Bambu – Slow Down feat. Prometheus Brown (Geologic from Blue Scholars) MV

Bambu - ...paper cuts...

Bambu has just released a new music video for Slow Down off his new EP ...paper cuts.... This track features Prometheus Brown who is also known as Geologic from the Seattle hip hop duo Blue Scholars. This song is real heavy!! Even though the song is called Slow Down, both Bambu and Geologic rap really fast in this one. And the MV is dope!! It features display of Filipino martial arts such as Eskrima or Filipino style stick-fighting. Definitely, check this one out.

Bambu on Built From Skratch

Bambu is featured on Built From Skratch. Bambu talks about his latest album ...exact change... and his single Crooks & Rooks. He also said that he will do some mini albums in 2009 and 2010 and would release one last full-length album.

Bambu - When Will The Time Come

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Bambu has released a song about the current Israeli-Gaza conflict called When Will The Time Come. The sample of this song comes from the late Chris Iijima, who was an early Asian-American activist and song writer in the 60's and 70's. This song will be on a album mixtape for a documentary film called A Song For Ourselves which is dedicated to Chris Ijima and his life's work.

Bambu - Crooks & Rooks

What's good folks? I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays!! Hope you guys spend time good quality time with your loved ones. It has been a crazy year; let us all hope a better 2009.



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Filipino rapper Bambu has just released his Crooks & Rooks music video for the holiday season. This song is about giving a positive message to the youth. This song rocks! Crooks & Rooks can be found on Bambu's ...Exact Change... album.

Bambu: Artist of the Week on HHO

Bambu - ...Exact Change...

Congratulations to Filipino rapper, Bambu for being featured as the Artist of the Week on Hip Hip Official on November 05, 2008!

Bambu grew up in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California and he was invovled in "gang-banging" around the early 90s. Gang-banging lead him to a prison sentence for armed robbery. After Bambu got out of jail, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and after he got out, he decided to persue rapping. Bambu became part of a an Asian American rap group known as Native Guns which also included Kiwi and DJ Phatrick. In the inteview Bambu talks about his new solo album called ...Exact Change.... released on September, 11 2008, which is about making a specific change about the current system that is not working for Americans. Bambu also mentions about the youth and student group he is a part of called Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB) or Pro-People Youth which aims to educate the youth about socio-economic issues in the United States, The Phillipines and the rest of the world.