The absence of asians in popular music

[mindseye]

Originally posted by Sprayber

Any Asian rappers out there?

Tawianese rapper "Jay" Zhou is a MEGA-SUPERSTAR in urban China. You cannot escape his face in advertisements absolutely everywhere.

Some of his music is standard Chinese pop (sickly sweet packaged crooning). But I have heard a few tracks that were surprisingly different from the norm (e.g. dark, fast hard buzzing guitar).

At least he's cute.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by mindseye
Tawianese rapper "Jay" Zhou is a MEGA-SUPERSTAR in urban China. You cannot escape his face in advertisements absolutely everywhere.

Some of his music is standard Chinese pop (sickly sweet packaged crooning). But I have heard a few tracks that were surprisingly different from the norm (e.g. dark, fast hard buzzing guitar).

At least he's cute.

Ill. You've got bad taste - even my mom thinks he's uglier than sin.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Dissident
I think the brothers in the speed metal band Death Angel are filipino. But that's all I can think of.

Then there's Loudness. A heavy metal band from Japan. They sucked and had no commercial success in the U.S.

Death Angel had some cool songs. I recommend them. Their drummer was only 14 when their first album was released.

edit: turns out they weren't asian americans

Kirk Hammet is filipino...

You call yourself a Metallica fan...

Plus that guy in Smashing Pumpkins.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Boshko
Also you get "live" concerts that are just basically karaoke with lots of lights and on a big stage.

Horrible garbage.

[mindseye]

Chinese superstar rapper "Jay" Zhou JieLun (appropriately commercially packaged):

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Dissident
let me first to make the racist comment.

Asians seem to lack the artistic flair for music.

there I said it. I'm not saying they can't be artists. Their architecture is beautiful. But when it comes to music... What have they contributed? Flutes? bamboo reeds?

enlighten my ingorant ass. I know they probably have done more, but I have not heard of it.

I'm not saying they don't have the ability. It's a matter of culture. some cultures value education, that is why they are smarter. It has nothing to do with genetic differences.

and again- you guess did not mention Loudness (I mentioned them earlier). They actually did have 1 song played on a heavy metal station where I live. Though it sucked

Heresy!

[mindseye]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Ill. You've got bad taste - even my mom thinks he's uglier than sin.

Your mom calls THIS "ugly"???

[reds4ever]

he doesn't look like rapper

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by OzzyKP

Plus that guy in Smashing Pumpkins.

He's the one on the left. Plus, challenging Lemmy for ugliest guy in rock, anonymous Pumpkins drummer on the right.

[Urban Ranger]

"Jay" Zhou is more of a pop singer than rapper, though.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by mindseye
Your mom calls THIS "ugly"???

Yup. Not only my mom, but I don't know anybody who thinks he's cute.

I suppose that's one of the differences between the East and the West.

[mindseye]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Yup. Not only my mom, but I don't know anybody who thinks he's cute.

I suppose that's one of the differences between the East and the West.

Yeah, an oft-noticed difference. And a lucky one, too! There's less friction if foreign guys chase the ugly local chicks (and a few ugly local guys) instead of competing for the desirable ones.

You are right, he's more of a pop star, but he's the only significant "rapper" I know of. Granted, they have to be pretty mainstream for me to actually know their name and face.

[Bosh]

There is a tiny Chinese independant music scene (including punk) centered mainly in Beijing. It seems to be very small, of the hundreds (> 1,000?) young Chinese I've worked with, I've met probably less than ten interested in any kind of "alternative" music. Finding a young person into jazz or R&B is about as far out as you'll find.

The more I hear about modern Japan and China, the more SKorea sounds like some kind of bizarrely halfway point. SKorea is bad, but at least in Seoul, not anywhere near as bad as you're describing. Lots of people here like mainstream "alternative" such as Nirvana etc. etc. etc. which is certainly a wonderful change of pace from the pop, techno-pop, and pop-rap.

Yeah, an oft-noticed difference. And a lucky one, too! There's less friction if foreign guys chase the ugly local chicks (and a few ugly local guys) instead of competing for the desirable ones.

Yeah, this is definately true. Asians tends to like asians with more "western" features (round eyes etc. etc.), asians with more "asian" features are often surprised how many westerners end up hitting on them when they go to abroad.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Boshko
Yeah, this is definately true. Asians tends to like asians with more "western" features (round eyes etc. etc.), asians with more "asian" features are often surprised how many westerners end up hitting on them when they go to abroad.

So asian chicks dig white goes over in Korea?

[Bosh]

Originally posted by OzzyKP


So asian chicks dig white goes over in Korea?

Not necessarily. It seems that the people who get the most action are the asians who have a set of features that is more western-looking than average (that and baby-faces, pale skin and very little fat). Increasingly asians are getting plastic surgery to make their eyes and noses look more western.