You just named Jin - sure, that's one. But hip hop presence in commerical music and even underground isn't prominent at all.

Reason why LMF stopped is probably because they weren't getting enough money from sales. There's 24Herbs, MC Yan too and maybe another few. My point is Hong Kong hip hop isn't as large as I'd hope it to be.

[d1gps15]

@Sangfroidation cuz they are not from Hong Kong Singer, so We need Hong Kong Singer Rapper, Not from other.. cuz MC Yan's trying to come hong kong to be rapper in hk.. well they are most wanna be konger, but that's fine for they..

[d1gps15]

@Sangfroidation Hong Kong will be coming Rapper later, cuz right now it's not work out cuz too many other countries come to hong kong exact like Taiwan, We can't understanding..

[d1gps15]

@Sangfroidation cuz they speak out so different langauges, not sound like Cantonese.. they speak Cantonese doesn't work it, they do need practice Cantonese, then they can become hk rapper, cuz they has so much not make sense before, cuz they keep too much Swear Words alots, they must need to improve... 24herbs is already out there now, got new song, they much better now, LMF is not good they so too much Parental Advisory..

[Sangfroidation]

@d1gps15 Sorry but I don't understand 80% of what you say. I love hip hop, and I accept profanity is an essential part of it. You look at the greats Tupac, Biggie, Rakim, Nas, they all use swear words.

[d1gps15]

@Sangfroidation never mind, I know Tupac, but don't like black rapper, I like only Asia Rapper much better.. because is sound good// black rapper only good Usher, Affion Crockett, Nick Cannon, Puff Diddy.. but I like R&B, but not rap..

[chromenines]

@d1gps15

smh did u just name a comedian Affion Crockett as a rapper? smh..

[d1gps15]

@chromenines i have been see it Affion Crockett before. he's good singer, not bad singer, same like Usher and Nick Cannon and other. it was good.

[d1gps15]

@chromenines and Pharrell

[flip1sba]

@d1gps15 Usher is an r&b singer. Though I respect your choices mine would be Gangstarr, The Pharcyde, KRS-ONE, Pete Rock, Public Enemy, Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest and so on as my choices of good hip-hop rappers / groups.

Hip-hop is universal. You don't have to be African American or Hispanic to appreciate or even get into the culture. It has no colourlines!

[stanleycen]

@flip1sba those are great picks, I'd add De La Soul and Digable Planets. Really impressed you had Pharcyde in there

[flip1sba]

@stanleycen usually the best hip-hop groups are the ones who were active and making records back in the 1990s and before. The groups that I mentioned are the music I grew up with as a teenager back in that decade.

Much of today's rap music is not as great as it used to be. It has lost its essence. Back then hip-hop was at its peak. It was about good beats, good lyrics, good flow and good subject matter. Even mainstream hip-hop was worth listening to.

[stanleycen]

@flip1sba You took the words right out of my mouth. Except I was not a teenager back then, I was born in 91'. The good hip hop nowadays has gone underground, but even the best of those usually can't compete with the ones from the early 90's and late 80's. It's just something about the vibe those records give out. I also love their affinity for sampling from older jazz, soul, and funk records, I've been introduced to so many great artists and songs of those genres by looking up the samples used.

[flip1sba]

@stanleycen the problem with today is not just piracy and download music in your i-pod instead of buying a full CD. The problem is also with sampling. Note that most of the greatest hip-hop tracks especially back in the 90s and before are heavily sampled especially from jazz, soul, funk or even rock.

Today, it is much strict to get clearance from sampling. So alot of today's hip-hop have to find other ways to make beats.