UPT is working on their next album

Just a lil studio session with UPT working on their next album.... trying to get that singing part right.

UPT - Baby Baby

UPT - De Free

UPT has repackaged their 6th album New Era, and then added a twist on it renamed it De Free. WTF?!! LOL... Anyways, Baby Baby is their latest follow up single. Its a club-banger type song. It's a quite decent cut and it sounds waaaaaay better than their last hit: 흑기사 (Black Knight). The girls featured in this song aren't that bad either. Their names are Chrispy and Brownie. What cute names! I wonder if we will see or ever hear from them again?

In a recent article about UPT written in The Korean Herald on June 04, 2009, Chan was quoted in saying: "You never know who's going to be the next for Uptown because the group's so random."

HalfKorean.com interviews Carlos Galvan

Carlos - Still Standin

David Lee Sanders from HalfKorean.com did an interview with Carlos Galvan, who is Half-Korean and Half-Mexican, on February 05, 2009. In the interview, Carlos talked about his experiences in the Korean music industry and about being a hip hop pioneer in Korea with his former group Uptown. He said in the interview that he brought in Tasha and Steve to the group and came up with the name "Uptown" for the group. He said he does not keep in touch and does not want to do anything with his former group members, especially Chris and Steve whom he called "shady". He also talked about his new solo album, Still Standin.

U R My Girl is Carlos Galvan's first single from his Still Standin album. Its a pretty cool cut. It also has a very familiar Uptown flavor to it. Here's a promo video for U R My Girl.



Carlos Galvan has a myspace at: www.myspace.com/carlosizsolrac

UPT - 흑기사 (Black Knight)

UPT - New Era

UPT or Uptown is a Korean R&B/rap group that T used to be a part of. UPT was popular in Korea during the late 90's when Korean hip hop was starting to blow up. The group's lineup had many changes over the years. The only remaining and original member of UPT is Jung and he is joined by 3 new members: Maniac, Swings and Chan, a prominent Asian-American rapper formerly known as "Snacky Chan". UPT has just released their 6th and newest album called New Era. Their other albums are Represent (1995), Represented...Now Believe (1997), Chapter 3 in History (1998), Verbal Medication (1999), and Testimony (2006).

흑기사 or "Black Knight" in English is a song from UPT's latest album New Era. It is a song about the "black knight saving the damsel in distress". This song is for hope during the current economic crisis in Korea. Its a decent song but I would never have imagined Chan rapping in Korean. His music with UPT just sounds so different compared to his old music.