“East Meets Dirty South” was the theme of the press conference held earlier today at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, appropriately moderated by Miss Info, a Korean American journalist who, ironically, specializes in black pop culture, with stints at BET, The Source, Vibe and Hot 97.
Lil Jon also made an appearance at the event, representing- no pun intended – the black music community. Although it was too early in the morning for Lil Jon to appear sans iridescent sunglasses, he was there in support of his protege Min. In fact, at 10 a.m. even maintaining fresh dialogue proved difficult for Lil Jon, who continued to fall back on this oh-so politically correct standby, “It don’t matter who you are, I always feel that music transcends any ethnic barriers, no matter who you are or where you come from. If you got good music, people don’t care, they just want to hear good music and good songs.”
J Lim’s and G Soul’s respective “mentors,” Big Boi and R. Kelly were not in attendance and with the underage Min and Wonder Girls, the latter party’s absence was a relief.Regardless, the head gorilla JYP did all the talking, inflating his ego at every possible juncture.
First there was his statement of intent for worldwide domination, or the musical equivalent, “My dream is to make this tour into an Asian music festival down the line.”
“I’m not going to stop this tour, and I hope this tour starts among Asian Americans and spreads to general Americans who cares about real good music” Now, I don’t know what “general” Americans are but this festival business sounds downright scary.Not to mention the gross overestimation of his status.
“Right now for this show and a couple of shows, I’ll be the main engine of the show because I’m the only established artist.” The only established artist according to whom, the legions of fans scarred by the sight JYP in skin tight red velvet pants?
However, JYP’s lack of microphone etiquette was for good reason. When the artists were presented with the opportunity to verbally fend for themselves, J Lim remained mute, a nervous G Soul fumbled, and the English inept Wondergirls were tongue tied. Hopes were high for Min, the best English speaker of the group, however her confession to a predilection for “partying,” served only to anger the alpha male, JYP.
With a quiet press room comprised of indifferent Korean ajusshi journalists, Wondergirl hungry photographers, and a scant few Japanese ajumma fans in VIP seats, the festivities came to a close before lunchtime, but not before a random special appearance by the alumni members of the Harlem Boys Choir, whom the ever philanthropic JYP donated $10,000 to.
Stay tuned for POPSEOUL!’s “tough” Q-A session with the JYP Troop and behind the scenes coverage and the sel-ca stylings of G Soul, Min and Wondergirls’ Sun Me.
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freaking post it already, popseoul!geezus!
First! JYP is crazy ug…
ooppsss… not first
If lil jon’s statement holds true:
“It don’t matter who you are, I always feel that music transcends any ethnic barriers, ….”
whey does JYP feel the need to label his music “black”?
anyway, eagerly awaiting your next segment! (and the lighter green looks much better)
…uh ahhaha
who cares if she parties deng
None of them seem very confident except for the gorilla.
hey,,,HUGE RELIEF popseoul hasn’t turned into JYP’s power-tool du jour!
a very fruity too (tho you know what else skilled dancers are good at!!)
alpha male?
i agree with you Asia, none of them seem confident… this could be a problem
if they don’t make it… ohhh i’d be incredibly embarassed.
Wow Popseoul is going off. At first I though she was being a fan from that last post but anyway yeah JYP is soooo annoying. If they do fail it’ll be because of his dumbass.
wots with all the tan?? sorry never got the appeal of that. obviously, class acts all the way.
this lack of press conference skills is a worry. how on earth are they expecting to survive the paparazzis? and lol at JYP’s overestimation of himself. i don’t think most asian americans even know who he is.
^ all they need is to see him w/ plastic pants. that’s an unforgettable image.
JYP should enroll them into a few public speaking classes.
What the heck is Min wearing?
Can we be a little more reasonable here and not so hostile?
why are people such haters?
uhhh…. JYP is so weird…
no offense, but lil jon looks like he just wants to get some booty from min and j-lim.
from reading the post, i imagine it must’ve been awkward for them, esp. since wondergirls don’t even speak english and they’re all different genre of music…kinda strange for them to all be in the same room with nothing in common other than thier master JYP
lol kinda fake if you ask me
JYP’s dream most likely won’t happen
messed up .. seriously… JYp.. should just go home.. and never come out again.
hahahaha!! popseoul take your time posting this article.. let your haters squeel… suspense! TAN TAN TAN…
“I’m the only established artist among us”…In Korea maybe, but in the US nobody knows squat about you monkey man…
loool!!! Lil John already trying to cast J-lim in one of his “movies”… look at him checking her boobs…tssk tsk
… it looks like everybody was scarred out of their mind… Wondergirls probably thought they were susposed to perform “tell me” and got all confused when nobody asked…
J-lim..WTF?? I thought she was fluent?? lol at Min being a party animal…hmm duh, have you seen who she hangs out with?? And G-soul.. Sorry but hmmm NO!
and this is all coming from a fan… this is all out of love…
ahhh, note on political correctness. I wouldn’t say that Lil Jon is a representation of Black American music. He represents American hip hop and rap music (and bad hiphop/rap at that). There are many African-American people who aren’t in the spotlight who DON’T do this type of music and to say that Lil Jon represents them is…wrong.
btw this was the best post i’ve read all week….
..that was.. a bit long. -ahem-
what a lovely banner! for once there is Yunho <3 and HaHa
everyone is wearing dark clothing except for YEH~
omg. i think i barf a little in my mouth.
he is such an idiot… ugh! i hate that concieted bastard… =/
and the little girl… really, what a slutty 15 years old. =/
jyp is acting more and more like his older twin brother
http://news.filefront.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/hair_1.jpg
did i just read “underage” and “R kelly” in the same sentence. poor min!!
so the gist of this article is… we have a porn director (lil jon) and underage sexual predator(R kelly) and min likes to party with them…ouch!
i guess this is jyp’s mission to liberalize sex in korea
isn’t yoobin fluent?
G-soul’s name is so corny… what does it even mean?
None of them will make it, cuz they lack confidence. How do you wanna make it if you can’t even talk to a few people?
Wondergirls might just have more star power than them, and thats a shame cuZ J-lim is really talented…
Lol arrogant monkey…
Honestly I don’t think the thing that is holding JYP and them back is their being Asian but the fact that Asians are so used to just dealing with other Asians some have a hard time accepting the fact that other people exist in the world…i.e the fact that everyone here can see that Lil Jon is black so why keep mentioning it…anyway yeah I hope Asians begin to open up more to the rest of the world and not just white people because a lot of other people like their music and etc…so yeah the need to get over themselves.
Anyway…JYP is doing it big.
o…..kay…back to se7en: the only one who has potential to ACTUALLY make it in the states…
i agree with aaaack.
post it already!
also, this is embarrassing. jyp is not representative of good korean music at all… he’s so gross. ugh. what an embarrassment.
I’m just wondering.. how many people here are offended by the term “Black music” ? I can see why it’s politically incorrect.. but what other term can you use?
Yeah and I’m also wondering if this was only opened to Korean media. Most likely it is..
I’m also curious how JYP’s boyband is doing. I think a couple of them are Asian-Americans..
why have many mics when JYP is the only one talking..?
i hope you girls got vids!
i cant wait to see more of the gorrilla! ^^
you can use the term music, all mainstream music is black…rock, pop, all of it, listen to some music from the 50’s on and the vast majority of artist credit black music as starting other genres..i.e. the rolling stones, pink floyd, jtimberlake, nelly furtado and so on….and wondergirls are pop that son sounds not only like 2 of hearts but like madonna “lucky star” and she gies credit to black music always.
i hope they do bring their racist ideals with them so the media can eat them up, here everything you say is recorded and if any of them are not doing this out of true love for music they will die off very fast.
The only place vids are really played any more is bet (black entertainmetn network) so if jyp does keep it up and it does offend people he will have no where to turn( good luck with clear channel radio)
2 words
milli vanilli
they can practice hours and hours and have computer autotune technogy to sound like somewhat fluent english speaking but…
when american network reporters start asking them questions and they have to speak english on the spot… their konglish/engrish will comeout and they will never be taken seriously. if you cant express yourself of how you feel, what good is it. americans want whats “real”.
they will be a joke.
wheres william hung at??
mm. what was the point of this post again
Brag while you can JYP
enough on JYP…blah blah blah…please post some interesting news. honestly…do you think min and g-soul will make it? not me…they need more vocal training…but to me g-soul down right sucks. needs a lot of vocal training.
I agree, se7venfan
I bet that press room was quiet. For all his bragging, JYP is not well known stateside.
Oh, and Lil John only represents HIMSELF. Get that crap straight, Popseoul!
People really need to think before they start shooting off at the lip about other races…like take out the word ‘Black’ and subtitute it for your race and see how you like it. *smh*
Camilla, the only people who probably CARED about JYP and his ‘groups’ was the Korean/Korean American media. It’s not closed off here like that. If it’s hot, the media is gonna be all over it, regardless.
JYP, Wondergirls, etc., aren’t hot over here. Hence, hardly any media turn out.
i hope jyp and g-soul dont go near the virginia tech campus. i swear, give a handgun to g-soul, he looks exactly like the korean nut who slaughtered the college kids last year.
maybe drizzle isnt that stupid afterall.
jyp will mess this up for all aspiring asian singers. he has such a big ego.
i feel sorry for them, sincerely.
wow…that’s really depressing. I had high hopes for their debut…I think everyone had high hopes for their debuts.
That girl is seriously only 15?? It’s sad almost, how different the marketing here is compared to over in Asia…..
all we can do is wait and see.. how the JYP’s thing really going out..
haha sounds like a big flop
JYP is soooo full of himself. Give it up and stick in the studio away from the public because no one wants to see you!!
No one should let MIN anywhere near R. Kelly, that man is disgusting!!!
All we can do is wait and see.. how the JYP’s thing really going out.. since only we can support them, so stop critic and give support, they need us!
Before I start, one important issue must be addressed: JYP is such an egotistic maniac to refer to himself as the “most established artist” among them when he is unknown here in the US.
Now, back to my usual commentary: I find the “separate but equal” notion really offensive. If we want full integration of Asian artists in mainstream America, we must stop invoking ethnic preferences, background, and issues and start calling music as it is…music-the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.
Americans are not hard to please. When it comes to artists, they look for talent, originality, and sometimes good looks.(The first two are rather more important than the latter) They can’t be fooled. They can easily spot the real ones from the copycat. If they are talented, by all means, Hollywood will roll out its red carpet and welcome them with open arms. If not, then they will just be two of the millions of people Hollywood insiders refer as “wannabes”.
If they wanted to be taken seriously, at least for the meantime, do practice their english and more vocal training. Because it takes the American press and the American people long time to forgive. Remember Ashlee Simpson?
OMG, this is the best post ever! It’s so good, I’m gonna forgive you for all your past mockery of Bae Yong Joon and his “ajumma hair and femmy hands”.
Min commenting she’s “into partying” was THE BEST. What a bunch of idiots.
Go, PopSeoul! Tear that sh*t up!
If being “established” is wearing the infamous plastic pants…eeewww. I sought therapy after I saw that picture and seriously contemplating in seeking damages.
I hope that G-soul won’t be following his mentor’s footsteps in terms of weird fashion sense.