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Far East Movement concert at Macy’s : May 2013

Far East Movement concert at Macy's : May 2013
In honor of contributions made by Asian-Pacific Americans, Macy’s celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month this May at select Macy’s locations nationwide. Macy’s will host the platinum-selling Far East Movement for a series of performances and appearances in six markets across the country geared toward highlighting and celebrating the unique influence of Asian-Pacific Americans on American culture and pop music. (also check out Far East Movement in the HTC One commercial)

Far East Movement, the phenomenon that exploded on the American music scene and broke barriers is coming to Macy’s! The group is the face of Macy’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration. They’ll be dropping by stores across the country to give a live performance and chat about how their culture has influenced their musical style. Come meet them at your local Macy’s! Don’t miss the excitment! they’ll be celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month all month long at a Macy’s near you. Come be a part of the movement and experience Far East Movement in their very own Macy’s listening party where they’ll perform their latest music!

Store Name & City Date & Time Floor RSVP Information
Metro Center
Washington, DC
May 9 @ 5:30pm Lower Level http://apahmmetrocenter.eventbrite.com
Union Square
San Francisco, CA
May 11 @ 2pm Impulse on the 3rd Floor N/A
First Colony Mall
Houston, TX
May 19 @ 2pm Level 1 http://apahmTX.eventbrite.com
South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA
May 22 @ 6pm Level 2 http://apahmOC.eventbrite.com
Herald Square
New York, NY
May 23 @ 6pm Level 4 http://apahmnyc.eventbrite.com
State Street
Chicago, IL
May 30 @ 12pm Level 2 N/A

Turn Up the Love by Far East Movement

More about Far East Movement
Raised in Downtown Los Angeles, Cherrytree recording group Far East Movement (Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman) embody the pulse of contemporary LA. They paid their dues at local clubs, expanding their fan base until they became city-wide stars in the wake of their first LA chart-topping pop hit, “Girls on the Dance Floor.” They made history on their debut album Free Wired when 2010’s multi-platinum selling single “Like a G6” became the first #1 Billboard Hot 100 song ever achieved by an Asian-American group. And followed with another Billboard Top 10 smash “Rocketeer.” Their sophomore album Dirty Bass features the international smash “Live My Life,” an anthemic all-night dance party featuring Justin Bieber, that reached Top 20 on Billboard and #2 on iTunes almost instantly. Their latest Dirty Bass single “Turn Up The Love” hit Top 10 in 10 countries and achieved over 50 million views on VEVO/YouTube.

Love I Get by Krystilez x Ana Vee x Osna x Big Koa

Love I Get by Krystilez x Ana Vee x Osna x Big Koa

Krystilez x Ana Vee x Osna x Big Koa team up for the music video and single “Love I Get” off their Huliau Mixtape. It’s a love song with the island beats as they make music together. Follow Ana Vee as she gives it her all to make music and her heart to the one she loves. Angry Locals in the house. You can download the track FREE here.

Listen to more Angry Locals music : Eh Ugly, Locals Only, U Down, Flip the Angry Bird, Ku Ali, Durtee Buttocks, Let’s Get Angry, Fund Raiser, We Stay, DooDoo Girl, and Collapse Slow.

Love I Get by Krystilez x Ana Vee x Osna x Big Koa

Drenched by Wanting

Drenched by Wanting

Singer Wanting released the music video for her single “Drenched” off her album “Everything In The World”. Not only does she show he vocal abilities, but she also demonstrates her skill on the piano. The love song might sound familiar if you watched Pang Ho-Cheung’s film “Love in the Buff”. In the video, she falls for a guy who eventually cheats on her. She’s devastated when she realizes that he’s a player. Her emotions are illustrated by the explosion of a grand piano that she’s playing along with being submerged underwater. You can get the single on Drenched - Drenched - Single or amazon

Listen to more Wanting: Life Is a Song and Untied

Drenched by Wanting

Behind The Scenes of Drenched by Wanting

Lyrics to Drenched by Wanting

When minutes become hours
When days become years
And I don’t know where you are
Color seems so dull without you

Have we lost our minds?
What have we done?
But it all doesn’t seem to matter anymore

When you kissed me on that street, I kissed you back
You held me in your arms, I held you in mine
You picked me up to lay me down
When I look into your eyes
I can hear you cry for a little bit more of you and I
I’m drenched in your love
I’m no longer able to hold it back

Is it too late to ask for love?
Is it wrong to feel right?
When the world is winding down
Thoughts of you linger around

Have we lost our minds?
What have we done?
But it all doesn’t seem to matter anymore

When you kissed me on that street, I kissed you back
You held me in your arms, I held you in mine
You picked me up to lay me down
When I look into your eyes
I can hear you cry for a little bit more of you and I
I’m drenched in your love
I’m no longer able to hold it back

My Will Aside by Lyricks

My Will Aside by Lyricks

Rapper Lyricks reflects on a recent trip he took to Africa on this track “My Will Aside”. He gets deep on how the we complicate our own lives with what we think brings us happiness. Distilling down what really matters to him, he proclaims his faith in God and his realization to put his own will aside to start following God’s will.

Listen to more Lyricks: Compromise, Cube runners, SoJu Life, Lava, Like That, and Life.

My Will Aside by Lyricks (contains explicit lyrics)

Hungry by Lil Crazed x Phlip

Hungry by Lil Crazed x Phlip

K.i.D. Entertainment’s Lil Crazed x Phlip collaborate on the music video for the track “Hungry” off Lil Crazed’s upcoming mixtape “To Whom It May Concern”. The duo and their whole fam got hungry mouths to feed. Not only does their family have to eat, but these hungry starving artists also got dreams to feed. Get ready to partake in their feast.

Listen to more Lil Crazed: King of the Castle, Party All Night, Direction, Lost a Fan, Just My Type, I Do This, Galaxy, Uh-Oh, Remember Me, Super Dope, Drop, First Aid, The Good Life and Put It On Ya.

Hungry by Lil Crazed x Phlip (contains explicit lyrics)

12AM In Chinatown by D-Pryde

12AM In Chinatown by D-Pryde

Rapper D-Pryde hustles it up for his video for “12AM In Chinatown”. He takes a stroll through New York’s Chinatown as he smashed haters and reinforces his hard work. His flow ignites his firey lyrics as he explains his grind with virtually no help. He’s focused on the numbers, money, and music.

Listen to more D-Pryde: Finger tips, Full Time Thing, Moral Fiber, Mobbin’, Normal, Start Again, Big Shot, Outro Flow, Priorities.

12AM In Chinatown by D-Pryde (contains explicit lyrics)

This isn’t real to you is it//
on the roster of Lolla they couldn’t say I ain’t did it//
pointing out blindness facts about how i haven’t been killin it//
all because i let go of an image that wasn’t real to me//
always had motivation, every cheque might be my last paper//
tell them bitches I got a deal off a flash player//
ain’t even got a blue check up on my twitter page//
but I could pull as much views as major artists do in a day//
how did it feel when you saw that blast on those websites//
got a masters and publishing deal and I got my set right//
i know i shouldn’t be bragging but this one is for my haters//
once you saw I signed to BMG I wonder how it felt like//
what,
2 mix tapes gold on the net//
now these artists try to mimic the formula that I used//
but I made a cult of kids that were waiting hard for an idol//
bitch I taught you indie labels that this was just more than views//
uh
my skin tone has probably been a weakness//
but bitch sit down for this prophecy I’ll be preaching’//
trigonometry hasn’t gotten relatable to my being//
cause i never had a co-sign, I made it here with dope rhymes//
I made it here by who I know, higher than a doobie roll//
Tryna play with millions when I used to play with Yu-Gi-Oh//
haven’t been home in so long, but still my city go strong//
they used to make fun of TO we’re a city you now take notes on//
hoe
10K that was made a month//
and I’m a little Asian dork with no radio buzz//
I don’t have anything else that I could say to you punks//
but get your head up in the game, get your felacio up//
PAUSE
you can laugh and say my style is PG bound//
but say it to my face, because all I’m hearing is me-ows//
pussy ass artists who sat and stayed there in denial-
are the same assholes I look at and-say look at me-now//
major labels they slept, sat and worried bout debt-
it isn’t bout the spot i’m in, it’s about the spot that I’ll get//
and you tell me that he’s better, you tell me that he’s a threat//
then that’s cool, but I got a sniper, I’m aiming right at his head//
POP
This one for Stai, Phil, Den-Z and J,
James Arcara and Niel, I do this all for my people//
Mad Ryan and Rik, Josa, AZ, and Gnyus//
we build this team from the ground up, a business-raised fetus//
I’m here
Looks like the kid is well on his peak//
mad speculation to how much I’ma sell in a week//
but I’m fine, I know the hearts of my competitors beat//
but I show no heart, my ish sound acapella to me//
I’m being real,
I don’t got to buy a table at the club,
or tell you that I’m on the guestlist//
all that ish is petty, when it all falls down, it’s numbers, money and music//
and the only phrase I’m going by now boy, is get rich//
you wanna talk about the fact you hit my wife first?//
but you worked for that ass boy, that ish to me was light work//
so while you at your crib tryna text her and tryna write her//
she ain’t answering ’cause she’s with me-enjoying better scenery//
some people act like I don’t hustle and breath this//
some of you see my ass as the second coming of Jesus//
well it is the second coming, you seen how I kill a remix//
you think all this ish is dope? you’ll see how crazy my EP is//
Prizzy