An influential group in the rising Asian American music scene, The Far*East Movement (FM) was formed by emcees: Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), and J-Splif (Jae Choung). The three childhood friends found their love for music fresh out of high school and created recognition for the group in the Los Angeles underground scene through energetic live shows and a strong Internet presence. In 2003, FM produced their own large-scale hip hop show in Koreatown called “Movementality”, to benefit a local drug rehabilitation center. Through this event they were discovered by international club/ events promoter, Carl Choi, who shared the vision of strengthening the identity of Asian Americans in the entertainment industy, helping the Far*East Movement achieve global notoriety.

The group released their first mixtape, the “AudioBio” in 2005, distributing over 20,000 copies independently. The compilation, which is an introduction into the world of the FM, includes guest appearances from artists such as DJ Honda and Jin the Emcee. The “Audio Bio” opened the door for FM into television media, gaining them features on the Si TV Network, the AZN TV Network, UPN, and the show ‘Crime Scene Investigation’ (C.S.I.). In the summer of 2005 the trio embarked on their first world tour, performing in cities such as Seattle, Houston, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. At the present time, The Far*East Movement continues on its rigorous show schedule while also adding the finishing touches to their debut album, which is slated for release in the first quarter of 2006. They were featured on the Fast and Furious 3: Tokoyo Drift soundtrack.

websites :
http://www.fareastmovement.com/
http://www.myspace.com/fareastmovement
http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/far_east_m...nt/artist.jhtml

Haha man am I glad to see my boys finally get some attention here. Your info is outdated though. Their debut album was relased not too long ago "Folk Music" and I have to say that their style is like no other. Look for their song "Boom Shake" That's a classic track right there. They've also worked with Ken Oak Band on their debut album.

i didn't know anyone else knew who far east movement was. its great to know people out there likes to listen to them.

i love these guys i like the song they did for fast and the fursious tokyo drift., round round.

Far East Movment is sikkkkkkkk!... love their beats .. talented group

haha sorry about that .. it was the only information i could find out there, theres not alot on them, which is kinda sad, cause they are talented bunch of people

no problem man, those guys are my boys so I know a little more about them than most people.

Oh my god, I remember watching them perform at the Harvest Moon Festival. They were giving away their CD's to the crowd and so they were throwing them. Then they threw one and a little girl caught it. All the other little girls and boys trampled the little girl and kicked her and stuff to try to get it. In the end, the little girl cried. The adults were laughing, she was only what? She looked 5 or 6. That was off subject, so back on subject, I think they're good. They sure are talented.

mang FM is tha ish! i already made a thread about them, and like 2 other pepo did 2. haha

I was lucky to get a autograph CD from them and a autograph picture of them when they were at New York.

den again i got ALL dere albums

neways ill group man, all laid back.

neways good looks on supporting tha group

spread tha asian-american movement!

yo, do you have their audio bio? I love Focus from that.

never really heard any of their stuff, but if u want to hear good asian rap check out The Mountain Brothers, The producer/emcee Chops is well respected int eh hip hop community

All I've ever heard from them is Round Round from Tokyo Drift.
That song is the -ish.

They're not very good and all I listen to is hip-hop.

Mountain Brothers are def up there as someone stated above.

As for Far East Movement....they aren't that good to me....

HOLLA HOLLA HOLLA HEY HOLLA HO wtf? lol

Oh they're performing at the Vibe 12 dance showcase right? They're coming to my school soon
Haven't listened to their music; will check them out!

FM focuses more on feel good music and alternative hip-hop, dey got sum funky ass sounds. If you want more familiar hip hop then check out Chan, ROOK or Flowsik.

Other than that I still support FM, they doing sumthing with there music and currently they are kicking ass wid it.

"3 Finga's up!"

FM is dope ... the song i felt the most was the original cut of blue collar blues... that song is on some real shiet forreal.. real talk.. and focus was hot.. love dj honda's production

Is it bad that I like the Teriyaki Boyz and m-flo more for my Asian ish?

http://www.catchadventures.com/

their video with Ken Oak is up .. its freaky

FM Movement ft. Ken Oak - Smile

APRIL 14 - LIVE INTERVIEW WITH FAR EAST MOVEMENT @ YEKAROO.COM

Haha it always cracks me up to see them all GQ'd in these pictures, so weird.

i can't wait for the interview. far east movement is a great group and were great producers in jin's new album - abc. this sounds great. keep up the great work, soy :]

I'm cool with the FM guys, mainly Kevin. Both him and Prohgress used to check out my tracks back in 2003 and rate them. They're nice guys. Their music is chill and they bring a lot of energy. They've got the presence, so they definitely deserve to be recognized. I wish I was in L.A.

far east movement! i was looking for their album, but i dont know if its out yet

everyone tune in to the interview though, there might be a call in feature, so that you guys can call in and ask questions

http://yekaroo.com for more information

Oh word? Small world than, I used to actually work with Kevin a couple of years back @ REHAB, around 2004-2005 time. It was such a weird meeting too, since I decided to purchase their Audio Bio mixtape and he was ringing me up, and just gave them to me. LOL

Haha, that sounds like something he would do. Actually, the last time I spoke to him was through MySpace around 2004-2005 ish. I don't know what he's up to now. It'd be fun to just chill with those guys and freestyle or something.

i think the radio is going to be doing call-ins that day, so maybe you could call in and freestyle with them or something .. haha .. but yeah they just released an album over in asia, and went to korea, international

ITS ON AIR RIGHT NOW .. tune in to the MOVEMENT on YEKAROO RADIO .. as they answer your questions !

FM has recently worked with Se7en:


Posted January 18, 2008

Music Update

"we’ve also been blessed to link up with a very talented singer named Se7en from Korea… Shouts the Se7en, Jason and Jinu. much much respect to them.

He’s gonna be releasing an english album in the US thats gonna be rediculous, with crazy guest appearances like Three6 Mafia, pretty crazzzzy… and we also did a lil something with him as well coming soooon..

For those just learning about Se7en, please support and check him out.. thanks family."

credit: http://www.fareastmovement.com/st/stickam-and-se7en/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=exwc3jFPuBM&feature=related

james' korean is very good. xD

Oh dude! They're performing a concert at my school (Alhambra High School) on the 21st. Tickets are only 5 dollars and all proceeds go to the Red Cross Relief Fund.


Melissa.

Yo
Finally this is great
ppl getting to know my Fam
Much love to em
got them on myspace
talk to them ever so often

I've written an article on them! I love these guys =]
http://www.asian-central.com/blog/?p=314

-Edit-
OH MY GOSH! They have seen the article, commented it, messaged me with their contact info, and have featured the article on their website!
http://www.fareastmovement.com/st/artist-of-the-the-week/

daaaammmn.....haha....that's so cool.....

they're so down to earth...they have so much love for the fans.

and you dug deep for this thread...haha. there's another one on like. page three.

the new vid drops in a week!!!!

dance like michael jackson vid is OUT

http://www.vimeo.com/1446324?pg=embed&sec=1446324

Haha Far East rocks, interesting to see them join SDC to challenge M&M And ACDC crew

XD I just used Google search!

AND THE ARTICLE IS UP! I still can't believe I had this opportunity...

http://www.asian-central.com/blog/2008/08/...ovement-part-2/

omg i was browsing through soompi and i found a FM thread!!! woot! WOOT! ... i love these boys! they are wonderful. these guys are wonderful and yes indeed they are full of talents and laughter's when you are with them or around them!<3 FM!

FM is collaborating with Wong Fu Productions again this spring to put together another concert for us (:
It'll be in March 2009. Go to www.internationalsecretagents.com to find out more about the International Secret Agents Concert.

Oh SHOOT.


They are blastin' my speakers these days. ^^*

Their ALBUM IS HERE!



-pachia

I love ''Girls on the dance floor''
I'm blastin that song everyday!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=limGtd-DmZM

I've heard about these guys ever since, but never checked out their music until now. Oh shiz. I'm loving their stuff. I must order ANIMAL soon. Shizz.... "GIRLS ON THE DANCE FLOOR" is a hot track. I just voted for this song as well

they are very good! love them much! i heard about them during Se7en Preview party and them coming up to MN, hanging out with them, it was great!! they are very good!!

"Girls on the Dance Floor" is the BOMB!! loving it!!!

3 fingers up!!

Never knew they were so popular. I'm glad they're doing well. They're really nice guys.

i love these guys! next time i'll post up pics of them that i have when they were performing in my state.

Oh cool. You got to hang out with them? Sweet. Yeah, I remember hearing about them when SE7EN had that one preview party.



*3 fingers up*



Repost of their latest bulletin from MySpace:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2874597&blogID=456659709

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yea they came up to MN, they perf. at the Hmong festival during thanksgiving weekend! it was the best weekend ever!!

here are some pic
perf. at the Hmong festival



the guys signing autograph



at the club just haning out
DJ Virman, J-Splif, & me

DJ Virman & KevNish

dorky Proh w/kev and Mon in the background!! Mon so funnie!!


the listening session last nite was tight!!! it was really crazy!! the guys were CRAZY!!! lol...

I love FM, been a fan since the aznraps days! I"m so happy that they are making big moves! They are such nice people! I love their music.

I was on their website and I came across this...

they are in a magazine during Black History month
I find it wierd and cool because they are Asian American
But...anyways...they are talkin about being minories in the music business and in USA.