Learn Chinese

by | Feb 4, 2004 | John Ong Living | 0 comments

I love music. I appreciate music. I enjoy music.

Some more than others. Hiphop is definitely not one of my favorite genre. But ever once in a while I do find a few hiphop songs very captivating.

Today, when I was flipping through channels, I landed on BET. What caught my attention was definitely entertaining, but he is definitely not black!

It’s a hiphop video. Nicely shot. He sounds black. But this Chinese kid is singing:

Ya’ll gonna learn Chinese

Ya’ll gonna learn Chinese

Ya’ll gonna learn Chinese

When the pumps come out, ya’ll gon’ speak Chinese

It’s Jin’s new hit single Learn Chinese.

He was good. I probably won’t buy the whole album, but perhaps buying that one track. There’s Cantonese (which is one of many Chinese dialects) in the song.

I actually enjoyed the video, and surprisingly enjoyed and appreciated his rhymes and the entire song.

It’s probably the “Asian Pride” in me. I feel like I should support the first Chinese rapper who made it to the mainstream. After all, he is the first to make it this big. You an find his video on MTV’s site.

Go Jin!

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