(Song of the Moment) J-Rap: QN & No Look Plan

For some reason i get the feeling, that this Blog is turning into a Music Blog... ah well, this shouldn't be a problem, right?

You know those days, right? You take a look out of the window and it looks like a revival of 2 girls 1 and so on. So what could you possibly do to lift up your spirits? YES! Get your MP3 Player ready (yes, i'm one of those kind of people who still use an MP3 Player because in my world Apple products are a synonym for Lady Gaga... you get the idea) and liste to some music. Another idea would be to get a phone call from an asian lady, but since that didn't happen yet which kinda blows, we just go with the idea to listen to some music.
I already mentioned, that my favourite music genre is japanese Rap and this time i can present you 2 Tracks who got completely stuck in my head. Those 2 were kinda on auto-repeat the last couple of days. The first one would be:

The first time i heard QN's newest Album "New Country" the one Track i loved the most was "Hands" featuring "DyyPride", but i was also really into the rest of the Album, too. The Beats were totally awesome on almost every track and one of his biggest strenghts is probably the chorus. QN really knows how to create a chorus that sneaks into your head and rests there for quite some time. Anyways. As i said, one of the Tracks that i listened to the most was "Hands", where a fellow SIMI LAB Member "DyyPride" was featured on.

After i kinda put this album away, about 2 or 3 weeks later i was suddenly remembering the catchy tune from the Song "Cray Man". I don't know why, it just happened all of a sudden. So i sat down at my laptop and listened to the song. After that i thought "Ah dang it, let's do it again." a few minutes later "Okay, one more time" and so on.

If you want to know how acute it is, you can take a look at my LAST.FM Profile:

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And because of that QN happens to be ranked 1 on the list of artists i listen to the most on LAST.FM with 154 plays (right after him is CUEZERO with 128 plays, by the way.)

I also managed to find some Links if you are interested in QN (i wasn't able to find out his twitter account, but who's actually using twitter nowadays? Well, besides of people who buy apple products and thus have no right to access this blog.)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/QN-from-Simi-Lab/204090789689754

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/simi-lab

LAST.FM: http://www.last.fm/music/QN

- http://www.last.fm/music/QN+From+SIMI+LAB

Buut this was just the first "Song of the Moment" Here is the second one:

"Freedom" by the group "No Look Plan." To be honest: I know absolutely NOTHING about this group (i didn't even find them on Twitter or Facebook.)

I also only have one Album, which contains 2 CD's, which is called "Shinin' × Shinin'".

I can tell you: The artwork on this Album looks absolutely beautiful. Just take a look at it:

(Source: http://blog-imgs-37.fc2.com/g/o/f/goforwardkeep086/1366071684_39.jpg)

The artwork pretty much depicts the sound of the group. It is hard todescribe their style because it definitly is very unique. But i think i alrady said enough. It's time for you to ear what i mean.

But one more thing: None of those Songs are uploaded to youtube, so i uploaded them on one of my channels. I didn't make the video public and i didn't upload the whole songs, just a short preview of them, to avoid getting a copyright strike. But here is the preview of "Cray Man" by "QN" and "Freedom" by "No Look Plan":

I really can't get these 2 Songs out of my head. I shouldn't even call it "Listening to music" maybe i should call it "Listening to QN "Cray Man" and No Look Plan "Freedom" non-stop."
However, now that you've heard it, let me tell you what you think about these 2 Songs or what you usually do against hyper effective earworms. Any helpful suggestion will be gladly appreciated.

Edit
Just when i was about to release this Post, i saw that someone actually uploaded the whole Song "Freedom" from "No Look Plan" on YouTube. So. There u go:

(Song of the moment) C-Pop: 许嵩 ｢单人旅途｣

Once agaaaaaaain~
Do you know one of my favourite kind of conversations? This one:
Random Person: "Hey, do you like Lady Gaga?"
"Le" Me: "Lady GaggGagg? No, sorry. I prefer listening to Music."
(By the way if you want to know where my synonym for "Lady Gaga" is coming from, check this Video out:
-> http://youtu.be/2f7usqaNx8U?t=7m50s)
Before i get the core of my Post i wanted to tell you something. Well, i'll probably do a specific Post for this anyways. I go by the philosophy that you have to try something in order to hate it. Wheter if it is a drink, a song, an "Artist" or whatever. So i actually did listen to a couple of "Songs" or, as i like to call it "pathetic pieces of nonsense" from the so-called "musician" that i like to call "Lady GaggGagg." As i said: I'll probably write a whole Post about her... or him(?) soon but to give you a little spoiler: I wasn't disappointed. It definitly proved my point. Which was that she/he sucks a**.
But whatever. Let's get to the point, the MUSIC.

You know me; i personally think that you can find actual music only in asia nowadays. Well... yeah, real musicians do exist outside of asia, but in the underground.
Anyways, the first "Song of the Moment" was a Classic Chinese Pop Song by "鄭化" called "星星點燈". The second "Song of the Moment" was one of my personal Summer Hits 2012: "강남스타일" by "싸이" And today i got yet another Chinese Pop Song. Asian ladies and gentlemen i present to you the 3rd "love GIANT Blog Song of the Moment"~

Chinese Pop really caught my attention, as u can see. The Artist is called "许嵩" (Spelled like "Vae Hsu".) The story of how i know about this Artist is pretty funny: For a while there were so many asian ladies that wrote to me via ICQ. Mostly chinese ladies. Then one day there was a chinese guy who wrote to me via E-Mail, i guess. I gave him my Skype Name, so he could add me. He wanted me to help him improve his english skills, while he gave me some chinese lessons (it was pretty hard to understand this guy, since he had a very HUGE chinese accent.) Almost at the beginning he wanted to show me how good chinese Music sounds and he introduced me to "许嵩". The song he showed me was just simply awesome. It was the following one:

(Note: This isn't the "Song of the Moment(!)"

Since i was so into this Song, i was searching for some Albums from "许嵩". I managed to get my hands on two Albums: "Personalize" and "SOUGHT and GOT." And i can tell you guys: "SOUGHT and GOT" is such an awesome Album. Usually i only listen to Japanese Rap, as u might know. And 许嵩 is normally only doing Pop music, so i was even more surprised when i listened to the Song "我无所谓". This guy can rap... i really am speecheless. Here u can listen to a short snippet from this Song:
-> http://youtu.be/pD0jI272Wa4?t=2m6s
By the way, this is also an overview from all Songs from the Album "SOUGHT and GOT." However. This just goes to show you: Sometimes it takes just one guy to introduce and get you addicted to a brand new style of music. After a quick search i found out about other artists like "Cindy Wang", "萧亚轩" (Elva Hsiao) and Jeff Chang, who all make very good music, even though i personally prefer Japanese HipHop.
So the song that got seriously stuck in my head is probably "单人旅途". Thankfully this Song is uploaded to YouTube, so all of you guys can enjoy it. Check it out:




Of course "许嵩" is also present on LAST.FM and Facebook, so if you like what you hear, make sure to check those Links out:
LAST.FM  http://www.last.fm/music/%E8%AE%B8%E5%B5%A9
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/%E8%AE%B8%E5%B5%A9-VAE/38647858465

So what do you guys think about 许嵩, the Song of the Moment or his Music in general? Let me know by leaving a comment below. (By the way the next Song's of the Moment are probably Japanese Rap Songs, so make sure to stay tuned.)

別の曲: ☆せいこ(王)☆ 「DOPE MUSIC」 FREE-DOWNLOAD

Ooonce agaiiiin~
A few weeks ago i remembered this dope Song from Dizzee Rascal "Graftin'." This Song had such an AWESOME Beat and i remembered that i always wanted to rap over this Track. So i took the Beat from this particular Song, looped it and wrote some lyrics to it. This is how my newest Track that i recorded today found it's way on YouTube. The Track is called "DOPE MUSIC". Usually i only rap about silly stuff. I also did it on this Track, but since the Beat is so intense, i also dropped in some "serious business facts."

Oh and by the way: Make sure you turn up the volume AND the bass, as well.I can tell you: The Bass in this Track is... yeah let's say "recognizable."



DON'T FORGET: If you want to download the Track to put it on your MP3 Player or to scrobble it on LAST.FM (which i would highly recommend) feel free to do so. You'll find the Download Link in the Video description or right here:

DOWNLOAD LINK
http://depositfiles.com/files/h0wsy245g

How about a drink?

All right. For now i thought let's take a break from the music and go to something that MIGHT be as addictive as music: Drinks. Now before i go to the main point i wanted to give you a quick overview of my drinking habits... erm... no i don't have a drinking problem, don't worry.

I live in germany, as u might know and i guess we are famous for our beer. And i can say i like to drink a beer every once in a while (but i can assure u that i have never been drunk. Yeah... come to think of it, i might be a role model to your kids in the future.)

However. I usually like to drink water. Just plain, normal, still water. I don't like fizzy water it just feels strange when you swallow it... that's what she said.

So far so good. Usually, when i'm with a group of guys and i already had my bottle of beer and i don't want to drink more, from time to time i bring my standard pun and say "Naah, i'm fine, i'lldrink some diet water for now." As i said: It is a pun because there is NO WAY that something like diet water exists right? ... Right?... Oh i was sooo mistaken:

(Source: http://www.funbull.com/Funny-Pictures/Diet-Water-645.asp)

So i did some research on this so called "Diet Water" that, i guess, seems to be produced in SAPPORO. Speaking of SAPPORO: Ever heard of "Tha Blue Herb"? No, i'm not talking about Resident Evil i'm talking about the Japanese Rap group. You haven't? Change that!

Anyways, this "Diet water" seems to be just your typical "still water". But i mean; what is the point? Seriously. OK; i can come up with one possible explanation: Maybe you know that some people think that "diet" products have less fat content, so they help you with your "diet", when those products are actually produced for people with diabetes. Means those products have less sugar content or sugar replacement (well let's just neglect Cola Light and Pepsi Light on this point.) Maybe the producers don't get the the actual meaning of the word "diet?" Because i've never heard of regular still water having either sugar or any kind of flavour enhancers in it.

On my research i also found this product:

(Source: http://inventorspot.com/articles/ten_bizarre_japanese_soft_drinks_5225)

Yeah. Maybe it took you a moment to comprehend what this is but i think you'r guess was right. This is mother's milk. It seems that you can actually buy this in the store... I mean i heard about women having no milk, when they get a baby (i don't know if this happens too often) or some women who have too much, so they would consider selling it. Or some women who don't breastfeed they'r babies and think that this may probably be a good replacement. But still - milk from another mother? And aside of that, if you ask me it just looks strange, doesn't it? Especially if you have that kind of a fetish. Imagine you are sitting on the (checkout) counter in the supermarket and a man dressed in a long coat, wearing black glasses and a fake mustache approaches. He's buying this along with some toilet paper and other stuff, so it doesn't stand out too much.

And then, this package has some problems with the price, so you have to call out one of your colleagues and shout through the whole supermarket, so that everyone notices what this guy is buying. No, this never happened to me. Really. You can't even buy this exact product at my place. But an event like this COULD occur, you never know.

And speaking about this: When i first saw this, i remembered a scene from "Little Britain":

Now to conclude this post: I found another strange thing when i did some research on the so-called "diet water":

(Source: http://www.patcroce.com/spinning-plates/skinny_water.html)

Apparently this drink is sold in the USA (i assume.) From what i've heard this is also just regular, plain, still water but with differnt flavours, as u can read. On the front it says "0 calories and 0 sugar." But really, if i see drinks or even snacks packed like that, i get cavities just by looking at it. Why does it have to be so fancy and colorful? To stand out even more?

Let alone, what is wrong with just basic, plain, still water? Nothing, right? I drink this regullary for quite some years now and i can't complain. In fact, you should try this too. Try to just drink plain still water for about two weeks. After two weeks, try drinking a beer or a cola and i can assure you: It tastes SO great. I think you really appreciate the flavour of other drinks, when you usually just drink still water.

With aaaall of that being said: What do you drink normally. And what is you opinion on this "diet water?"