hey guys wuddup? haven't posted any new topics about asian-american artists in awhile, uhhh neways just thought I'd make a topic about this duo that I'm really into.

They are called "Magnetic North" and they are made up of 2 Vietnamese-American emcees from the Westcoast (1 guy, 1 girl, I thought that their music style was pretty refreshing and suprisingly good.

Much better than our so called "gangsta, money, and hoes" crap dats currently circulating on the airwaves, It sickens me to see what hip-hop has become, Its good to see that there are still people out there who are making hip-hop worth listening to.

Even for those who don't even LIKE hip-hop, give them a chance and check them out, you might be pretty suprised






"Drift Away" Music Video (best song by them in my opinion, the first song in the beginning is called "Unda Control" then after awhile "Drift Away" begins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsafOstm6H4

^MADE BY WONG-FU PRODUCTIONS!!!! (Phillip, Wesly, Ted, Alan)

"So Long" Fanmade Naruto Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKOgJy9a1w

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/magnetichiphop

Website:
http://www.magnetichiphop.com/

Yep, totaly agree.
i don't like hip-hop that much (and i hate all these craps of gangsta/big cars/big boobs girls/big guns/rap) and i like Magnetic North. As you said maybe because it's a boy and girl duet, so it give more relief to their music. And good thing, they don't play the "bad boy/slut in bikini" band, their voices are really well balanced, they call each other.
And because of the music background, so often wasted in hip-hop with big "boom-boom" drums and "scratch-scratch" mixs, it's rich and harmonious, with instruments not often used in hip-hop, while Magnetic North puts piano on when others use samples.


PS : you can listen to some others song on their website (link in Dah_jOkA's post)

whoa, about time there's a thread for them.

they're incredibly good imo. they have some pretty good songs, like drift away, we will not be moved and so long.
that are a lot different than what we usually hear today. i heard them through wong fu productions, haha.
people should definately give them a chance.

here's their soundclick btw
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=247100

Give me a freakin break!
I hate that everytime people compare american hip hop to asian hip hop, it's always the american hip hop labeled in a bad way
I admit that there is alot of explicit lyrics, but hip hop has always had that since the early 90's, if u really knew hip hop u would know that, stop acting like that's something new

whos said i was comparing ASIAN HIP HOP TO AMERICAN HIP HOP? I'm just comparing hip hop IN GENERAL, if YOU knew hip hop then you would know that today's hip-hop and the 90s hip-hop are totally different, even Nas said it, "HIP-HOP IS DEAD"

The 90's were the golden era of hip-hop, yea they dropped a couple lines bout gangstas, cars, n hoes n all but they also dropped sum ill tracks that acutally MEANT something and made people think.

Now its all booty shaking and sum crappy ass beats wid nonsense lyrics. can you honestly say that you can compare today's rappers i.e T.I, 50 Cent, Yung Joc and G-Unit to those of 2pac, Biggie, Big Pun, and Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony? C'MON!

anyways yea I don't mean to bash on public forums, I made this thread SOLELY for Magnetic North. If would like to continoue with our "discussion" then feel free to PM me

Uhh.. he wasnt talkin about american hip hop. He was talkin about about hip hop in general. And it has changed since back then. In the early 90s the lyrics actually meant something. Now its.. just... ughh indescribable.

Anywayz.. I gotta listen to them. haha. After i listen to my new JIN album

EDIT: wow these 2 are great. definately have talent. Kinda cool that WONG FU made the music video too

ohhh yes I love Magnetic North. I first learned about them through the wongfu crew, and I just fell in love with Drift Away! So I went and checked out more of their songs and to my surprise, they're all pretty good. I love their lyrics, very inspring I'm hoping to order a copy of their album soon, I just need to get my paypal account set up first.

I HAVE DRIFT AWAY


i lahv it lawlllzz

never thought i'd see a thread for them in soompi

they are really good.. thanks for the info. I'm really impressed with theresa vu..woohoo female emcee COOL plus she's got talent! They are a good duo, they blend really well together. They kind of remind me of delicious venom. Really like drift away.catchy tune! ^-^

hey, they're from the bay.
their flow is very good when it comes to using ABAB, ABBA, etc., which most mainstream rappers today don't use (instead they use AAAA).
plus they can get asian-american issues out and across

yea i heard of them before and saw they first music video and they sound pretty good expect the song is very similar to oldies!!!! you know what i mean!

Lol I have this song. <3
Its a nice song.

wow i didnt no that theres a thread for them here
nicceee any way there song drift away is really cool
they're style is really refreshing and relaxed =D

They're good. That's what I think. I knew them from my brothers. I like their song "Drift away". Nice mv by the way.

I love Drift Away, the song makes me smile everytime I listen to it. They're pretty good .

His lyrics are good but his delivery isn't.

When I read the first post, my mind went straight to thinking HIP HOP in general. Wtheck does it has to do with American hip hop or Asian Hip hop, seriously. Hip hop is hip hop. Is it separated by race now? Just because it's asian rapping, it doesn't make any difference, if they were rapping about hoes, money, thugs, we will state it and the whole nine yards about it.

But anyways, thank you for always posting threads for Asian American Artists, I can say without you I wouldn't know these people.



Edit: Can someone please PM me with that Drift Away song or better yet their album? Much appreciation.

If it wasn't for Wong Fu's video.
I may have never of heard of them.
But, they have some really good songs.

they are freakin awesome!!! i can't believe i haven't heard about them!!!
aw man!!!! thanks a whole bunch!!!!!

Wow. I listened to "So Long" and was immediately hooked.
I really really like their group name.
It's pretty unique. xD

i love Magnetic North<33
i love the song drift away.
they're soo talented.

EDIT- i own page 2

The guy sounds like every other Asian rapper. Same tonal voice. Sure their music isn't that bad, but who's seriously going to bump it in their car. Zero hustle, rather listen to Chuckie Akenz, and that isn't saying much.

Ahahah my best guys are in loveeeee with Drift Away and they all have it on their myspace pages XDD
I was never a fan of the original version of Drift Away in the first place, but I really like their other songs ^^*
Woohoo go Bears! <-- from Berkeley too

Not everybody wants to "bump" it up in their car like you do

haha i love their song drift away

i love their song drift away ;b
their music is unique compared to others.

Yes I love this kind of hiphop, old skool soundin x]

I love 'Drift Away' & 'We will not be moved'

Magnetic North is pretty cool. Yeah... I've only heard one song.

I really hate it when people assume
But to the whole American/Asian thing - there are some good imcomparable American artists there who can aptly be named the ones who started it all, or the most influencial. On the side note, I was impressed with Marques Houston's I Wasn't Ready...or the lyricist. Instead of "Let's make love," like it sounds like it should be, he wrote "let's make up."

But yeah, hahah I agree with the topic poster. I love the lyrics. The one reason I stray away from hip hop in general is because I don't like listening to lyrics like "I want to push up against your body." I have to dance to lyrics like that in a certain dance class and it makes me feel gross because the teacher likes to narrate the words with actions... For some reason I don't like hearing swear words in music, so this is definitely my cup of tea. ^ ^


Weak, but I was tempted to cry while listening to So Long and watching the MV. Then I cried when I started arguing my mom, while Drift Away was playing in the background.

Drift Away is a really good song.
I love it.

i love the...awesome group..wong fu did a good job on their MV.

haha they performed at asia nite up at state like last month! i got to take a pic with them and have their album that i bought autographed! they're so nice and i agree their music is very refreshing

my fave songs are:

"Drift away"
"So long"
and "dozens of dimes"

please support them and buy their albums!

btw they're on facebook too

direct = derek

YESYESYES =] I was going to make a thread about them. All their songs have meanings (: I love them, plus Wong-Fu Productions made the video which gives them a even MORE big thumbs up =]

yeah... especially one guy... the only thing he does is yell "yeeayyaahhh!!" and "awwwlllriiighttt!!!" and "WHATTT!!??"

Nice to see some Asian-Americans emcees getting somewhere. These kats aren't amazing, but I feel that they got potential.

About the American Hip-Hop thing...the mainstream scene isn't real hip-hop(with only some exceptions). So hip-hop hasn't changed, its still the same. People are just blinded with fake hip-hop with most of the commercialized crap today. Like you said, all the booties, murders, and killings. Thats not hip-hop. Hip-hop is 4 things... graff, emcees, dj's, and bboys. Thats real hip-hop.
So basically American Hip-Hop isn't dead, its just that its mainly underground now. You just gotta know where to go and stuff. A lot of the good emcees don't like to be enslaved to a record company and get exploited, so they stay underground.

theyre pretty good..lovin drift away. hope they truly succeed. its nice to see asian americans making it

<33 magnetic north! heard about them from wong fu.
"so long" is the best song everr =)

this duo is pretty good. drift away and price of perfection are my favorite songs. i think theresa vu has a pretty good voice for her lyrics. pretty creative lyrics as well.

Is their album out in stores or is it order online only?
They are soo good ^___^

i must very much agree. their music is very refreshing.


lolz. the girl reminds meeh of shin-vi o_o;;;


lovee themm~

I love their cover of Drift Away! The guy is hot and the girl has such a nice voice!

Yepp, got the album last year. Along with a note from Direct a.k.a Derek. =]

do yo uknow where i can get their songs cuz their album is out of print and thye stopped.

they came out with a re-release on their online store. they're also peforming at the International Secret Agents Concert in Sept with Wong Fu Productions, and Far East Movement. Here is an article about them:

http://www.asian-central.com/blog/2008/08/...magnetic-north/

Check out Magnetic North at the International Secret Agents Concert 2008



for ticket info: www.internationalsecretagents.com



EVENT INFO:

Sept 7th - International Secret Agents Concert
Location: San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA, 91776
Time: 5pm-9pm
**ALL AGES EVENT**

-Showcasing the new generation of Asian American Talent breaking through to mainstream media

Line up:
FAR EAST MOVEMENT (FM) - (National Radio spins for “Lowridin” and “You’ve Got A Friend”) - Hip Hop
WONG FU PRODUCTIONS (Cannes Film Festival) - Film Producers
QUEST DANCE CREW (Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance”, American Idol) - Dance Crew
TATUM JONES (America’s Got Talent) - R&B Group
MAGNETIC NORTH - Hip Hop
JENNIFER CHUNG - Acoustic

Special Guest Presenters:
Sung Kang (Fast n Furious 4, Ninja Assasin)
PK (Kollaboration)
Power 106 Mixers and Street Team

MORE CELEBRITY GUESTS WILL BE ADDED!
**AND A SECRET SPECIAL GUEST!!!**

They make really deep lyrics.

I HATE rap and I liked 'We will not be moved'