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萬有引力/ GRAVITATIONAL PULL. PLANET ASIA INTERVIEW

August 31, 2018 By SPITZ Leave a Comment

Planet Asia wears : denim cape by Cinzia Simone @cinzia_simone_, sweatshirt by XUS @xus__, necklace by Wasteland @shopwasteland
Planet Asia 穿著：Cinzia Simone @cinzia_simone_ 牛仔披風, XUS @xus__ 衛衣, Wasteland @shopwasteland 頸鍊

Special thanks to Planet Asia @planetasiamedallions and the photo crew in LA for the extra mile effort!
特別感謝Planet Asia @planetasiamedallions和洛杉磯的攝影組成員們！

訪問/ Interview : Jordan C. @jordan_commandeur
攝影/ Photographer : Derrick D. Bracks @eyenavigate
造型（外景）/ Fashion Stylist (On Location) : Oretta Corbelli @orettac
造型（影樓）/ Fashion Stylist (Studio) : Landra Dulin @concretechic
化妝/ Makeup Artist : Elena Bracks @elenakhlo
模特/ Model : Bianca Wiles @bianca.wiles
翻譯/ Translate : Jose Chu

Planet Asia should need no introduction…but he certainly deserves one. With 2018 marking the twenty year anniversary of his self-titled debut EP, it’s the perfect time to look back on his body of work and appreciate just how integral he has been in keeping hardcore Hip-Hop alive through the trap years. King Medallions and his Gold Chain Military have managed to carry on tradition, while moving the culture forward at the same time. That’s no easy task!

PA’s 2017 collab with Apollo Brown, Anchovies, is considered a classic by heads worldwide, but only his stalwart supporters know that he dropped a mixtape on his born day last year titled Dirty Planet with DirtyDiggs and it was just as banging. In 2018 the Fresno emcee has already graced ears with two more high grade projects, The Golden Buddha and Mansa Musa. However, the GCM general is never one to rest on his laurels and has more in store before the year is out, including a second helping from the Mansa Musa sessions titled The Lost and Found Treasures of Mansa Musa! We got a chance to politic with one of this generation’s greatest warrior poets, and below is what transpired.

Planet Asia應該不用多介紹了…但當然他得值得被介紹。2018年是他首張EP的二十週年紀念日，這是個回顧他的作品的最佳時機，並欣賞他這麼多年一直在Hip Hop方面不可或缺的努力。 King Medallions和他的Gold Chain Military成功地繼承了傳統，同時推動了文化的發展。這不是一件容易的事！

2017年PA和Apollo Brown, Anchovies的合作被世界各地的人們認為是經典之作。但只有他最忠實的支持者才知道他去年生日時發放了一個名為Dirty Planet with DirtyDiggs的混音帶吧！2018年的時候，Fresno emcee已經有了兩個更高級的項目 – The Golden Buddha 和 Mansa Musa。然而GCM永遠對自已的成就不滿足，並且將會有更多的「儲貨」在年底推出，包括第二次幫助 Mansa Musa的he Lost and Found Treasures of Mansa Musa！我們有機會訪問這代最偉大的「戰土詩人」，下面是當日發生的事情：

Filed Under: Hip Hop, MAGAZINE, MAIN ARTICLE, Music, TOP_BANNER Tagged With: Cinzia Simone, Gold Chain Military, Hip Hop, interview, music, Parasuco, Pete Rock, Planet Asia, Planet Rock, Rozewood, The Golden Buddha, The Walk In Closet, Wasteland, XUS, XUS Parasuco

醉/DDITC. DIRTYDIGGS INTERVIEW

July 23, 2018 By SPITZ Leave a Comment

訪問/ Interview : Jordan C.
攝影/ Photos : DirtyDiggs & Luck E Shot
翻譯/ Translation : Jose Chu

Planet Asia和他的團隊Gold Chain Military 現在正處於一個階段是,他們可以找任何一個他們喜歡的製作人去造一個節奏…甚至一整個專輯。我的意思是,Durag Dynasty有一個由The Alchemist製作的項目,並有傳言指早前Pete Rock製作了一個完整的Medallions專輯。重點是,他們的內部團隊Dirty Diggs已經逐漸能媲美90年代的偉人們。這兩個來自菲律賓的兄弟JR和Noy One,正如他們的名字一樣,不要怕讓他們手中的塵土飛揚。他們翻轉爵士樂和靈魂循環的方式並不是不能學習的。

在過去九年,DD已經從生產幾首歌予Gold Chain的項目轉變成可以在全整專輯中與不同的主持合作。他們與Agallah合作的專輯“Flight of the Cranes”是一部沉睡中的經典作品。最近SPITGAN有機會和這些兄弟姊妹們見面,了解一下這核心中的歷史。

<< 中文譯本在英文之後 / Chinese continues after English below. >>

Planet Asia and his clique Gold Chain Military are on that level where they can reach out to any producer in the game for a beat…or a whole album, for that matter. I mean, come on, Durag Dynasty had a whole project produced by The Alchemist, and there has been rumors of a full Medallions album conducted by Pete Rock for a while now. But here’s the thing, their in-house production team, DirtyDiggs, have gradually become just as in-demand as any of the ‘90s greats. These two Filipino brothers, JR and Noy One, are not afraid to get their hands dusty, as their name suggests. And the way they flip jazz and soul loops is not something that can be taught.

Within the last 9 years, DD have transitioned from producing a couple songs on any given Gold Chain project, to partnering with a multitude of emcees for full albums. Their CD with Agallah, Flight of the Cranes, is a slept-on classic and last year’s Dirty Planet with Planet Asia was easily as ill as Anchovies, his acclaimed collabo with Apollo Brown. SPITGAN recently got a chance to chop it up with these sampling siblings and dig a little into their history behind the boards.

SPITGAN: What were yall doing before you got down with Planet Asia and GCM?
Noy One: We were making beats for about five years before we met them. We were releasing mostly instrumentals.
JR: Yeah, we did a couple songs with other people. We did a song with Percee P and we did a song with Roc C. Thta’s about it before we met Planet Asia and them.

SG: How did those collabs come about?
JR: I just hit ‘em up through Twitter…or whatever it was. Maybe 2010-ish.
NO: Might have been Myspace actually.