Vietrap: Vietnamese Rap & Hip Hop | Bodega Pop 11

Just reupped the 21-track Bodega Pop exclusive album here.


Listen to "Chi Pheo"


Listen to "Hello Moto"


Listen to "Hai Vi Sao"


Listen to "Ca Va Luoi Bieng"


Listen to "Oi Nguoi Dep"

In the middle of a pleasant if innocuous conversation with the woman behind the counter of the cavernous Vietnamese media store on Argyle Street right off the Red Line in Chicago, I suddenly remembered to ask, "Oh, um, do you have any Vietnamese rap music?"

Her brow furrowed. "Have you heard any Vietnamese rap music?" she asked. I couldn't quite get the hidden meaning here, which I assumed was either: (a) because it doesn't exist, you poor delusionally optimistic white liberal type person; or (b) because I think it's going to induce projectile vomiting in you.

It turned out she meant (b) and just assumed that I would hate what the Vietnamese--Vietnamese-Americans, I believe--are doing with the genre.

Wrong.

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TRACK LIST

Chi Pheo | Mr.Dee & The Bells

Hello Moto | Tien Dat   

Hai Vi Sao | May Trang  

Ca Va Luoi Bieng | F5                     

Du Lich Cung Toi | Mr.Dee & The Bells                                     

Tinh Khong Phai | F 5                                     

Love Music | Mr.Dee & The Bells                                             

Huynh De Tuong Tan | Tien Dat                  

Cha Vang Nang | Tan Quoc                                         

Con Gai | Tien Dat                          

Giao Thong | Mr.Dee & The Bells                                             

Hoc Tro | Unknown                                       

Oi Nguoi Dep | Mr.Dee & The Bells                                         

Tet Viet Nam | Cao Dang Hieu                                   

Ghe Khung | Phong Le                 

Trong Com | 5 Dong Ke                                

Vui Len Ban Oi | Tien Dat                                             

Mai Mai Ben Em | Phong Bot                                     

Mot Ngay Khong Co Em | Vpop

Mr. Viet Rapper | Phong Le

Trong Com 2 | Mr.Dee & The Bells