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I Can’t Sleep by Mike Isberto

I Can't Sleep by Mike Isberto

Singer Mike Isberto released the lyrics video for “I Can’t Sleep,” the first single off his upcoming album “More in Love”. Take road trip in the video as you long for the one you’re missing. You want that security of that other person by your side. You just can’t sleep without them there. The laidback single gives you that cozy feeling of love. Look for his album dropping on July 30, 2013.

I Can’t Sleep by Mike Isberto

In Transition with Margaret Cho : Episode 2

In Transition with Margaret Cho : Episode 2

Margaret Cho’s webseries “In Transition” continues with episode 2 “Rollin’ In Da Beef”. We meet urban “lifestyle” mogul, Marla Stevens (Luenell), her assistant (Will Boddington) and her financial manager Barry Schwartz (Stephen Spiegel). Meanwhile, back at the halfway house, Tawny (Margaret Cho) reveals to her ex-cellies Concha (Selene Luna) and Farhonda (Yvette Saunders) that she is plotting to confront Marla for monies owed – and enlists the girls to help her.

Previous episodes:
In Transition with Margaret Cho : Episode 1

In Transition with Margaret Cho : Episode 2 (contains adult language)

How to Make A Shrimp Banh Mi Burger

How to Make A Shrimp Banh Mi Burger

If you didn’t think shrimp could be made into a delicious burger, think again! It won’t be complete without Sriracha mayo. Is it lunch time soon?

How to Make A Shrimp Banh Mi Burger

Recipe for Shrimp Banh Mi Burger
1/4 cup vegetable oil
16 ounces peeled and deveined shrimp, tail removed
2 tablespoons Sriracha
2 tablespoons panko breadcrumbs, plus more if needed
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons grated ginger
2 teaspoons rice vinegar
3 scallions, sliced
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 lime, juiced
1/4 baguette, sliced open, per burger
Shredded carrot
Fresh mint
Fresh cilantro

1.Preheat non-stick pan with vegetable oil over medium heat.
2.In a food processor, puree together shrimp, 1 tablespoon Sriracha, panko breadcrumbs, fish sauce, grated ginger, rice vinegar, scallions, egg, juice of 1/2 a lime, and salt. Form into small patties. Cook in non-stick pan 4 minutes per side until just cooked through.
3.While the patties cook combine mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce, and juice from 1/2 a lime. Spread sauce all over the baguette.
4.Place 3 patties per baguette and top with carrot, mint and cilantro.

Shut It Down by Jargon x J.Reyez x Southstar

Shut It Down by Jargon x J.Reyez x Southstar

Rappers Jargon x J.Reyez x Southstar gather in Toronto to shoot the music video for “Shut It Down” off Jargon’s mixtape “Price of Fame”. The triple threat arrive in T-dot to give a middle finger to the haters. It’s been a while since we heard from Southstar. Good to see him comeback. J.Reyez also taking on directing and editing duties for the video. You can download the track FREE here.

Listen to more Jargon: King of the Castle, Change ya Money, Bad One, A Modern Day Fairy Tale, Robot Chick, Be Cool, Tell Me Why, and Dreams.

Shut It Down by Jargon x J.Reyez x Southstar (contains explicit lyrics)

Asians Eat Weird Things by Fung Bros x AJ Rafael

Asians Eat Weird Things by Fung Bros x AJ Rafael

Fung Bros x AJ Rafael team up for the music video “Asians Eat Weird Things”. Some of the food that we eat in the Asian culture seem perfectly normal to us, but to others it’s weird. We enjoy delicacies and culinary favorites like chicken feet, tripe, jackfruit, century egg, kimchi, durian, uni, stinky tofu, pig ears, natto, pig intestines, blood sausage, dried squid, fresh squid, duck tongue, fish sauce, pork sung, nem nuong, dinuguan, offals, balut, and dried seaweed. How many have you tried?

Listen to more Fung Bros: Bobalife, 626,Know Your Asian Sauces, Dimsum Song, Asian Food Rap,Still Got Rice?, and The Fung Bros Mess with Texas.

Asians Eat Weird Things by Fung Bros x AJ Rafael

Lyrics to Asians Eat Weird Things by Fung Bros x AJ Rafael

(ANDREW)
I’m like “Girl whatcha eatin for today?”
Put that bread down, lets go and run away
Cuz I’m Asian, I don’t know if you could tell
I eat a few things AppleBee’s don’t sell

ever had dim sum in the mornin’ light?
I know this chicken feet ain’t lookin very nice
But if you taste it, I know you’ll really like
eat the skin but leave the bones aiighht?

Look at me look at me eating tripe now
Look at you look at you this is life now
it’s fresh, more organic than fast food
You could say it looks a lot more natural

No this egg ain’t hundred years old
And no this cabbage ain’t got no mold
And I was hoping she would have a taste!
she took one bite and just made a face

(DAVID)
Yeah, yeah, I said “Girl whatcha eat during weekdays”
She said “salad and pasta each day”
But what about Asian food?
You neva get the chance, cuz you neva date Asian dudes!

She said, I liked the weird stuff growing up
But stopped in High School it wasn’t cool enough
Cuz you can’t serve blood cubes at prom
And Stinky tofu just sounds wrong

Stop pretending, you don’t like fermented
I admit the smell can be offensive
But it tastes so good that you won’t need another man
Let the flavors take you back to the motherland

So I can take you back to my mother and
She can teach you how to cook without butter and-
“What do you mean I’m being patriarchal?”
“Ooh ok, I mean I can cook”

(AJ)
I’m talkin’ bout food
We got different social norms than you
Can’t change my culture it’s just how we do
She told me it looks crazy
I said it’s okay I’m Asian!

Ready to Go by Cuzzin D

Ready to Go by Cuzzin D

Rapper Cuzzin D dropped the music video for his track “Ready to Go” off his “Corner Store Blues” EP. He reflects on his life experiences and death. Priorities are reset and you know what things matter most like family. With the end drawing near, he asks the question “Are you dying to live or living to die?”

Listen to more Cuzzin D: Gasolina, Real Life and Straggler.

Ready to Go by Cuzzin D (contains explicit lyrics)