Us Asian guys, we turn up where you’d least expect and always school you propah, dogg!
I’ll let this excerpt from the New York Times article tell the story:
In his lyrics Jin talks unabashedly about his Asian ethnicity, sometimes in self-defense but more often because he wants to bolster the idea of an Asian-American rapper. In last year’s battles on BET’s “106 & Park,” rival rappers most frequently hurled ethnic insults at Jin:
I’m a star
He just a rookie
Leave rap alone and keep making fortune cookies.
But Jin turned those taunts into his own disses:
You wanna say I’m Chinese
Sonny here’s a reminder
Check your Timbs
They probably say made in China
he raps, referring to Timberland shoes. And
Yeah, I’m Chinese
Now you understand it
I’m the reason that his little sister’s eyes are slanted
If you make one joke about rice or karate
N.Y.P.D. be in Chinatown searching for your body.
Yeah, boyeeeee!
...and by that, I mean, being completely ignorant of the larger world outside the U.S.…
Wednesday, August 7, 1991: A sunny day at Toronto’s CNE Grandstand, and what a lineup:…
The cover painting says it all.
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Now that's Asian Persuasion to the MAX.
I eagerly await Jin vs. Sushi K.
I eagerly await Jin vs. Sushi K.
The sparse Jin official site: http://www.jinsite.com/
A Jin fansite with songs: http://holla-front.com/
The music non-streaming: http://holla-front.com/media/audio/
Yes! Finally a guy who'll do much more for Asian rap than Y2Khai does! (http://y2khai.com)
And here I thought *I* was making great strides for Asian rappers with my kick-ass accordion rendition of Young MC's "Bust A Move" at Kickass Karaoke.
Hey, Jin, if you're reading this, d'you need a guy to back you up, with accordion and smokin' rhymes?
MY NAME IS JOEY DEVILLA
THE THRILLA FROM MANILA
I BE ILLA
I BE CHILLA
THEY CALL ME GEEKZILLA
Don't forget previous lyrical gems such as these from the Mountain Brothers, Philadelphia's own Asian hip-hop suckerpunch:
"For true heads I got tales
My rhymes is cryptic
I'm up and coming like a stiff dick
Asian/Pacific American
So bear Witness like Harrison"
yo dawg u b the shit jin u do do ur thing dawg represent for us Asian peace out one
jin is such a cutie!!!
SUP Dawg!
Ur Shit is tight. KEep represnting the Asian people. Ur battle are tight. keep it up wit rapping