Serious Japanese English

[kaitou]

My Japanese coworker just got back from a trip home and brought me all kinds of tasty music. I now have all of Sambomaster's CDs, and the latest Monkey Majik. I'll try and remember to rip them tonight if anyone else would like to listen.

I also got a CD by 'Teriyaki Boyz' which is a supergroup made up of people from Rip Slyme, and m-flo plus Wise and the DJ Nigo. I want to say that they got together to perform the 'Tokyo Drift' song for the Fast and Furious movie, and have put out two albums since, but I may not be right about that. I do know that they have inexplicable guest stars on their albums like Daft Punk, Busta Rhymes and Kanye West.

And I have to say, Kanye (because I know you're listening) it is not good when the Japanese guys have better English lyrics than you do. First here's a bit from m-flo's Verbal (who admittedly went to international schools growing up and speaks perfectly fluent English):

'When I speak I'm like Shuriken / lookin for a hustle to sink my teeth in'

And now Kanye, here's what you threw in:
'All that frontin for the audience / make'em not exist no more, Yugoslavians'

Time to step up the game, Kanye.

Comments

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard their first album at all, but I like all the groups that they drew from, and...I admit it, I reaaaaly wanted to hear what kind of tracks you'd get mixing them and big name American rappers.

(After my coworker had already left it occurred to me that it was probably on Youtube. D'oh!)