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
So much fun. Thanks.
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