Jin (edit: Chinese-American rapper) [Archive]

aznboi08

07-29-2003, 04:26 AM

Jin the MC, I would have to say, is one of the best chinese american rapper. If you don't know who he is, he landed a role in 2 Fast 2 Furious and his song is on the soundtrack.
Here is his official site if you would like to download his songs and videos.
http://www.holla-front.com

The Rest is History in stores March23, 2004
please support Jin.

Chun Li

07-29-2003, 05:20 AM

He has videos? I'll have to look at them. Do you mean professionally produced videos?

Seiichi

07-29-2003, 05:25 AM

ah! i love jin! you ever seen his 106 and park freestyle battles?! lol...talking about asian pride! lol...he is so funny! ruff ryder needs to hurry up and put out his album!

holla front!

jAy is a s h y_ b o i

07-29-2003, 05:33 AM

yeaaaa i kno jin. everyone was talking bout him a while back.
when is his album gonna drop?

Chun Li

07-29-2003, 06:26 AM

I have all his freestyles downloaded. I like him so far. I hope he can really represent some Asian Pride.

Seiichi

07-29-2003, 06:37 AM

i cant imagine you listening to hip hop...not to mention underground mc battles...

you are my kind of girls chun li... = )

nycxbait

07-29-2003, 06:45 AM

ewww lol outta townners.. jin lives by me, he chills in ctown hes aite, but mad people hate him. Hes liek 5 foot tall and freestyles like a fake eminiem. WACKK.... he was good on 106 adn park hes good at freestyling but he isn't good on tracks. Dl hey Jin its a cover of camrons song. He use to get herbed in flushign though lol, before he was famous... you can learn more about him at www.xanga.com/hey_itz_nij

werd up.. him and his entrouage was at my boys college doing a show (univ albany) and he they trashed the room adn made them pay a grand for a 20 minute show which he was late for.

Chun Li

07-29-2003, 06:47 AM

Seiichi

07-29-2003, 06:50 AM

i cant imagine you listening to hip hop...not to mention underground mc battles...

you are my kind of girls chun li... = )

Little do you know! Now why can't you imagine me listening to hip hop and underground mc battles?

i dont know...i dont listen to hip hop at all but i do know about jin...i dont know...i figure you only listen to cpop like me or something...

lol

Chun Li

07-29-2003, 06:53 AM

Seiichi

07-29-2003, 06:56 AM

I listen to everything. >=P
I first noticed Jin on that one freestylin show but afterwards he seemed to have disappeared for awhile. I don't even know if he's really going to have an album out anymore.

mostly cpop and electronica for me...= ) yeah..his solo work aint as impressive as his freestyles... = (

oh well..back to Em'

nycxbait

07-29-2003, 07:10 AM

his shit is droppin october 5th

xaznboix16x

07-29-2003, 07:39 AM

jin is kewl. i like how he adds some canto in some of his raps.

Chun Li

07-29-2003, 07:47 AM

I wonder if he can actually speak it fluently?

cmy_185

07-29-2003, 01:39 PM

i liked his ' lei fan ouk kei la ' that means take ur sorry ass home .^__^ all his battles were so funny

i have a feeling he can speak cantonese fluently...

Akura

07-29-2003, 08:36 PM

I really like JIn.. i think almost all asians that live in the US know about him.. he can speak cantonese fluently and his Cd's is suppose to drop september 30th according to the people on his site. Jin is really hated on by almost everyone in NY though. Simply because he tries to be a hard gangsta when he's just a funny guy that can free style.

Chun Li

07-30-2003, 07:08 AM

jAy is a s h y_ b o i

07-30-2003, 08:29 AM

erghhh i hate losers that try to act hard.
but ya can't blame him.
what rapper doesn't act like hes a gangster?
and you know there would be more people hatin on him if he acted like a pansy....

Chun Li

07-30-2003, 09:55 AM

He doesn't have to act like a pansy but can't he just be cool about stuff... it's like he's overcompensating for his height or something. Doesn't he realize he'd sell more albums if he cut down on the haters...

aznboi08

07-31-2003, 02:30 PM

yeah Jin is awesome..
you should give him propz for gettin' through this and trying to represent the asians.

Seiichi

07-31-2003, 06:42 PM

xOsocrazy

07-31-2003, 09:15 PM

well you also have to respect the fact that he seems pretty down to earth and keeps in close touch with his fans [like his xanga] and such

Hyde

08-05-2003, 03:49 PM

i hate it when ppl call him chigga. GOD.

miao

08-06-2003, 05:31 AM

wow i didn't think Jin was that popular!! ^__^
Its weird cuz one of my friend's friend had a party, and invited Jin, and he was there. But its not any upclass party, just the usual drinking and drugs -___- (they're bad boys)
And Jin has his own asianavenue page. haha and i think he made it himself. cuz last time i went he took those picutres with a webcam!
i think its jin_tha_mc ?? well sumthing like that

en_en

08-12-2003, 07:29 PM

I downloaded a song from him beore, it wasnt that good, but when i saw him on 2f2f, he was rapping pretty well, if only for a short part.

vunsin

11-20-2003, 07:12 AM

Hey, I found this article on Jin. It was dated Nov 10. Apparently he was involved in some sort of gang shooting and his friend was injured. :glug:

source: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/10420.htm

ASIAN RAP SHOOTING IN CHINATOWN

November 10, 2003 -- A clash between two Asian rappers - up-and-coming star Jin and another rapper linked to a vicious gang - sparked a shooting in Chinatown early yesterday that sent a third man to the hospital, cops said.

The incident began at about 2 a.m. in the trendy new Yellow bar at 32 Mulberry St., when the rappers started arguing.

Another man, Christopher Louie, 23, stepped in to defend his pal, the newly popular Asian rap star Jin, who appeared last summer in the drag-racing sequel "2 Fast 2 Furious" with hip-hop star Ludacris.

During the argument, the rapper linked to the gang - whose name was not released - pulled a .40-caliber gun and shot Louie once in the lower back. Jin, whose full name is Jin Au-yeung, was unharmed.

The gunman - who fled the scene - is a reputed member of the Ghost Shadows street gang, police said.

Sources said the argument between the rival rappers may have been sparked by the shooter's jealousy of Au-yeung, who spent part of his summer on MTV's "You Hear It First" tour.

Au-yeung, who was born in Elmhurst, Queens, raps about race and being Chinese-American. His debut album was released two weeks ago on Ruff Ryders/Virgin Records. The 21-year-old star has already won rapping competitions where, like white Eminem before him, he has turned taunts about his ethnicity into his own rap disses.

Louie was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where cops there said he is expected to survive.

Larry Celona

zhy378

11-30-2003, 06:23 PM

hey, i just heard that song " Learn Chinese", sounds pretty good, though kinda funny since it keep saying stuff like ' ur gonna learn chinese', when i'm chinese and stil learnin'.hehe. but anyway still have him sayin some stuff in cantonese.

lilmizzaudi

11-30-2003, 06:32 PM

jin is "straight". i will give him props though because he is the first asian rapper to make it onto mainstream music. but i mean, i don't know what's all the hype about? his rhymes are not all that great and his beats aren't hot neither. i admit, i like the way he puts some canto in his raps but...idk...he's not the best out there. i like "peel off" from the 2f2f soundtrack better than "learn chinese"

Chun Li

12-01-2003, 02:43 AM

I want to listen to it, but I'm almost positive they're not going to have it anywhere but in the US, right?

lilmizzaudi

12-03-2003, 12:09 AM

probably not :? but you can dL off of kazaa :laughing: . i would post an mp3 but i seem to have multiple unexplained problems with my good "friend" briefcase.yahoo.com :dry:

stinki_tofu

12-03-2003, 01:33 AM

so is Jin from Hong Kong or something since he speaks cantonese?? or does he speak mandarin too???

lilmizzaudi

12-03-2003, 01:43 AM

jin was born in sunny florida i think, then later his family moved to new york and that's where he started picking up his rapping career. but i'm not sure where his family's from :?

adnam8

12-06-2003, 02:09 PM

hmm.. does Jin do some of the raps on edisons albums? not intouch with my asian music.. so not sure

Jerria

12-06-2003, 04:11 PM

ahhh Jin yes i remember...never saw him tho but i used to listen to his song..."Hey, Jin"...
Yeah he's pretty good tho...well am gonna check out your link now thnx for that...^_^

Havent heard from him for a while....thnx for the link..hehe

Pugwash

12-09-2003, 04:59 AM

I personally liked his freestyling better than his actual thought out music. I watched every clip where he battled people for 30secs and he was really good there... I don't think he tries to be too hard to be a gangster. I think it's actually funny since he's so short and he wears baggy stuff making him shorter!

cici bebe

12-12-2003, 04:33 AM

He was mentioned in ELLE magazine (Jan. 03 issue, pg47): Jin, (aka the "Chinese Eminem"), a 22-year-old rapper from Queens who made headlines after winning BET's lyrical battle 106 & Park seven weeks straight (his album's out in March).

Haven't listened to him. But I'll support Chinese pride I guess.. ;D

Das Le Epi

12-17-2003, 04:10 AM

Ah~~ that's always too bad. When will they stop trying to act hard and just be themselves? It's not as if we're all stupid - we can see through his act.

Perhaps he is another victim of the Napoleon complex.

i am too lazy to look it up, but what is the "napoleon complex"?

Not exactly sure but I think it's when people attempt to overcompensate for their lack in stature, such as when Napoleon turned France into an empire (heh, cute, have a revolution, kill your monarchs, only get an emperor...nice...), conquering here and there. Hopefully Jin [tha mc] won't get owned by the allies and get shipped off to Alba.

Back to the question, the Napoleon complex sort of relates to that saying, "You know what they say about guys with big hands -nudge- -wink- wink-.....big gloves" in that height, along with the size of your hands and feet in men tends to reflect on the size of um...a diao, if you will. Some guys become really aggressive and try to play American football, some guys annex various areas surrounding la belle france, and apparantly some guys will don the whole ghetto-fab thug thing and rap. (not my personal opinion, I think Jin's alright, can't help but laugh every time I hear the girl in the chorus of "learn Chinese" though)

vunsin

12-17-2003, 04:43 AM

jin was born in sunny florida i think, then later his family moved to new york and that's where he started picking up his rapping career. but i'm not sure where his family's from :?

:? I thought he was born in Elmhurst, Queens. Please refer to my earlier post in this thread here (http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=170807#170807). According to nypost.com he was born in Elmhurst, Queens. :?

zhy378

12-21-2003, 06:33 PM

i was just looking around at this one site and it had two songs of edison featuring Jin, the songs r 'Telephone' and' I never told you'. so is that true? if it is how did jin know edison.

adnam8

12-22-2003, 01:11 PM

yea, thats what i thought. but then it says "Han Jin" doesnt it? same guy? in those songs, the guy sounds like eminem ><

zhy378

12-26-2003, 05:26 PM

just read a nice article about him, and his cd comes out on March 24, 2004. plus can hear his single on his site. anyway here the link to the article
http://www.kiwibox.com/article.asp?a=30062&mo=0&r=1&p=1

hmm...i kinda can't wait for his cd even though i don't own any rap cds maybe this cd will change my mind.hehe

princess_xixi

12-29-2003, 01:09 PM

oh i've never heard of him
i justchecked out the links
thanz
i have an idea of him now!!

syzygy

12-30-2003, 12:19 AM

Ahh Jin tha MC. It is suprising how many people haven't heard of him in WA. I only know like 5 people that have heard of his name. Jin has a Xanga btw. LOL.

http://www.xanga.com/hey_itz_nij (my bad, appears someone already posted this)

If I remember correctly, Learn Chinese is playing on that site.

zhy378

12-30-2003, 08:07 PM

oh, on that holla-front site, there's an interview on the guy LS who was shot in that shooting article.

aznbballer

12-31-2003, 12:51 AM

heyz.. wasn;t jin in 2 fast 2 furoius?? he also sings 1 chinese song with edison chen and 2 other songs with edison chen buh in english.. his a pretty kool rapper i guess

zhy378

03-06-2004, 05:49 PM

hmmmm....i finally watched the music video of Learn chinese, seem okay, not really as i expected :wink2:

girl_next_door

03-07-2004, 01:45 PM

aiii Jin! I've only recently 'discovered' him - I d/l some of his stuff off Kazaa and I must say - he's pretty good! Learn chinese is a awesome choon along with diary of jin, hey jin and asian girls! It's quite refreshing to finally see a chinese rapper! does he actually have an album out?

NikeSwooshIn

03-07-2004, 11:35 PM

i just downloaded some of his songs. some are good. but blah some arent. i love learn chinese though.

zhy378

05-08-2004, 04:18 PM

hmm.. speaking of 'learn chinese', i heard that the music made a somewhat controversy, cuz u know how there's the part where a girl singin in chinese in the song, though in the mv, is a black girl 'singing' so there's people arguing that a chinese/azn girl she do that part .

though however, i haven't heard anyone talk about it, just on tv.

tvbaddict

05-17-2004, 11:09 PM

ah~ i love jin. i admire jin. jin represents all the american asians out there! i especially love his songs LEARN CHINESE and LEARN CHINESE AGAIN. =D one of the best out there...but the bad thing is that they keep holding back his album release date! i SOOO want his cd!

heyz.. wasn;t jin in 2 fast 2 furoius?? he also sings 1 chinese song with edison chen and 2 other songs with edison chen buh in english.. his a pretty kool rapper i guess

nah, thats a different jin, thats singapore (HANjin) he's also really good (he's worked a LOT with edison and also worked with eason before) but thats not the jin we're talkin bout :wink2:

Pugwash

05-17-2004, 11:34 PM

Actually, it was Jin Tha MC that was in 2Fast2Furious.. that was his debut movie where he had a shaved head and played character, "Jimmy," which was the car technician. His fullname is Jin Auyeung.. and that's whole played in the movie.

Anyways.. Jin is quite the jerk if you ask me.. He was in many shootings where his friend took a bullet for him.. and he didn't even say anything to him.. not a visit to the hospital, no thanks, no phone call.. no nothing..

scarletwillow

05-17-2004, 11:47 PM

I dunno. This line in "Learn Chinese" makes me love him.

"We should ride the train for free, we built the railroads."

Damn fucking straight.

illusionanqel

05-21-2004, 01:41 AM

Haha Willy so true, so true :]

I know Jin in real life, I met him through my God brother who's name is also Jin haha :] We chill sometimes in Chinatown.. don't make him seem like a bad guy, because he really isn't. A lot of stuff went down with all the shootings that the public doesn't know about, Jin really cares for his friends though. He really is a loyal and a genuine person. If you're at a concert of his, he'll stop to take the time and autograph as much stuff as he can and will sit and chat with you. He's totally cool when he's in Chinatown though, he'll start chatting with you like you guys have known each other forever. Uh that's enough rambling from me :]

vunsin

05-21-2004, 04:01 AM

curry

06-03-2004, 09:47 AM

"Yeah I'm Chinese....and WHAT?!"

lol, classic.

I dunno about him being fluent in Cantonese though....his pronunciation sounds off!

Plus, what the hell is the girl singing? It makes no sense!

But for real, I don't know whether to be proud that an Asian finally made it to the top (Mountain Brothers were close, but they got shut down by Ruff Ryders a few years back) or to be ashamed that his Cantonese sucks and makes us look bad. :P

vunsin

06-03-2004, 09:55 AM

curry

06-03-2004, 10:16 AM

Well.. I'd rather Jin gets all the attention than William Hung. :oops: At least he has talents. :sweat: I'm just happy that he got some recognition.

Anyhow, curry, you're from Hawaii? :excited: How cool! :excited:

For real! William Hung is just horrible....my head is "hung" low everytime I hear him or see him on TV....dude, stick to engineering...leave the performances to others...LIKE JAY!

Why does everyone think Hawaii is paradise? I guess i'm just immune to the charm of this state because I grew up here....to me it just feels like I'm stuck on a prison with no way out.... :rasp:

laruku

06-03-2004, 10:29 AM

yea, thats what i thought. but then it says "Han Jin" doesnt it? same guy? in those songs, the guy sounds like eminem ><

nononono.. they are two different people. hanjin hails from singapore.. jin da MC is from america.. =D

(edit: )
oops.. i realised tvbaddict has replied to that question already.. hehe..

will upload some of jin da MC's songs later.. =P i have a couple actually.. and the 'learn chinese' song that you guys were talking about, will ul it also....

-laruku-

vunsin

06-03-2004, 11:15 AM

curry: Seriously, William Hung makes me feel ashamed to be Chinese. :oops: Anyhow, I'm not saying Hawaii is a paradise. It's just one of the places I plan to travel to once I've saved up enough money, that's all. :wink2: Okay, I shouldn't go off topic here. :sweat: Come talk to Diao Krew in here (http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3795). :wink2:

laruku

06-03-2004, 12:01 PM

hey guys.. i posted some songs.. about 5 i think.. of jin tha MC..

click here (http://jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4781)

-laruku-

JiE_LuN'z_BabE

06-04-2004, 05:28 AM

Jin is .... *speechless* He makes our Chinese pride go WOOOT. I love the way he raps and I love the way he puts his chinese pride into it too. <3 Jin.

scarletwillow

06-04-2004, 05:46 AM

Hawaii eh? You know the term "FOB" (fresh off the boat) actually originated there? It's a term used to describe tourists.

Anyways, Aislinn... you actually know Jin? Haha, that's really cool! Glad to hear he's a nice guy. At least Jin doesn't rap pure shit like most rappers anyways... as long as he blends some Chinese history in there, it's all good.

Vunsin... moo! William Hung shouldn't make you feel ashamed! Even though all the hype surrounding him screams out racism, just remember that hell, he's got the record deal, the other American Idol losers don't :P

vunsin

06-04-2004, 06:58 AM

He's got the record deal so America could laugh at him. Make that the whole world. It's like how extremely ugly people and dwarves get hired by the circus.

scarletwillow

06-04-2004, 08:35 AM

Even our Chinese "idiots" are at least smart enough to become engineers ^_~
Or whatever he's studying for :P

aznbballer

06-04-2004, 09:08 AM

jin's the next big thing! he got wall of fame in freestyle fridai! my favourite one was wen he sung a line in canto at the end of his song! that was week 7! i think "learn chinese" mv clip rules! its pretty funny. i guess my favourite song of jin was peel off

JiE_LuN'z_BabE

06-05-2004, 02:39 AM

Even our Chinese "idiots" are at least smart enough to become engineers ^_~
Or whatever he's studying for :P

William seriously rocks. I salute to him. He has the courage to not care about what people will react and is confident in saying his opinion. He's a true Chinese. xD I respect people like that. People who can only diss him is NOT worthy of respect.

Anyways, this thread is about Jin isn't it. LOL. Where can I d/l his songs? :crazy:

vunsin

06-05-2004, 05:33 AM

William seriously rocks. I salute to him. He has the courage to not care about what people will react and is confident in saying his opinion. He's a true Chinese. xD I respect people like that. People who can only diss him is NOT worthy of respect.
Sorry if you feel that way, but nobody's dissing William the person. We just don't like how he's being used as a joke. Make that a racist joke.

Seriously, obese people could have the courage not to care about people's reactions too and parade around in bikinis. So why do people laugh at them behind their backs?

wontoanchick

06-06-2004, 06:58 AM

ohh u know what?! i think saw jin at the mall i work at, lakewood mall. he bough some food at this chicken place! he got a tatoo on his neck right? like a chinese symbol?! cause if that not him..man..then some guy really look like him. he was kinda skinny outside..hehe he look chubby in his picture. but anyway, i like jin, it always good to see an asian rapper out there who representing..go jin..woot woot..hehe

JiE_LuN'z_BabE

06-09-2004, 07:46 AM

Sorry if you feel that way, but nobody's dissing William the person. We just don't like how he's being used as a joke. Make that a racist joke.

Seriously, obese people could have the courage not to care about people's reactions too and parade around in bikinis. So why do people laugh at them behind their backs?

Yeah. That's true. But I think William's fine with it and most of us respect him for what he's doing. Oh well. Think of him as an innocent comedian. :bleh:

aznbballer

06-29-2004, 03:26 PM

hey guyz jin is releasing a album on the 20th of august! finally! itz called "the rest is history" for more info go to http://www.jinsite.com. it has lots of info on him

vunsin

06-29-2004, 08:01 PM

Thanks for the info! Let's hope the album will do well. :) I can't wait! :excited: Have any of the songs been released as singles before?

aznbballer

06-30-2004, 03:32 AM

i think only "learn chinese" is about to be released as a single. itz doing well in australia, and his cuming for a gig in the first week of july. any aussi fanz interested just PM me and i'll try get the dates for it. i no that it'll be at the ukranian hall in essendon for melbourne on the 10th of july

tearstained7987

06-30-2004, 03:58 PM

this guy reminds me of kast XL. Kast XL has a realli good song called reverse rascist. ever heard of him?

-amie

zhy378

06-30-2004, 05:34 PM

oh, they mentioned him in ym magazine ( issue august04, pg 98)here's what it said:
Got his start: At 14. "If I asked a girl out and she totally denied me, I'd write a rhyme," says Jin.
Big Break:He made it into the Freestyle Friday Hall of Fame on BET. Before he'd even won his seventh match, the Ruff Rydyders had signed him.
His Mission: "At hip-hop shows performers always yell, 'Where my black people? Where my Latinos?' I never got to scream," JIn says. " I want to bring my Chinese culture to the table."
:wink2:
and it say that his cd comes out august 24, so i guess the date changed.

blue starlight

06-30-2004, 06:35 PM

my friend told me about him last summer. i like his song asian girls and i don't know. he does a lot of remix's (what ever you call them) of songs by other artists. like the asian girls song's from jay z's girls, girls, girls song and then there was one of cameron's hey ma (i liked that one). i have the site to his mv of I gotta Love ft. Kayne West. i'll post it up if anyone wants it. His cd's supposingly comming out in Aug (same as Jay's!) but it was suppose to be out a long time ago.

SimpleBlackHumor89

07-14-2004, 11:05 PM

i like jin.. but i dont think ' learn chinese' is a good song.. it's great that he's reppin chinese american rapppers... i heard he's really good at freestylin.. i've never heard of him on the radio.. just online.. so i guess he's not gettin much attention...

aznbballer

07-29-2004, 09:28 AM

jin cam to australia! he was on t.v and was interviewd and he did sum freestylin with a guy from "AustralianIdol."

iphei

08-10-2004, 09:20 PM

tvbaddict

08-11-2004, 08:50 PM

yah his chinese is off, maybe cuz he speaks more of english than chinese

Pugwash

08-11-2004, 08:54 PM

Whoever quoted his lyrics about how we should ride the trains free 'cause we built them, well, that's only true for the West Coast. The East rails were built by the Irish and Civil War Veterans. Just a point.

I personally don't like him much because he doesn't represent the majority of the Chinese-Americans here. And plus, the first thing I noticed was that his Canto sounded off. [ shrug ], just an obvservation.

He's an ABC, what do you expect? :) If I went to HK, my canto would sound HORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLY bad compared to 99% of the population there. But hey, I'm kind of surprised he actually knows Chinese.

vunsin

08-12-2004, 01:32 AM

I personally don't like him much because he doesn't represent the majority of the Chinese-Americans here. And plus, the first thing I noticed was that his Canto sounded off. [ shrug ], just an obvservation.
So who do you think could "represent" Chinese Americans? :? What kind of Chinese American would be the "typical" Chinese American? :? It's not like you could just take one person and say, okay, this person represents Chinese Americans because all Chinese Americans walk, talk, and act like this one person. You know, there are differences in culture among Chinese Americans. If you're a first generation Chinese American, your culture would be different from a third generation Chinese American. I'm AMAZED he even speaks Chinese.

iphei

08-12-2004, 02:42 AM

scarletwillow

08-14-2004, 06:10 AM

Okay okay, good point, there's so many ABCs here that don't even want to learn or speak Chinese at all. It shocked me when I first realized that most households DON'T speak Chinese at home.

I guess you guys are right again in that I don't have a clue what a "typical" ABC would be like. I mean, just depending on where you live you'd be completely diff (like East / West Coast)

We call 'em people twinkies ^_~
I'll tell ya though, the typical ABC really does differ depending on what portion of China they come from. Without going into too much detail and risking some backlash, it basically determines their intelligence as well, because of their upbringing.

pinkcherries051

08-16-2004, 07:37 AM

hmmm....this is interestin...well i'm an abc (born in WI) nd i speak decent chinese (can understand/talk), but don't really know how to read nd write. Lots of muh abc friends don't even know how to speak a word of chinese! Some don't even have chinese names! I was like whoa...and one time I went to a chinese/jap/korean restaurant nd mah mom was like (in chinese) how much is this blah blah nd the lady (prolly abc) looked at her for a second nd then said sorry i don't speak/know chinese. After that I thought if she doesn't speak chinese or know chinese...how did she know my mom was speakin chinese in the first place? sheesh....

-ok so about jin....haha look at this....i dunno if it was already posted but o well....he was in the battle thing w/ someone nd he knew they'd say sumthin bout his chinese background...so he came up w/ this: yeah i'm chinese/now you'll understand it/ i'm the reason your little sis's eyes are slanted/ if you make one more joke about chinese food or karate/ the NYPD will be searchin chinatown for your body! Haha thats good....yah so he defnitely has asian pride....i hope he makes it big! ^_^

zhy378

11-04-2004, 07:59 AM

hmm.. his cd is already out right not but yet i havent heard much about him since his release of his single,learn chinese.
though searchin around, found a nice article on him.hehe. it talks about him, lil bit on the shootin incident, more when he was young helpin out the family's business, and his opinion on william hung(which i so agree.lol :shifty: ) here's the link:
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/hey/story/0,4136,75491,00.html
i cant believe that his dad made him smash all his like 300 cds he had with a hammer when he was 15. oh well i guess that what happen when u got anti-rap parents.lol. :whistle:

xinerz

11-04-2004, 09:02 PM

chinese-american rapper?? does anyone have links *besides the one on the first page* to any songs that he has sung?? i can't seem to find anything on the link provided in the beginning... =\

SimpleBlackHumor89

11-05-2004, 01:07 AM

he's really not that popular, i mean i dont hear his songs on the radio at all, i havent see his CD in stores, the only time i hear about Jin is at JCNET...... and his song "learn chinese" it was rather liek what?? and it probably only attracted chinese fans.

does anyone have any updates on him/?

Alias

11-05-2004, 01:47 AM

mhmmm i listened to a couple of his songs....

and mhmm....... i dunno about him aye.... still not convinced if i like him or not.
but i like it how he adds a bit of chinese into his songs..... kinda keeping his root... i guess.

d'saint

11-05-2004, 06:37 AM

his mv is being shown here.. the song is ok.. nothing really special or something.. but i personally prefer the style of rapping like jay does.. der dis big difference between jay's and other artist like edison chen's styles..

zhy378

11-06-2004, 12:51 AM

i wish i got updates on hime but i got none, though isnt he on a tour right now or something?
hmm.. i heard that his freestyling rap is better than the ones he had recorded in the studio.

LPx31

11-06-2004, 01:57 AM

The only song I like from Jin is Learn Chinese. Other than that, he sounds any other rappers out there. Sorry to any Jin fans, but he doesn't have his own style.

SimpleBlackHumor89

11-06-2004, 02:17 AM

i agree, and plus the song "learn chinese" . i mean it would be a little offensive to other nationalies, i mean for example, a non-chinese person listenin to the song would be thinking " wtf, learn chinese?"

but i agree, jin hasnt established his style or trademark.

pinkcherries051

11-06-2004, 04:19 AM

lol "wtf, learn chinese?" lol thats funny....idk the only song i've heard is learn chinese lol so idk what his other songs sound like...but idk i guess its good to get diff nationality rappers/singers in the states. Like, Utaru i think her name is, jap singer...yeah she was mentioned on teen people about a rising star in the states? like, i think its soo cool whenever i see some diff nationality singer whos gettin it big...idk lol

quadshock

12-31-2004, 08:19 AM

like i said before, the album songs were not enough. If he can freestyle, but can't write a song if his life depended on it, then might as well freestyle the album songs

twink0star

01-01-2005, 05:04 PM

Jin is the utlimate chinese rapper ! probably the only good ones (that raps in english) the way he adds the cantonese in his song Learn Chinese pimps lol

Lizzy

01-05-2005, 08:12 PM

i think jin is kinda cool.
i hve only heard "learn chinese"i think its kinda funny in a way not sure y.
it was played on the radio station.
now i need to try find his cd which is i think hard to find in South Africa
all i can say is come on every1 support our fellow Asian Jin its a miracle he made a name for himself in America.Go Jin GO!!hehe

puukiness

01-05-2005, 09:48 PM

oh i saw him on BET!!! and he was rapping it was pretty cool!@!

jielunfan4ever

01-05-2005, 10:35 PM

Yah Jin pretty cool, but his music isn't really my style...the song "learn chinese" is a little too much for me..haa

pyre

01-11-2005, 02:51 AM

I listened to his song Learn Chinese a few months back. It had a prtty good beat, but I was told that the girls were not singing in chinese at all!

I read the lyrics to his song Love Story and they were so sad. I can't believe that it happened to him!

zhy378

01-12-2005, 10:23 AM

yeahh i got his cd....aww i really like senorita...its got such a cool...idk beat? its pretty good

kool, i still needa get his cd, but yea i finally heard "Senorita" it was pretty good compared to "learn chinese". weird, sounds like eminem, lol. :shifty:
here's a clip of it link:
http://www.grooveasia.com/radio/?x=sample&p=6

coolieteen

02-19-2005, 12:36 AM

Yup Yup Jin got a role on 2 Fast 2 Furious which is the place I saw him from. I've got his MV and MP3 of his song "Learn Chinese" Which is kol coz it llike has some chinese in it. I like Jin. He's a really kol singer.

ftlouiea

02-19-2005, 11:15 AM

:laughing: Thankes coolieteen for bumping this thread up! Hadn't seen this before.

Lol Jin is one great freestyle rapper, probably the newest talent out there! Hmm, even though I'm not really into this kind of American freestyle Hip-hop stuff, it just cracks me up how he manages to blend in some Canto slang into his songs, especially in "Learn Chinese", the only song I've heard so far!

Recently, he won US$50k for winning a freestyle battle! And a sleek car. And just for the record, this past week, he's performed in Amsterdam, Stockholm and at The Coronet, London (18/02/05) and also.

vunsin

02-20-2005, 08:41 AM

coolieteen: Where did you get his Learn Chinese MV?

I want to get his album, but I'm too broke!

zhy378

12-15-2005, 06:51 PM

ever since my professor showed the freestyle fridays with Jin in it, well now im back listenin to his music.
he got a new cd out now. before i think he said he quit, but i guess he's back.
here's his myspace: www.myspace.com/jintheemcee
i love the song he's in "sosick" by ne-yo feat jin
tho theres a music video, he and this japanese rapper, a part where he rap in cantonese and the other guy rap in japanese.
"yo yo ma" -sphere of influence feat jin
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=y0CbigXT5Eg
:happy:

chineseguyjl

12-16-2005, 08:49 AM

HELL YES, I'm ALL ABOUT JIN, and RUFF RYDERS as you can see my display pic. Favorite chinese rapper. Personally i think hes freakin great.

P.S. if anyone wants to hear the complete CD of either "The Rest Is History" or his new cd (that i got in 2 months advance from the label) "The Emcee Presents the Propaganda". Just PM me and i'll upload it to the download section.

elisabeth143

12-30-2005, 08:54 PM

Jin in my opinon is one of the greatest freestyle rappers out there. I mean when he battles others, no one can touch him. Thats how good he is!! His new cd is just awesome and the positive message behind it is just something you don't hear in US rap. I've been a fan of Jin for a while and I just can't get enough of him... :)

junnleenfaah

12-30-2005, 11:11 PM

fujiya_ma

01-10-2006, 04:28 PM

his rapping is pretty gooooood .. i like the song "learn chinese" ..

pianochic250

01-11-2006, 03:34 AM

hahaha jin is so pimp. but it was funny because i remember the first time i saw learn chinese like 3 years ago i think, or whenever it came out, anyways, i was watching it and my mom came and she was like why do you always listen to rap and stuff? it's like not even singing. they are like mubbling etc. and then she walks to the tv and nearly had a heartatache she was all OMG? is he CHINESE? woah! i didn't even know chinese ppl could be soo good at rapping. HAHAHA my mom said that. lmao.

i have a question tho, leehom and a jin in his gaishi yingxiong song, is that the same jin? the jin in his song could rap pretty well too in english

Singerchick

01-11-2006, 03:48 AM

HAHa, Jin's freestyle fridays were so funny. He's really one talented freestylst. Too bad he couldn't make it big. :(

He's the EMCEE now right?

Pianochic: yup they are the same jins.

quadshock

01-11-2006, 04:56 AM

Singerchick why are you in every thread I enter? O_O

that japanese/chinese rap collaboration was pretty cool, but the last part was the only reason to listen to it; the rest is just too typical.

Jin... made a big mistake signing onto RR. If his second album were his first he'd have a lot more attention by now

PingPong700

01-11-2006, 05:03 AM

quadshock

01-11-2006, 08:16 AM

Boo =// I don't really like Jin...seems kinda fake to me. ...I dunno maybe its just me, I don't like chiggers(that's what you call them right?). He talks about having asian pride, but can he even speak canto or mandarin fluently? I listened to Learn Chinese, and the cantonese in it doesn't sound natural.
Wait wait...

if he can't speak Cantonese fluently he wouldn't be able to do a 30 second rap in Cantonese written by himself. He has an accent, but pretty much anyone who does not speak Cantonese to their friends at school all the time develop an accent.

However, you do not need to be able to speak the language to have pride. Just because he has a background does not mean he MUST live the lifestyle of native Asians. He is not Asian, and I assume most of us here aren't. We're Asian American, Asian Canadian, whatever.

howie2005

01-11-2006, 08:56 AM

jin is cool! I like how Leehom incorporated him into his new album... Actually I used to listen to Jin alot more when I was in the "rap phase"... where it was all g-unit, dre, Em and Jin

junnleenfaah

01-11-2006, 10:15 AM

jin worked with leehom? wow, i think that may be the greatest news i've heard all day. haha, that's so cool.

quadshock- is his second album really that much better? cuz his first album.. man, i was dissapointed..

singerchick- yeah, he's known as the emcee now. he said his phase as jin is dead now and that he's reached a new phase in his life where he changed his style or something like that.

this is what it says on his website [www.theemcee.com]
In Oct. of 2004, Jin released his debut album on Ruffryders/Virgin records entitled 'The Rest Is History'. Since then, the album has sold upwards of 100,000 copies soley on the strength of Jin's die-hard fanbase. A week before the release, he was in Puerto Rico for the Mixshow Power Summit where he took home 50 grand after defeating the competition in the FightKlub MC Battle. 9 months after the release of his album Jin went into the studio and recorded a joint aptly titled 'I Quit'. In it, Jin rhymes about his disgust with the music industry and how its made him re-evaluate his view of what Hiphop is truly about. Unexpectedly, it created quite a buzz within the Hiphop community. No one knew what was the motivation behind these actions. Jin fans were shocked. When the smoke cleared, all that was left was a 'farewell' to the music industry from the one known as Jin.

Exit: Jin. Enter: The Emcee.

quadshock

01-12-2006, 07:08 AM

Jin's first album was just completely gimmicky, and Jin obviously had no idea how to rap the way RR wanted him to; his lines and the music clashed like two boulders. In his second album everything was basically done his way, and the reulst was much more natural with a more useful message. Still nothing more than a 8/10 in my opinion, but if Eminem's Encore can sell so much, anything can sell.

zhy378

01-12-2006, 08:22 AM

i got his second cd, its okay. tho i wish he got some cantonese rappin in them, like if latinos got some spanish, why not cantonese and/or mandarin with chinese. oh well.

oh yeah, jin got a myspace profile! :rolleyes: www.myspace.com/jintheemcee
not sure about his myspace was mentioned, but yea, i like his pics.:happy:

pianochic250

01-12-2006, 10:21 PM

zhy woah...are you sure that's his real myspace and not some poser?

XueQi

01-13-2006, 03:54 AM

yea he is the first chinese rapper in usa,love his song, he is coming out strong in his second album

junnleenfaah

01-17-2006, 02:45 AM

zhy woah...are you sure that's his real myspace and not some poser?

yeah, that's the real jin. myspace is pretty good at keeping posers out and the real musicians with the real page.

jayluva1

02-08-2006, 12:29 AM

zhy378

01-06-2007, 09:44 AM

been awhile since anyone mentioned jin, almost forgot about him. i just remember him like a week ago checking his myspace profile.

:cry: i missed the days jin's newest cd being sold only on his myspace. i downloaded his album reccently, listening now, i like it. anyone bought his newest cd? :glug:

..i probably gonna wait when he sells it again or release it in stores.

btw, just found out he is gonna have a cantonese album! yay cant wait!

junnleenfaah

01-30-2007, 04:04 AM

has anyone heard his rap blasting at rosie o'donnall? to me.. i guess it was good to be said but then unnecessary at the same time. i do support the fact that he spoke up because i was offended by her comment as well [on The View], but iono if rapping about it was really the way to go. but i dunno, that's his thing. i respect it.

oh yeah, and have yall heard his new canton rap called ABC? it's.. interesting. haha.

chineseguyjl

01-31-2007, 01:43 AM

hey look! JIN! i used to know him... we kinda losted contact... he used to play basketball with me and my sis in broadway park... haha... he sucks at basketball... he was alright... i think about 5 months ago i was on the phone with him... i guess some of you dont believe me... but i do know him... if you dont fine... no prob
ARE YOU SERIOUS!!? thats soo cool. he kinda sucks talking chinese too huh? ...i wanna meet Jin, so i can tell him he won the rap battle against Mistah FAB and oakland was just butthurt..

zhy378

02-22-2007, 05:33 AM

:excited: its out his cantonese album!!!!

i expected it to be ching-lish but not really, its more cantonese than i thought. i recommend, "hiphop", "hk superstar feat daniel wu"(i never knew daniel wu is abc too), "wai wai one bai wai." i think it's cool that theres an album coming from an asian american perspective, it shows that while in america we're chinese but to asia, we're american.

check out the music video on youtube for "ABC"click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNbl5ZTBZE)

and if anyone want to download it, i might upload it, dunno, pm me if you want.:wink2:

ghettosushi713

04-20-2007, 06:20 PM

JIN IS MY LIFE!!! dude ive gotten a comment back from him on my myspace!!!
anyways he's a REALLY talented rapper

nd yea i HATE when people call him a "chigga" too
thanks so much for this thread =)

"you sittin on 22 inch rims but ur gas tanks all empty" something like that i LUV that line lol

littlefishie

04-20-2007, 07:49 PM

He's going to be performing at MIT at this show sponsored by one of the Asian cultural clubs this Sunday!!!!

So if you're in the Boston area, shoot me a PM, and I might be able to get you a ticket.

ghettosushi713

04-20-2007, 08:00 PM

He's going to be performing at MIT at this show sponsored by one of the Asian cultural clubs this Sunday!!!!
So if you're in the Boston area, shoot me a PM, and I might be able to get you a ticket.
texas sucks
i wna move to boston now ='(:cry:

Akira

01-09-2008, 02:08 AM

Jin is the man
WOn like 6-7 battles in BET
with lines like
'U wanna say I'm chinese sonny heres a remida, check ur tims they probably say made in China'
ABC is really good
I like Yum Dom cha

chineseguyjl

01-09-2008, 06:36 AM

isnt he in china right now? with an album produced in china? right after the freestyle battle against mistah fab.

Sweet Neko

01-09-2008, 08:19 AM

I remember that jin was on the radio programme "ka la o babe" in hogn kong about a month ago. I was really surprised... i never knew it was him that did the rap in heroes of the earth! i hope he releases a album in hong kong soon.

if he does do a cantonese album, i hope that he collaborates with Fama~~ should sound good X)