2 JAPANESE HIP HOP

Ok, album kompilasi lagu-lagu ya a aw di atas ini aku beli masa aku form 4, 11 tahun yang lampau. Beli dekat kedai Music Globe yang sekarang sudah tidak wujud lagi. Sebenarnya ada 2 volume. Volume 1 & 2 yang aku ada. Vol.1 aku beli ori. Vol.2 sebab aku tak jumpa yang ori, maka aku beli sahaja yang cetak rompak. Maaf SOPA.

I heart Japanese Hip Hop. So much.

History of hip-hop dance scene in Japan

In Japanese hip-hop, dancing has been the center of the main cultrure, other than rapping, graffiti, and DJing. This is because dancing has a visual impact so everyone can uderstand, when it comes to dance there is not a language barrier.

Old School Era

Before Hip hop was introduced to Japan, there was soul dancing, the heart of a revolution of ongoing dance. Soul dancing was introduced to Japan through such shows as Soul Train in the 1970s. I would say this soul dancing played a role as foundation that enabled Japanese people to learn and accept black or street dance culture. Hip hop dance culture in Japan started after the movie "Flashdace" appeared to the public in summer of 1983 though some people had already known about it and started doing it before. Although the movie was not about breaking (or b-boying), few seconds of kids doing elecric boogie and breaking on the street caught many Japanese people's attention. After Flashdance, many other movies followed such as "WILD STYLE", "BEAT STREET", "BREAKIN'", and "BREAKIN' 2". Rock Steady Crew came to Japan in 1983 and Boogal Shrimp A.K.A. Turbo from the movie "BREAKIN'" came to Japan and planted the seeds of hip-hop dancing in Japan. There were many breaking crews. Some crew such as Be-Bop Crew (Fukuoka area), Imperial JBs (Hakata), Angel Dust Breakers(Osaka), Osaka Gangstar(Osaka), and Be-Bop Crew Tokyo (Tokyo) represented each areas and got props among dancers. During this era, dancers such as Popping Pete and Sketer Rabbit from Electric Boogaloo, Booglaoo Shrimp (a.k.a Turbo from Movie "Breakin'), Boo-Ya Tribe, Popping Taco, and Rock Steady Crew came to Japan and inspired lots of Japanese dancers. Especially, Popping Pete and Sketer Rabbit were often invited to Osaka which make Osaka popular as a place having many good poppers. (When Mr.Wiggles came to Osaka in 96 of summer, he was so impressed about Osaka because he says he never seen one place has so many poppers like Osaka.)

New School Era

New school hip-hop dancing era came with the boom of New Jack Swing music. This boom began in 1989 and 1990. The music video of artists such as Bobby Brown, Bell Biv Devoe, Heavy D, and M.C. Hammer proved that a new way of dance was coming alive and all of the young dancers were ready to explore this new form and make it real. You might remember that during this era, many rappers featured dancers. A local dance TV show called "DADA LMD" started in 1989. In comparison to the American Soul Train, there was a line dance at the end of the show. There were also the section of dance lesson introducing latest trendy steps instructed by regular dancers in the middle of the show. Later, these regular dancers made a debut as a singer and made commercial success. Also, there was another dance TV show called "Dance Dance Dance" . This show featured a dance contest competed by 4 group every week, and a special dance performance by the program's regular dancers called "Megamix". Since these two programs were local programs and also aired after midnight, the impact was not enough to create explosive boom of new dancing. The national TV show "Dance Koshien" started in 1989. This show was aired 8 o'clock on Sunday. This show is about street dance contest for high school students. (Actually, most of contestants appeared on TV were not high school students, though.) This show had a great impact on many young people that began to dance. Some people who made their appearance on Dance Koshien found their claim to fame. A group called "LL Brothers" was the most successful group from this show and became a singer later. The existence of these three dance programs show how much the popularity was big. After this boom was over, many people stopped dancing. But at the same time, many still stayed in it. Combined with the people from old-school era (breaking era), these people brought the culture into next level. The street dancing became real culture not a trend.

New York and Japan

Among Japanese dance kids, dancers appeared on music videos are hereos and role models. Dancers such as Link, Stretch, Loose Joint, Ejoe, Calief, Peek A Boo, Marquest, Kito, Rubberband, and Brian were well known dancers in Japan. The trend of dance style used to change really quickly around 1991. The dancers who gave influence to Japanese dancers at this time are Shake (NY), Fendy (NY), Soul Brothers (LA), Robert (LA) and Scheme Team (LA). The only way to get catch up this trend was to watch music video at that time. One of the video which had a greatest impact on dancers was Lalah Hathaway's "Baby Don't Cry" featuring Mop Top crew and some other dancers. After this video, many dancers started to pay attention to NY sophisticated dance style. Many people began to visit New York City to actually see these dancers. The Japanese pop music group "ZOO" featured these dancers for their video. The docmentally program about street dancers in NY "ALIVE TV:wreckin' shop from Brookyn" also gave a great infulence to dancers in Japan. House dancing as a new form of dancing. Around 1992, some people realized the existence of other form of street dancing which is HOUSE dancing. The music video of Crystal Water's "Gypsy woman" is said to the first dance video featuring house dancers, Calief and Peter Paul. (Actually, in NY, house dancing had been around for a while before that video.) Then, House dancing developed so quickly and now it is established in Japan as a category of street dance as well as hip-hop, breaking, locking, and popping.

Does Japan Keep Real?

Although it is started as boom, now hip-hop is culture and getting real gradually in Japan. However, Japanese people have tendency to follow something new from the US. They think that's good because Americans do. They are crazy about buying expensive hip-hop gear such as Polo, DKNY, and Tommy because famous dancers in NY wear. This tendency has kept Japanese hip-hop culture from getting real. The language barrier is also the problem. Since most of them don't understand What KRS-one is saying on the SOURCE magazine, they can not help depending on visual information so much that the culture is easy to be superficial. Since Hip Hop can be said a black culture, people think it is dope to dance like black people or even act like black, which is not real point of hip hop culture. Howerver, it is true that the way Japanese enjoy the beat and the culture is almost exactly same as people in America. And Japanese people start understanding the significance of hip-hop and lifestyle gradually and trying to create their own hip hop.

Feveret artist aku ~

Zeebra

2 Hai semua. Hai 2012. Aku masih hidup lagi.

SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) dah lama wujud. Sebab itu aku dah lama tak boleh update blog ini. Aku tahu alasan ni agak cool.

3 4 soalan setelah BUNDESLIGA dimulakan

1.Adakah Dotmund sehebat season lepas ?

Minggu pertama, team anak buah Jurgen Klopp ni main memang memikat hati aku. Jatuh cinta aku dengan stail permainan dowang yang pantas, agresif dan kemas. Menang opening match 3-1 depan fan sendiri memang puas hati.Sebelumnya lagi walaupun tewas menentang Schalke 04 menerusi sepakan penalti dalam perlawanan Supercup ala-ala Sumbangsih kita, bagi aku permainan dowang memang ada paten tersendiri. Walaupun midfielder genius mereka, Nuri Sahin dah p lari ke Real Madrid namun penggantinya, Gundoan fit so well. Kagawa pulak memang class. Tu belum Lucas Barrios pulih lagi dari kecedaraan yang dikutip pada final copa menentang Uruguay tempoh hari. lain-lain, Lewandowski dan Mario Gotze sangat marvelous ! Masa depan Jerman bebudak nih. Abe Ballack punya zaman pun dah berlalu pergi ~

Tapi, penat gua puji melambung2, tup tup kalah pulak 2nd match dengan kelab taikun software, Hoffenhiem. Ape hal. Match yang ini aku tak tengok sebab aku pentingkan Liverpool vs Arsenal yang berlangsung pada waktu yang sama.

2. Adakah Patrick Helmes adalah mamat yang akan menyelesaikan masalah gol Wolfsburg ?

Helmes menjaringkan 2 gol ketika kemenangan 3-0 Wolfsburg ke atas Cologne. Beliau mempunyai kadar serangan yang memberangsangkan di Bayer Leverkusen, tetapi bergelut untuk memberi impak di dalam 6 bulan pertama selepas start jadi serigala pada Januari lepas. Malangnya bagi Helmes, pengurus Wolfsburg, Felix Magath masih tidak memandang usaha beliau. Sebaliknya, Magath masih tarik muka kat dia dan terlihat begitu terdesak untuk menandatangani Papiss Cisse. Masalah Wolfsburg hanyalah Magath yang tidak mahu membayar harga € 15 juta sebagai yuran perpindahan seperti yang di pinta Freiburg.

Helmes sekali lagi menjaringkan sebutir gol ketika menentang Bayern Munich namun di batalkan di mana keputusan akhir menyaksikan pasukan Wolfsburg tumpas 1-0.

3. Adakah Schalke bermasalah ?

Schalke tumpas gila babeng dengan keputusan 3-0 kepada Stuttgart. Walaupun diakui Stuttgart bukan tempat yang mudah untuk mendapatkan keputusan, tetapi masalah sebenar terbukti muncul dari permainan Ragnick, manager Schalke yang terlihat ingin bermain tempo passing yang pantas ! Untuk merealisisakan corak ini, Schalke memerlukan seorang tokoh utama yang kreatif, di mana Ragnick gagal untuk mencari calon yang sesuai. Baumjohann kelihatan tidak mampu menyediakan kreativiti yang diperlukan. Jan Moravek, yang bermain cukup baik semasa tempoh loan kat Kaiserslautern, masih muda dan belum diberi peluang yang sebenar dalam pasukan Schalke. Pilihan yang jelas adalah Jurado, yang cemerlang musim lalu, tetapi Rangnick tidak tidak fikir dia bekerja keras cukup untuk dimuatkan ke dalam sistem Schalke.
Pertahanan juga mendatangkan masalah kepada Schalke yang masih merindukan kedinamikan bertahan yang dimiliki defender Jepun, Uchida.

Minggu ke-2 amek ko menang bergaya 5-1 ke atas FC Koln, kelab di mana kononnya Safee Sali dikatkan !

4. Bayern Munich sudah monopous ?

Tidak. Belum lagi. Walaupun sentiasa menjadi pilihan untuk menjuarai liga macam Liverpool, Bayern telah tewas ngan pasukan Monchengladbach yang hadir pada edisi kali ini sebagai wakil dari pusingan play off setelah menang ke atas Bochum. Bayern sekali lagi kelihatan bermain secara satu dimensi. Taktik utama ialah: bermain wide dan mengharapkan Robben atau Ribery melakukan sesuatu yang baik. Masalahnya ialah bahawa mereka boleh disekat oleh pasukan yeng mempunyai disiplin yang tinggi dan bermain dengan teratur.

Neuer pula yang hadir sebagai penjaga gol baru daripada Schalke adalah saling tak tumpah, persis De Gea, gugup.. amat gugup. Ini juga merupakan satu masalah penting yang perlu diselesaikan oleh Bayern. Walaupun 2nd match mereka menewaskan Wolfsburg dengan 1-0 hasil gol lewat permainan. Kita tahu, ini bukanlah Bayern Munich yang sebenar.

Kesimpulan

1. Mainz dan Hannover 96 mencanak dan konsisten dengan season lepas. Top 2 setakat ni dengan 6 mata penuh masing-masing.

2. Bundesliga tidak dapat dijangkakan. Tak macam La Liga.

3. Aku bajet St. Pauli akan kembali musim hadapan.

4. Aku ramal Liverpool akan menjuara EPL usai 37 match nanti !!



Sekian ~

2 Review 1st week liga inggeris

Tanggal 13 Ogos iaitu jatuh pada hari Sabtu semalam maka bermulalah musim baru bola sepak Inggeris yang tersohor di muka bumi Malaysia ini. Oleh itu, dengan perasaan terkinja-kinja, aku pun mula menanti dengan penuh debaran.

Beberapa match telah dilangsungkan dengan hanya perlawanan Spurs dan Everton sahaja telah tertangguh dek kerna perhimpunan Bersih yang baru sahaja diadakan di London baru-baru ini. Manakala match antara Man City dan Swansea pula akan dilangsungkan esok dengan aku menjangkakan saingan hangat daripada Swansea, kelab yang sebenarnya terletak di luar England.

Seperti biasa aku tetap utuh di belakang pasukan serba merah aku Liverpool, yang secara tidak sengaja telah mengangkat bendera merah di laman sendiri apabila hanya berjaya mendapatkan 1 mata di Anfield menentang team rapper Asamoah Gyan, Sunderland. Mungkin juga ini adalah balasan dosa di dunia yang dilakukan Suarez kepada Ghana pada World Cup tempoh hari. Pendek cerita, Liverpool hanya reti men bola pada 45 minit awal sahaja, 2nd half.... budak-budak KD hanya bermain badminton. Tu pun main bola tinggi supaya dapat di smash Lin Dan yang baru sahaja merangkul kejuaraan dunianya tadi. Dalam 2 bualan ini, datuk-datuk kita telah tersungkur layu. Datuk Raja, Datuk LCW . Apapun, aku masih yakin pada bulan Mei tahun depan, Liverpool akan mendapat slot ke Eropah. bersama Bolton.

2 abang besar lain iaitu Arsenal dan Chelsea juga mendapat keputusan seri yang lebih dangkal,0-0. Lame ass. Bukan nak provoke ke hapa, arsenal season ni parah. Chelsea lak pariah.

Bukan, bukan. Mereka tetap bermain elok tetapi saingan dari kelab-kelab lain juga kelihatan semakin mantap. Wes Brom misalnya, bermain dengan cantik walaupun sekali lagi Man U menang menerusi gol lewat permainan. Dah bajet dah jadi macam ni. Apapun, Bolton skang merasa duduk di takhta liga setelah menundukkan pendatang baru QPR dengan 4-0 ~ defisit gol yang meyakinkan dari bebudak Kavin Davies, budak jahat epl.

Shane Long akan menjadi tumpuan aku untuk minggu-minggu seterusnya. Kemaih dia main. De Gea gua tengok gugup lagi macam budak tadika 1st day masuk skola. Gervinho Arsenal pula amat sesuai untuk bermain dengan Gunners walaupun telah di buli kaw-kaw dengan Joey Barton. Jangan nangis ea Gervinho kun ! Oh ya, Torress akan hebat season ni sebab rambut blond dia sudah panjang semula !! Macam dulu-dulu. Manure sedikit bergelut mungki kerana team skang rata-rata menggunakan pemain muda, jadi inilah peluang untuk menghalang Manu dari kejuaraan yang ke- 20 !!!! Wolverhampton gua nampak akan meningkat musim ni ke tahap yang lebih kukuh, tak adalah fight relegation jer nanti. Walau cne pun, theres still long way to go.

Aku predict L.Suarez akan claim top scorer EPL season nih !
Spurs akan hilang aura 2 season lepas.
Arsenal akan terus mengalami tekanan jiwa.
Chelsea bergelut dengan usaha mengekalkan ego seorang juara daripada kepincangan dalam team.
Liverpool, no 3-5. kalo boleh nak juara lah, hahaha !

Maka begitu sahajalah review ini ditamatkan. YNWA !!