Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart (Top 10 Singles and Albums in the USA): FAR EAST MOVEMENT takes the #1 spot for singles and Sugarland takes #1 for the album charts (Issue Date: November 6, 2010)
October 30, 2010 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
The following are the top 10 songs in the United States from the Billboard Hot 100 Music Charts:
NOTE: Far East Movement takes the #1 spot, Bruno Mars at #2 and Rihanna at #3.
BUY THESE SINGLES:
- Far*East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev – Like a G6
- Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
- Rihanna – Only Girl (In the World)
- Nelly – Just a Dream
- Usher feat. Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
- Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj – Bottoms Up
- Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
- Taio Cruz – Dynamite
- Flo Rida feat. David Guetta – Club Can’t Handle Me
- P!nk – Raise Your Glass
The following are the top 10 albums in America from the Billboard 200 Album Charts:
NOTE: Sugarland takes the #1 spot, Kings of Leon at #2 and Elton John/Leon Russell at #3.
Purchase the #1 Album in the USA:
- Sugarland – The Incredible Machine
- Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
- Elton John/Leon Russell – The Union
- Rod Stewart – Fly Me to the Moon – The Great American
- Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
- Glee: The Rocky Horror Glee
- Shakira – Sale El Sol
- Eminem – Recovery
- Third Day – Move
- Darius Rucker – Charleston, SC 1966
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart (Top 10 Singles and Albums in the USA): FAR EAST MOVEMENT takes the #1 spot for singles and Lil Wayne takes #1 for the album charts (Issue Date: October 30, 2010)
October 23, 2010 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
The following are the top 10 songs in the United States from the Billboard Hot 100 Music Charts:
NOTE: Bruno Mars stays at the #1 spot, Far East Movement stays at the #2 position and Nelly jumps to #3.
BUY THESE SINGLES:
- Far*East Movement featuring Cataracs & Dev – Like a G6
- Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
- Nelly – Just a Dream
- Rihanna – Only Girl (In the World)
- Usher feat. Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
- Taylor Swift – Speak Now
- Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
- Taio Cruz – Dynamite
- Flo Rida feat. David Guetta – Club Can’t Handle Me
- Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj – Bottoms Up
The following are the top 10 albums in America from the Billboard 200 Album Charts:
NOTE: Lil Wayne takes the #1 spot, Darius Rucker at #2 and Nickelodeon band Big Time Rush takes #3.
Purchase the #1 Album in the USA:
- Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being
- Darius Rucker – Charleston, SC 1966
- Big Time Rush – BTR
- The Band Perry – The Band Perry
- Eminem – Recovery
- Kenny Chesney – Hemingway’s Whiskey
- Surfjan Stevens – Age of Adz
- Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give
- Toby Keith – Bullets in the Gun
- All That Remains – For We Are Many
FAR EAST MOVEMENT – ROUND ROUND (a J!-ENT World Groove Album Review)
June 20, 2008 by Dennis Amith · 1 Comment
“Los Angeles-based Asian American hip hop trio FAR EAST MOVEMENT’s ‘ROUND ROUND’ is the Japanese import release of their US album ‘Folk Music’ featuring an extra bonus track and featuring the trio’s infectious grooves and cool rhymes. Awesome potential and looking forward to see how the trio’s music catches on worldwide!”
GROUP: FAR EAST MOVEMENT
ALBUM: ROUND ROUND
LABEL: avex trax
CATALOG #: AVCD-23454
DURATION: 1:08:46
RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2008
- Miss Info
- Round Round
- Get Offa Me feat. Trek Life
- Holla Hey
- Boomshake
- No One’s Home for the Holidays feat. Storm
- For The City feat. Jin
- Eyes Never Lie feat. Mary Jane
- Work
- The Good Stuff
- Down to Ride feat. Black Silver
- Make Ya Self
- Smile feat. Ken Oak
- Folk Music
- All About Me feat. Mary Jane
- A Moment with PK
- Beautified feat. Tron
- A.R.M. Interlude
- Fuck The Robots
- FM Outro
- Western Remix
- Bullfighter feat. Knowa Lazarus (Bonus Track)
Los Angeles Asian American hip-hop trio FAR EAST MOVEMENT (aka FM) featuring Kev Nishi (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh) and J-Splif (Jason Choung) has caught the attention of many people in the United States and Asia and now their 2006 album “Folk Music” has been released in Japan on Jan. 2008 by major label avex trax.
With a different name for the Japanese release, “Round Round” is nearly the same album as “Folk Music” with an extra bonus track titled “Bullfighter feat. Knowa Lazarus” and a few changes for the track title names.
The trio gained attention through their performances in Los Angeles and for producing the Koreatown hip hop show “Movementality” and discovered by International Club/Events promoter Carl Choi and within a few years, the group has had their music played on television shows such as “CSI” and on film for Justin Lin’s “Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (the track “Round and Round” was used in the film and video game) and “Finishing the Game”.
The album is well-produced, music with infectious grooves and catchy, energetic rhymes that I have to admit that for the many Asian American hip-hop albums I have received in nearly two decades, this album is probably right up there in my top 3. It’s that good!
For our readers not familiar with primarily Asian hip-hop, the best comparison I can give is probably the style of Verbal/m-flo. Catchy rhymes and that similar energetic feel.
The album also features a good number of collaborations with New York’s Jin and Knowa Lazarus, Los Angeles ala South Central’s Black Silver, Trek Life, cello rock’s Ken Oak (of the Ken Oak Band) and many others.
As far as the tracks go, you have their upbeat, energetic “Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift” track “Round Round”, a deep groove with “Get Offa Me” with a collaboration with Trek Life.
One of my favorite tracks is “Boomshake!”, especially for those that love to bump that bass in their vehicle.
A lot of the tracks showcase the energetic, upbeat and catchy side of FM but then you get tracks that feature different musical styles such as “Make Ya Self” and “Fuck the Robots” featuring a churning electric guitar with a beat, “Smile” with a collaboration with cello rock meister Ken Oak gives the music an overall airy, heavenly feel also combining with a cool beat.
The CD insert booklet features the lyrics in Japanese and English and a Japanese forword from Focus Kyogyou’s D-ST.ENT.
FAR EAST MOVEMENT’s “Round Round” (or “Folk Music” if you are planning to buy the US release) is a well-balanced, catchy and energetic album featuring cool music and energetic atmosphere created by the trio.
It’s great to hear the group has traveled to China and Singapore and with the release in Japan, I wouldn’t be surprised if they managed to get things going crazy over there, and with this being an avex trax release, possibly distribution all over Asia.
The group has worked long and hard on focusing on their music, getting their music out to the masses and shedding the “Asian American” hip-hop group and just being known worldwide as a hip-hop group just doing well and making a name for themselves.
It’s all good and this album is just all out fun to listen to. Definitely check them out!
