The Rise of Trap Music in China (Chengdu)

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  • Опубліковано 3 лют 2019
  • Welcome to Chengdu in Sichuan province, where the hip-hop is hotter than its food. In the first part of The Rise of Trap in Southwest China, we head to Chengdu to speak to the Higher Brothers, China's hottest hip-hop export. Ty. shares the secrets behind several popular songs. While Chengdu's most famous rapper, Xie Di, goes deep in his thoughts on China's scene.
    Trap has broken the Chinese wall, and the two hottest trap scenes are the two largest cities in western China - Chengdu and Chongqing.
    VICE goes to Chengdu and Chongqing to check out two of the most influential music labels - CDC (aka Chengdu Rap House) and GO$H MUSIC - to explore the realm of dialect rap and a new generation of hip-hop lifestyle and values. Our host Wes Chen, a veteran in the scene who has hosted a Chinese hip-hop radio show for over a decade, shares his knowledge of the hottest music and evolution of hip-hop in China.
    Chengdu vs Chongqing: Which will emerge as the reigning city of Chinese hip-hop?
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  • @RB-os3tc
    @RB-os3tc 5 років тому +564

    Legend has it they are still looking for the definition of "Trap"

    • @jerryb4705
      @jerryb4705 5 років тому +9

      People don't look for something they already posses.

    • @ilovemikerogers
      @ilovemikerogers 5 років тому +9

      Your comment is right underneath the original comment you copied so you look dumb af now just fyi

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 5 років тому +2

      drugs? @@jerryb4705

    • @dotuix7064
      @dotuix7064 5 років тому +1

      这帮垃圾就在成都乱搞吧,早晚被整死!

    • @Vizo114
      @Vizo114 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/PZlKJDq1UAg/v-deo.html

  • @llai8501
    @llai8501 5 років тому +2045

    Its funny how nobody could actually describe trap.

    • @kickfloeb
      @kickfloeb 5 років тому +127

      "it's a type of underground music in Chengdu" got me especially sad

    • @user-ri1nu9xq2m
      @user-ri1nu9xq2m 5 років тому +62

      come on they are just passerby , what do are you expecting 😂

    • @user-ri1nu9xq2m
      @user-ri1nu9xq2m 5 років тому +72

      @@kickfloeb translation isnt precise, what he said is actually means "in chengdu, trap music is minority and underground "

    • @jasonmason6910
      @jasonmason6910 5 років тому +7

      how would you describe trap? Is it 808s and mixed with hip-hop genre?

    • @titanblooded6222
      @titanblooded6222 5 років тому +155

      @@jasonmason6910 Trap music is about the lifestyle of getting money in the HOOD. Drug money, gangbanging and all the things that come with it. Poor ppl have to sell drugs and gangbang because lack of educational and economic oppurtunties in their community. Even though its a losing game in the end as you typically end up dead or in jail but you still gotta eat. IE a TRAP.

  • @TheWhiteRabbid
    @TheWhiteRabbid 3 роки тому +43

    “ I thought in 10 years if I make no money would I regret this? Na I won’t” I
    Damn I felt that, mad respect. ✊

  • @MMOStein
    @MMOStein 5 років тому +524

    A Chinese man, in China, with dreadlocks.
    I've seen it all.

    • @southpole76
      @southpole76 5 років тому +73

      if you think that's special, you obviously haven't seen much at all

    • @jaimeperez3618
      @jaimeperez3618 5 років тому +64

      Look up history of dreadlocks before you make such stupid comments. People wore dreadlocks even in India for the longest time.

    • @DakaONER94
      @DakaONER94 5 років тому +41

      Jamaica has a large population of Chinese and their cultures merge together don’t be surprised to see a Chinese with dreads down there at least.

    • @DakaONER94
      @DakaONER94 5 років тому +17

      Yas Gasovna if two different ethnicities merge culture wtf else are they going to do? It’s inevitable dumbass. Chinese didn’t immigrant to Jamaica by their own free will either they were brought as workers with the Africans to the islands .

    • @andrew8337
      @andrew8337 5 років тому +8

      Dude had braids not dreadlocks

  • @headquarters25
    @headquarters25 5 років тому +57

    They have to separate the meaning of "trap" from real American trap music. China is hard on any Western influences. The country has gone as far as banning rap on television, as well as visible tattoo, earrings or anything else that may be related to hip hop culture, such as graffiti. So separating any negative connotations is necessary to avoid too much government attention. Just like the guy said at the beginning, a video about rap caused the government to come down hard on them. That being said, I don't think most of them know how trap music originated anyway. China tends to like the culture, but not the people who actually made it.

    • @TimothyFlu
      @TimothyFlu 5 років тому +3

      Good point, i didnt think about that

    • @ceemor3404
      @ceemor3404 2 роки тому +7

      Hold up...American trap? You mean African American trap ✌🏾

    • @serenity8901
      @serenity8901 Рік тому

      Facts💯

    • @ronpaizley9349
      @ronpaizley9349 Рік тому

      Still black american culture any way you slice it "trap" originates in the southern hiphop culture period

  • @soumyaranjan4626
    @soumyaranjan4626 5 років тому +1291

    What's trap?? Trap.. It's music.. You know what I'm saying.. It's lifestyle.. You know what I'm saying...
    No. I don't know what you saying. 😑😂😂

    • @Tuuurtle19
      @Tuuurtle19 5 років тому +71

      But it IS a music style AND a lifestyle. If you don't get that, you're just bagging on how they speak -- not because what they said didn't make sense.

    • @runsenliu4704
      @runsenliu4704 5 років тому +1

      Tuuurtle exactly

    • @IcyBrown
      @IcyBrown 5 років тому +5

      @Champ Life Nope, my dear friend. The Triple 6 Mafia created it.

    • @lornilula4213
      @lornilula4213 5 років тому +29

      I feel like he wants to explain something but have no enough vocabulary to explain it. It makes him sound stupid :(

    • @raez3749
      @raez3749 5 років тому

      ka boom!! 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈!yes yes !哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

  • @ilovemikerogers
    @ilovemikerogers 5 років тому +172

    Why is it so hard to explain? The trap is a dead end street where the drugs and ho's are at, if you're selling drugs there you're "trappin'". The trap house is the abandoned house nearby where the dope is stored and cooked up. They're all over Atlanta and got made popular by rappers like Big Boi, Jeezy and T.I. and is closely related to the Houston and Memphis rap scenes. The musical side got popular with big heavy bass and rolling hi hats.

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 5 років тому +15

      yeh but this is china not detroit

    • @jacoblunn29
      @jacoblunn29 4 роки тому +17

      @@ohhi5237 yeh but trap is from Detroit not China

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 4 роки тому +4

      @@jacoblunn29 and china is the largest producer of drugs, so what
      these people aint poor

    • @jacoblunn29
      @jacoblunn29 4 роки тому +18

      @@ohhi5237 sure but do you really believe higher brothers are selling coke? Nah and that's a good thing. I'm just saying the original trap music came from from that ruthless environment. Chinese trap then came from that music, not that environment 👌

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 4 роки тому +1

      @@jacoblunn29 i never mentioned coke lol

  • @Blackfilmguild
    @Blackfilmguild 5 років тому +558

    I wish people loved us like they love our culture!

    • @jadrobe3492
      @jadrobe3492 5 років тому +13

      True, at least y'all got me,, I think Chinese people are dope

    • @hu57la
      @hu57la 5 років тому +1

      ❤️

    • @ek3200
      @ek3200 5 років тому +25

      trap is not black culture.

    • @djwestbrook36
      @djwestbrook36 5 років тому +11

      I do believe people love the culture but sometimes I believe even black people can be close minded toward other people loving them.

    • @jackzfr1650
      @jackzfr1650 5 років тому +19

      @@djwestbrook36 Idk about black people, but a lot of Asians above 35 are highly reactionary to darker skin colors. It's the most common in Asian countries that have certain roots in Sino-centric culture (chinese), where the whiter one's skin is, the more beautiful they are perceived to be. It's something that evolved over hundreds of years, if not a thousand, which is why poor people are perceived to be darker skinned, while rich, famous, or powerful people have "fairer" skin. It's why K-Pop idols all look like differently styled carbon copies of the same Barbie Doll, but at least Barbie had some color to her.

  • @venus-qk5iy
    @venus-qk5iy 5 років тому +397

    are we gonna ignore that they mistranslated "As salem alaykum" as "I'm Alaykum" ? 😂

    • @sanane66543
      @sanane66543 5 років тому

      there JOENIES

    • @hampusjohansson2497
      @hampusjohansson2497 5 років тому +3

      zahra LMAO I didnt notice 😂

    • @wackyruss
      @wackyruss 5 років тому +15

      WTH? He clearly says he’s a “Uyghur boy!” which is a Muslim ethnic group of Xinjiang (Northwestern China). Salam malaykum is an Islamic greeting. He isn’t telling us his name, he’s saying “Hello”! He briefly is rapping in Uyghur language at the beginning. It’s a Turkic language related to Kazakh, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.

    • @steelxx1779
      @steelxx1779 5 років тому +2

      no cuz we not Muslim boi

    • @Chronos17771
      @Chronos17771 5 років тому

      Or was it a double entredre?

  • @Bb-jm2xl
    @Bb-jm2xl 5 років тому +1045

    But do they actually trap tho

    • @NXN2
      @NXN2 5 років тому +66

      Future doesnt

    • @teddyleo8945
      @teddyleo8945 5 років тому +193

      95% of rappers today have never slanged anything. They just put up an image like these guys. Not like the old days when rappers were actually bout that life.

    • @Bb-jm2xl
      @Bb-jm2xl 5 років тому +3

      Teddy Leo Yup

    • @bobyberry8394
      @bobyberry8394 5 років тому +53

      I'm sure they have trap houses in China

    • @joker1023sdgo
      @joker1023sdgo 5 років тому +50

      Somewhat, china crimes are very different then u.s,for example you'll bearly find weapons or traditional drugs,instead pharmaceutical drugs,and knock-off products are they way of trapping,even chocolate,milk,and baby formula you can find people "trapping" in china.

  • @keystheproblemfanpage4875
    @keystheproblemfanpage4875 4 роки тому +147

    Wow blackpeople are the global trendsetters our culture & lifestyles are the most imitated & influential.

    • @gymrat8164
      @gymrat8164 4 роки тому +7

      master universe sure buddy I’m going to assume your one of those people that views black people as inferior

    • @gracebellemaake
      @gracebellemaake 3 роки тому +5

      Dementia Hawkins period I was abt to comment that. like girl what? majority of “American culture” is just black culture now glamorized

    • @101meinu101
      @101meinu101 3 роки тому

      Wow do you sound so pressed?

    • @idrislamont1064
      @idrislamont1064 3 роки тому +3

      master universe Black people in America have been put in a very unique situation from a historical view. But being so unique it creates beautiful new forms of music.

    • @firekrueger3987
      @firekrueger3987 3 роки тому

      We run 🏃‍♂️ the world..

  • @DEXATUA
    @DEXATUA 5 років тому +149

    that first "freestyle" had me backing out the room like I walked in on my parents :/

  • @choazimuthafuca
    @choazimuthafuca 5 років тому +83

    The “Un-huh” from the fat dude had me weak 😂😂

    • @blooroadman1613
      @blooroadman1613 4 роки тому +2

      lmao

    • @ocerco93
      @ocerco93 3 роки тому

      ME TOO hhahaa i replayed it too many times, this is meme material.

    • @lesaaaaaaaaaaa
      @lesaaaaaaaaaaa 3 роки тому +1

      Currently dying 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @kaylacarpenter272
    @kaylacarpenter272 3 роки тому +45

    Trap is a word used to describe "trap houses", where people would get trapped doing drugs, usually crack.
    Trap music, originally, was music that described drug/party scenarios, usually in the form of hip hop and rap.
    Now, trap is about anything, and has a very defined high hatty, clicky beat.

  • @xerotoninz
    @xerotoninz 5 років тому +80

    trap man, you know. trap is, man trap is trap. trap is a, trap is music.

    • @ethank5681
      @ethank5681 5 років тому +3

      Shrek T trap man is life man trap it’s a lifestyl4

  • @2timesforthewestside
    @2timesforthewestside 5 років тому +31

    I was smiling the whole video. Straight to my favorites

    • @anthonyriche552
      @anthonyriche552 5 років тому

      Same!

    • @breadman5048
      @breadman5048 2 роки тому

      Y’all know these Chinese songs?

    • @arnav3253
      @arnav3253 2 роки тому

      You should listen to open it up by higher brothers or anything on their album “five stars” it’s honestly really fire if you read the lyrics and peep the American features

    • @eenchantress5113
      @eenchantress5113 Рік тому

      @@breadman5048 why you say it like that💀

  • @ninotown3077
    @ninotown3077 5 років тому +442

    this is from vice china 2 years ago...why u post on youtube now

    • @DopeLee
      @DopeLee 5 років тому +2

      @bd z LOL, if that's true that's so shameful, we need real creativity like that in China, sadly we haven't really seen any, that's why I listen to real rap and real trap so far (not the copied bullshit)

    • @dzjanczidi4749
      @dzjanczidi4749 5 років тому +34

      @bd z then who's paying you to say this stupid shit?

    • @junsu21
      @junsu21 5 років тому +2

      better late than never, right?

    • @MrMrgodzilla567
      @MrMrgodzilla567 5 років тому

      bd z you’re hilarious.

    • @conference_1
      @conference_1 5 років тому

      @bd z bullshit. This one was made by Vice China in Beijing two years ago.

  • @anawkwardsweetpotato4728
    @anawkwardsweetpotato4728 5 років тому +332

    As a black person, I'm glad to see my culture being embraced. But it would be nice if they could appreciate the history behind it, as well as the people associated with it.

    • @kingjaysoyelrey7969
      @kingjaysoyelrey7969 5 років тому +39

      Your culture? Please show me any trap music you have ever made

    • @crimsonkrimson
      @crimsonkrimson 5 років тому +81

      @@kingjaysoyelrey7969 So if a Brazilian hasn't made any Samba music before then it isn't apart of their culture? Your argument makes no sense and you're only making it because you feel entitled to black popular culture.

    • @anawkwardsweetpotato4728
      @anawkwardsweetpotato4728 5 років тому +11

      @@sirkeg1 Cool, but I just find it a bit bothersome when people don't even care about or like the people who created something they love to do, regardless of where they come from. It's just good form in my opinion to at least demonstrate a little sincerity and appreciation, or else it can/would look disrespectful.

    • @anawkwardsweetpotato4728
      @anawkwardsweetpotato4728 5 років тому +6

      @@jjl511 I see your point, but I think [technological] inventions vs. music/culture are two different parallels. White people invented cars and planes for utility. Black people created traffic lights and clothes dryers for utility. Arabs invented Algebra for utility. No one yells at the sky for the creators of these things because they're not of inherent sentimental value like music, culture and traditions.

    • @kevintran3042
      @kevintran3042 5 років тому +12

      idantfearbro so just cause a few Asians don’t like u mean that all Asians hate black ppl lmao I have black friends and we chillin

  • @makaveli2363
    @makaveli2363 5 років тому +54

    My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, “If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately..” He looked at me and then at that old cancer stick, flicked the ashes one last time, and l swear I saw tears well up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up right then and there. Three years later my Grandpa died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me, “Son, don’t ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 32, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say though, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because watching this video gave me cancer anyway.

  • @mexokream728
    @mexokream728 5 років тому +16

    4:47 when you step on a Lego

  • @arabtrappers6934
    @arabtrappers6934 5 років тому +384

    People who are triggered about cultural appropriation probably have some random ass Chinese tattoo on their arm that they don’t even know the meaning of. Let them have fun with the genre because that’s what music is about

    • @southeparkfreak
      @southeparkfreak 5 років тому +74

      Cultural appropriation only exists in the minds of some Americans. Please don't bring that nonsense to the rest of the world. I don't understand why you're not allowed to be influenced and enjoy other cultures. What's next? Not being allowed to enjoy foreign quisine?

    • @somkeshav4143
      @somkeshav4143 5 років тому +11

      @Champ Life not necessarily..........................that's some bad logic right there

    • @southeparkfreak
      @southeparkfreak 5 років тому +25

      @Champ Life Your world has to be very small if you limit yourself to your own cultural bubble. Grow up.

    • @southeparkfreak
      @southeparkfreak 5 років тому +32

      @Champ Life So... You can ''appreciate'' it, but you can't wear, listen to, eat or style your hair a certain way because that would somehow be 'stealing'? Do you realise how unlogical that sounds to a non-American(and sane Americans alike)? Intentions matter, as long as the cultural appropriation is not a clear mockery of your culture there is nothing to be offended about. Just chill and live and let live.
      When I talk to Americans I feel like I need a rulebook with all the insane amounts of exceptions when it comes to not offending people. Where has common sense and a thick skin gone?

    • @youarerightbut5066
      @youarerightbut5066 5 років тому +4

      I don't have no chinese tatoo.

  • @kristykreme9915
    @kristykreme9915 5 років тому +284

    This genre sounds like it was MADE for their language! Multilingual music of any kind is an interesting and revolutionary idea!

    • @sefp
      @sefp 5 років тому +9

      No it isnt Its always existed plenty of people have released their songs in different languages or used different languages in one track. Allot of jamaican tracks have english and patios
      Missy elltiot and that french guy, dancehall.
      How is chinese made for another races pride identity and warrior music and ancestral try worship culture. Makes no sense.

    • @marshaabrady5191
      @marshaabrady5191 5 років тому +24

      KristyKreme can black people have anything of their own? Anything?? 😭😭😭 we all know black people are the originators of rap, it was not MADE for their language, I’m not hating on the movement but damn give credit where credit is due

    • @uhohscooby2905
      @uhohscooby2905 5 років тому

      tf you saying obv you know nothing about trap or trap life lmao

    • @HDFreskoOfficial
      @HDFreskoOfficial 5 років тому

      if you grind hard enough there's no potential to your potentials! simply believe an put in the work! well i been putting in mad work and i need your support! plz check out my new single " Trap House" available on all platforms right now! soundcloud link below
      soundcloud.com/harvel-das/trap-house

    • @cooliipie
      @cooliipie 5 років тому +2

      @@marshaabrady5191
      Shut up. It's about who doesn't best not first

  • @jademoon7938
    @jademoon7938 5 років тому +10

    Trap music isn't called trap because of the verb 'to trap'. It's because it came from drug dealers who work in trap houses. Now that is a reference to the verb 'to trap' as the term does mean it traps people, because everyone who comes to the house gets trapped there, because of their addiction. Now that the music has moved international and isn't directly related to stacks, rubber bands, whipping, or any other drug paraphernalia, it's lost its meaning. But that is the origin of the term trap music.

  • @ShawkyJames
    @ShawkyJames 5 років тому +69

    Even tho these guys don't really know what Trap means but they deserve our utter respect. As someone who is born in China I know it is extremely difficult to pursue a music career not only the little chance of success but also the enormous social pressures from their Asian parents and other relatives. They are really brave to be able to stand out from the ordinary in order to do what they love to do, especially from an Asian culture. Respects...

    • @patandersen4271
      @patandersen4271 5 років тому +1

      I give them props, cause I'm hella sure many think they are wasting their time doing this and the fam might think their crazy. However, I respect and LOVE all creative people so Respect and big ups to em all.

    • @theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658
      @theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658 2 роки тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/JgvvwZZwDNI/v-deo.html. Morpheus 5 pupilz

    • @umarfaroukbala9743
      @umarfaroukbala9743 2 роки тому +1

      Fact

    • @thehelm658
      @thehelm658 Рік тому

      If you are NOT African American ie the creators/originators of TRAP music which in fact- was created FOR US BY US- Not and never intended to be shared- you are not qualified to have an opinion. This shit is getting scary

    • @sayidmartinez7347
      @sayidmartinez7347 Рік тому

      @@thehelm658shut the hell up

  • @Saltiumine
    @Saltiumine 5 років тому +47

    When that asian dude said "You know what im sayn" i died

    • @gk8644
      @gk8644 5 років тому +1

      Why?

  • @baller128k
    @baller128k 5 років тому +113

    lmaoo aint one of them knew what trap meant...smfh

    • @haowang6410
      @haowang6410 5 років тому +3

      only girls said somethings right 😂
      ...

    • @jeremiah_12
      @jeremiah_12 5 років тому

      It's something that traps you! Lol.

  • @thkrawhunee
    @thkrawhunee 5 років тому +3

    OMG!!!!!! I've been to China and ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! I'll be in Chengdu this THIS YEAR! thank you so much for sharing this with us!

    • @calfdeck4820
      @calfdeck4820 5 років тому

      HIGH QUALITY INDICA IN CHENGDU WECHAT: wxid_wneoepue5uzz22

  • @gm346553
    @gm346553 5 років тому +65

    "The black man of America is the most copied man on this planet" -Paul Mooney

    • @patandersen4271
      @patandersen4271 5 років тому +5

      Jazz and Blues, Rock and Roll I could go on forever but I DO have a life. READ a book sometime.

    • @patandersen4271
      @patandersen4271 5 років тому

      This is true gm346553. So really why are people so upset if some kids in China love music from the U.S.? this has been going on for over 100 years.

    • @solmoman
      @solmoman 5 років тому

      @@patandersen4271 Mein Kampf is a book

    • @realone2228
      @realone2228 5 років тому +2

      @simbakafiri hip hop to slang stop being salty I've lost count on how many cultures try to rap or act like african Americans

    • @Ajay-ju4sb
      @Ajay-ju4sb 4 роки тому

      simbakafiri the fact your Arabic a$$ came here to hate news flash white People don’t like u and your not one of them trust me

  • @mercurialmystic
    @mercurialmystic 5 років тому +25

    Anyone know the song that starts at 3:05? I’m lovin the Roy Ayers x Everybody Loves The Sunshine sample!

    • @karwinchau4684
      @karwinchau4684 5 років тому +1

      Queen Ria the song is “we chat” by higher brothers and Keith ape

    • @mercurialmystic
      @mercurialmystic 5 років тому

      Karwin Chau Thank you!

    • @mercurialmystic
      @mercurialmystic 5 років тому +3

      Karwin Chau um actually I don’t think it’s that song. I checked it out and it’s not the same lol.

    • @karwinchau4684
      @karwinchau4684 5 років тому

      I think it’s the one without Keith ape then

    • @mercurialmystic
      @mercurialmystic 5 років тому +1

      Karwin Chau I figured it out. It’s the Higher Brothers Intro. Lol thanks anyways.

  • @wrathofme03
    @wrathofme03 5 років тому +6

    Awesome. When different cultures do hip hop they take it in a fresh direction because of their traditional sounds or lifestyle..
    And sometimes it works.

  • @billan888
    @billan888 5 років тому +28

    I liked this video, shows that we are all brothers and sisters, we just live in different places.
    Much love to the homies in China.

    • @jonw952
      @jonw952 3 роки тому +3

      If only those homies in China like black people..

  • @andrewo1072
    @andrewo1072 5 років тому

    Dude. Awesome work.
    Hope to see a series on Chinese clubs.

  • @lufo4599
    @lufo4599 5 років тому +3

    I'm an American expat whose been living in Seoul for 11 years. I sometimes go on business trips to China and I have been to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Nanjing, and Dalian. also been to Taiwan and traveled around there. One thing I love about China is how different the cities are. The people, food, atmosphere, architecture, and more are so different and the contrasts are so stark that it's even noticeable and accessible to a foreigner like me. After watching this video I'm now SUPER interested in Chengdu, and I hope I have a chance to experience this city!

  • @coralinequeen5651
    @coralinequeen5651 4 роки тому +3

    TY and Higher Brothers are inspiring people. I wish people wouldn’t take me as a joke when they see me listening to them.

  • @rosofficesolutionsinc1572
    @rosofficesolutionsinc1572 3 роки тому +39

    very interesting how culture spreads from society to society and how they make it their own

    • @theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658
      @theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658 2 роки тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/JgvvwZZwDNI/v-deo.html. Morpheus 5 pupilz

    • @aaronlewis2501
      @aaronlewis2501 2 роки тому +7

      Make it their own. It’s called stealing

    • @serenity8901
      @serenity8901 Рік тому +1

      @@aaronlewis2501 Samething! They will steal and try to make changes to fit them. Soon they will call it something different and make everyone believe they created it.

    • @mrtakeaminute6815
      @mrtakeaminute6815 Рік тому

      @@aaronlewis2501 shut up dog

    • @aaronlewis2501
      @aaronlewis2501 Рік тому

      @@mrtakeaminute6815 truth hurts.. dawg

  • @weedpot100
    @weedpot100 5 років тому

    Had fun psychily rapping with these rappers in the video. Had a blast! :D

  • @garagegorilla5x5
    @garagegorilla5x5 5 років тому +55

    Black people have so much cultural influence if only the masses could influence ourselves on the same level resulting in a wave of positivity. All the way from Detroit

    • @thegreatonecometh200
      @thegreatonecometh200 5 років тому +2

      our problems arent any different than any other groups its just more focused on than any other groups and its easy to get rid of ! just get rid of poverty and boom its gone ! detroit is poor chicago hoods are poor and things like this happen where poverty rules !

    • @garagegorilla5x5
      @garagegorilla5x5 5 років тому +1

      @Liam South You keep thinkin that.

    • @juangonzalez6397
      @juangonzalez6397 5 років тому

      Nobody cares where you're from

    • @garagegorilla5x5
      @garagegorilla5x5 5 років тому +2

      @@juangonzalez6397 Yea you do or else you wouldnt have said anything.

    • @juangonzalez6397
      @juangonzalez6397 5 років тому

      @@garagegorilla5x5 nigga are you fucking five

  • @raquelmacdonald8572
    @raquelmacdonald8572 3 роки тому +22

    Our music, our culture, our style, our swag, we are the trendsetters for the rest of the world in these areas!!! Dang!!!

    • @rosofficesolutionsinc1572
      @rosofficesolutionsinc1572 3 роки тому +5

      Its time we learn to appreciate the spread of the culture. Instead of being constantly gripping about this.

    • @nokap4922
      @nokap4922 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah but you also gotta think a lot of black American street culture is made in China like Jordan’s and bape for example

    • @wokk9543
      @wokk9543 3 роки тому

      @@nokap4922 frfr asain and black is inspriring each other

    • @nokap4922
      @nokap4922 3 роки тому

      H J yes bro if we keep trying to make everything look negative in this world we not gonna make progress. We jus gonna create more separation between us.

    • @wokk9543
      @wokk9543 3 роки тому

      @@nokap4922 truth

  • @jxcut6756
    @jxcut6756 5 років тому +23

    They trapping that good fentanyl

    • @chinchillout3533
      @chinchillout3533 4 роки тому

      @peter schwarz I'd argue that they (along with sugar addicts) are indeed jokers.

  • @daniellee1722
    @daniellee1722 5 років тому +28

    Is this revenge for Bruce Leroy and The Last Dragon?

  • @kslay1475
    @kslay1475 5 років тому +48

    Why did the last song go hard tho 😂 GAI, GAI, GAI, GAI lol

    • @wenhuangzeng1341
      @wenhuangzeng1341 5 років тому +15

      Another popular rap house in China is GO$H, which in Chongqing. The last song was a song dissing an important member of GO$H and his name is GAI. There's a history of diss between CDC and GO$H.

    • @ah36206
      @ah36206 5 років тому

      Diss Gai- Higher Brothers

    • @rkgordon6364
      @rkgordon6364 5 років тому

      its a diss track

    • @sammiballinbeats8428
      @sammiballinbeats8428 5 років тому +4

      The hook kinda sounds like gang by max p

    • @Roasty420
      @Roasty420 5 років тому +1

      Sammi Ballin Beats On Fonem that's why I thought bro 😂😂😂 I was like " Ay! I know that beat and Rhythm " lol

  • @trewright9003
    @trewright9003 5 років тому +25

    Rich homie chan out here making moves

    • @Wecanhelp
      @Wecanhelp 5 років тому

      He dont chingping he makes money moves

  • @the_mighty_duster
    @the_mighty_duster 5 років тому +2

    Finally, subtitles! Love CDC and Chinese rap in general.

  • @domsjuk
    @domsjuk 5 років тому +46

    About the seeming cultural ignorance of some of these people:
    Of course, there are MANY pretentious idiots in China who are hopelessly trying to ride the wave of popular foreing, i.e. Western, cultural phenomena, albeit apparently having no meaningful understanding of it at all. But this I think is very much rooted in the total lack of a substantial youth culture and sub-cultural identity there, society just doesn't leave a lot of room for that. There are some very interesting underground communites in Chinese cities, particularly Chengdu, Wuhan or Shanghai, which I think have zestful scenes with very creative and seriously impressive people, but they suffer a lot of repercussions from society and from the authorities. And even worse, once some of these things experience enough of a popularity boom they become ruthlessly commercialised - and this is what happened to Hip Hop in China in recent years, too - it becomes a big, harmless show and an even bigger business for a clueless K-Pop loving mainstream audience, that has no deep connection to any of this, drained of authenticity and realness. Because many young people experience subculture merely as a media phenomenon without "living" it, it is no wonder you will find a lot of clueless wannabes.
    However, for all I see and care about, these Chengdu-based artists are the coolest thing when it comes to Chinese Hip Hop, and I don't even like Trap that much, but Higher Brothers are pretty good, and I hope they can evolve on that and continue to create their own identity and style, inspiring more people to break out of this desert of dullness that is Chinese mainstream pop culture and lifestyle. 加油兄弟们!

    • @saniahmed1531
      @saniahmed1531 5 років тому

      G

    • @Unclejamsarmy
      @Unclejamsarmy 5 років тому +5

      Yeah i have very little patience for the people bitching about it too. Black people in the US have been hella racist to Asians, co opted and disrespected parts of their culture in media even specifically in rap. lil pump obviously the most recent one. For Black Americans to say kinda racist things about and make fun of white people is totally fair lol I have no complaint, but to apply that logic about race relations in the US to the entire world is really dumb and reflects serious ignorance (which is true of all Americans). Hypocrisy isn’t a good look. That being said racism and xenophobia in China is certainly a problem. It was hard for me to tell how much of it was just genuine extreme ignorance vs actual ideas of genetic supremacy since I don’t really speak Chinese. I asked some ppl and they never wanted to be upfront about it but as far as I could tell they like black Americans and black westerners, but they don’t like African immigrants that are poor at least, and they’re likely to assume anyone black is African not American. My impression was moreso ignorance and xenophobia vs actual racism but idk.
      And more to your point specifically, it’s not like wu tang clan was really deeply knowledgeable about Chinese history culture and struggles lol. And that’s fine, it was still cool, I don’t think that was seen as offensive by Chinese ppl at large. There’s religious rock music and foreign rock music and all kinds that only really share the actual sound of the music not a culture. That’s great, not a problem.

    • @olgak4
      @olgak4 5 років тому +4

      Woaw that was some really interesting comments

    • @flighted2513
      @flighted2513 3 роки тому

      @@Unclejamsarmy They also don't say shit when Nicki Minaj came out with Chun Li . Kanye West, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Tyler the Creator, and most likely your favorite Black rapper have all rapped a variant of the totally hilarious and super original “eyes so low I look Asian” joke. Cardi B, who runs the game at the moment, called Kim Jong-Un “Won Tung soup” on Twitter, while her fiancee’s groupmate, Quavo, straight up calls Asian people “chinks” in “Get Right Witcha.”

    • @yotub5979
      @yotub5979 3 роки тому +1

      @@Unclejamsarmy Yeah lmao even RZA of the Wu posted this mad offensive japanese imperial flag inside the Wu "W" on some tweet about meditation lmao. He probably didn't even know how offensive that is to Chinese, Koreans, and like all of SE asia but still. Sometimes people just have to stop getting mad when their culture ends up on the other side of the world lmao that's globalisation for you.

  • @jcrowviral
    @jcrowviral 5 років тому +14

    It's funny because the name of the music is a clear warning not to listen to it.

  • @SpearWarrior671
    @SpearWarrior671 5 років тому +3

    Props to Vice, they're all over the damn world. In places where sometimes only Special Operations Forces/Special Operations operators go.

  • @patrickhybl3668
    @patrickhybl3668 2 роки тому

    Dope, keep working this is cool

  • @douglasgw1992
    @douglasgw1992 5 років тому +40

    It's crazy how most don't know the origins of trap music but adopt what it means to them and how it makes them feel. It's beautiful. Seriously

    • @jyinxtv7740
      @jyinxtv7740 5 років тому +6

      i feel my fellow blacks in this comment section need to come to terms these are poor overlooked people like us in there part of the world and need to show love to our allies in the struggle instead of isolate ourselfs divided we are weak together we are strong

    • @goodtogolifestyle630
      @goodtogolifestyle630 5 років тому

      I agree with the both of ya

    • @douglasgw1992
      @douglasgw1992 5 років тому +1

      @@jyinxtv7740 ???? okay.....

    • @celestialextraterrestrial305
      @celestialextraterrestrial305 5 років тому

      @@jyinxtv7740 I can totally tell you re not Black just by reading that statement. Try again.

  • @MZS22
    @MZS22 5 років тому +70

    just wow at the uyghur translation at the start (0:03) zzz
    "assalamu alaykum. men, uyghur bala, ilham"
    translates roughly to "greetings. i am, an uyghur child, ilham."
    which means his name is Ilham not alaykum.
    ...and i know this because i am uyghur

  • @manescreen4738
    @manescreen4738 5 років тому +44

    A YOUNG BLACK MAN IS THE MOST COPIED PERSON. DAMN THX FOR THE 50LIKES I WHICH I COULD HAVE THE SAME FOR SUBSCRIBERS, CHECKOUT MY CHANNEL.👍

    • @CEOofSleep
      @CEOofSleep 5 років тому +5

      Lol you sound stupid

    • @manescreen4738
      @manescreen4738 5 років тому +3

      @@CEOofSleep LOL ITS TRUE, THE WAY YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE DRESS, TALK, STYLE AND SPECIALLY INFLUENCE SHIT, PEOPLE COPY NOT IN A BAD WAY IN A GOODWAY.

    • @monsterduo4038
      @monsterduo4038 5 років тому +4

      Well, black Americans and Jamaicans are the only globally popular/influential black people. Black Brits are a FAR third.

    • @JoseDior_
      @JoseDior_ 5 років тому +2

      And the definition of a young black man is..

    • @hu57la
      @hu57la 5 років тому

      souljaaaa

  • @chorderline
    @chorderline 5 років тому +2

    I love this language, even if I can't understand the lyrics the flow is dope!!!

  • @PSdissenter
    @PSdissenter 5 років тому

    What was the song at the beginning? That beat is fire!

  • @megamor5838
    @megamor5838 5 років тому +13

    I absolutely love HB! THEY MADE IT!!!!

  • @fkeyzuwu
    @fkeyzuwu 5 років тому +23

    "Higher Brothers, that's the, like the best crew in China right now."
    3:02
    Water
    Swag
    Hakuna Matata

  • @jessicanewberry4806
    @jessicanewberry4806 4 роки тому

    Anyone know if I can find a transcript for this in Chinese?

  • @hillsideonly
    @hillsideonly 5 років тому

    Please what's the name of the higher brothers' song at 3:04??_ Good People??

  • @shanny1318
    @shanny1318 5 років тому +4

    5:36 Yooooo that bar 🤣✨🔥

  • @alluka_rz
    @alluka_rz 5 років тому +4

    Anybody know that song at 17:00 GAI GAI?

    • @gooja9966
      @gooja9966 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Ovxdi8h_Dd8/v-deo.html

    • @Thefestiveman
      @Thefestiveman 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/20Oww4VCWOc/v-deo.html

  • @Ch9-7708
    @Ch9-7708 2 роки тому +1

    This is a classic I come back to every once in a while.

  • @DeanMasley
    @DeanMasley 3 роки тому

    Where can I find the track sampled at 3:02

  • @SpiritualOutLaw
    @SpiritualOutLaw 5 років тому +49

    It’s cool to love black culture hopefully it spills over to respect ✊ for the creators and originators 💯

  • @jessef205
    @jessef205 5 років тому +3

    That Porsche lane change at 0:30 got me furious.

  • @veryamaze541
    @veryamaze541 5 років тому +1

    Is there a video like this on Rock and Metal culture in Asia? There are a lot of good bands like Crystal Lake, for example, that would make a great short doc similar to this.

  • @DatingJames
    @DatingJames 5 років тому +2

    Damn, TY. seems like such a wise guy with an interesting perspective on life. Respect.

  • @curtssallee9807
    @curtssallee9807 5 років тому +7

    In the 80s it was called the SPOT aka crackhouse....the term trap house refers to crackhouse..the brothers from the South trans formed that into what we call trap music....

  • @MrHarvo720
    @MrHarvo720 5 років тому +6

    LMFAOOOOOO😂😆😂😆😂
    PS. A few of those songs actually pretty hard🤔

  • @tegotv6620
    @tegotv6620 4 роки тому

    This was hard thank you needed too see this big up Chengdu

  • @superrrrliz
    @superrrrliz 5 років тому

    The Higher Brothers concert in Atlanta was so good.

  • @jadecznnie
    @jadecznnie 5 років тому +3

    2:52 WHEN PSY.P APPEARED I SCREAMED 😍😍😍

  • @xixingpooh
    @xixingpooh 5 років тому +6

    That last rapper wrote a song about how much he hates foreigners in China. It's hilarious and sad.

    • @eugenetan3828
      @eugenetan3828 5 років тому

      in which minute did the rapper said that

    • @xixingpooh
      @xixingpooh 5 років тому

      @@eugenetan3828 Not in this video, but he did make a song dedicated to how much he hates foreigners.
      ua-cam.com/video/tjk-eyPy4qo/v-deo.html
      This is the link to a re-upload of it ^^.

    • @shayantamdas5059
      @shayantamdas5059 5 років тому

      @@xixingpooh It was because a Spanish guy was caught fucking a Chinese girl in the streets 😂😂

    • @kinito992
      @kinito992 Місяць тому

      this is an old comment but in the song he explains he doesnt mean ALL foreigners but primarily the ones that are being dickheads in their homeland. His criteria is not that nuanced lol but in his mind it is.

  • @iga1691
    @iga1691 3 роки тому

    What is the first song that plays at 1:08? that beat is fire

  • @mohaumoloto5253
    @mohaumoloto5253 5 років тому

    That sample flip at 3.02 is sick.

  • @naturecure9900
    @naturecure9900 5 років тому +128

    Loved the guys' explanation of cultural appropriation at 15:23 ,and this is coming from a black guy.

    • @djangolebeau3718
      @djangolebeau3718 5 років тому +23

      Yea exactly, cultural appropriation is what all humans do naturally, without any malice or bad intent

    • @doubleo2551
      @doubleo2551 5 років тому +23

      "Hip hop has always been in china" a pretty shit response since it originated in the 70s in USA. Fuck you mean?

    • @Jay-pu2pd
      @Jay-pu2pd 5 років тому +18

      @@doubleo2551 he meant that it spread to China early on like it did to the whole world in the 80's hes not claiming China invented hip hop. Lot of people this that hip hop has only spread out recently when there was the hwole bboy breakdancing scene world wide

    • @doubleo2551
      @doubleo2551 5 років тому +5

      @@Jay-pu2pd Bro what are you talking about it's been popular in most first world countries since the 90's. Its only recently been popular in china since gaining access to the internet is easier in china now.

    • @KG-xo6ey
      @KG-xo6ey 5 років тому +1

      Ty. been dropping knowledge haha

  • @gegeswint3317
    @gegeswint3317 5 років тому +22

    Often imitated never duplicated.

    • @patandersen4271
      @patandersen4271 5 років тому +2

      Yes gegeswint this is truth

    • @ohhi5237
      @ohhi5237 5 років тому

      often out of jail never off parole

  • @WLORULZ7899
    @WLORULZ7899 5 років тому +1

    1:14 what is the song please?

  • @fergiegaleromeloe9583
    @fergiegaleromeloe9583 5 років тому

    VICE please help. Whats the name of track @ 3:02

  • @slmeucalesa1
    @slmeucalesa1 5 років тому +4

    Did dude just say "I fuq with"....???.....rflmao.....hell yeah!

  • @Recraw7
    @Recraw7 5 років тому +3

    Lean got me high, my sesame points higher

  • @astroboycum3982
    @astroboycum3982 5 років тому

    That everybody loves the sunshine sample fire af

  • @thesunnyboy777
    @thesunnyboy777 2 роки тому

    1:08 where could I find this track? My search for this track in YT is fruitless. The beat is so fire, it loops on my mind everytime I think about Chengdu rap.

  • @sskeed5237
    @sskeed5237 3 роки тому +3

    I was hoping for
    "kitchen in the dungeon "

  • @yeahh2085
    @yeahh2085 5 років тому +5

    3:15 yall already know this dude packing drugs in his pocket

  • @aungyelin959
    @aungyelin959 5 років тому

    Why I can't find song of MC YILy?

  • @jonasadri
    @jonasadri 3 роки тому

    What's the name of the first song? 1:08

  • @Djaklie
    @Djaklie 5 років тому +8

    Song name 1:09 plz

  • @cullenbatsel
    @cullenbatsel 5 років тому +6

    1:17 those are actually vitamin c pills lmao

  • @rafaelmunoz8693
    @rafaelmunoz8693 5 років тому

    what's the song at 3:04?

  • @kellyt6110
    @kellyt6110 4 роки тому

    Does anyone know the track at 3:05?

  • @jaivonjenkins2164
    @jaivonjenkins2164 5 років тому +12

    LOL so much gets lost in translation when things are adopted by others

  • @MrDeolian
    @MrDeolian 5 років тому +9

    Anyone figure out who Gai is ?

    • @heismancobain8255
      @heismancobain8255 4 роки тому

      on god this is the only reason I'm in the comments

    • @BeatLabStudio2024
      @BeatLabStudio2024 4 роки тому

      another Chinese rapper,he makes chinese style trap music, and he had big beef with higherbrothers and CDC crew

  • @mjspeedzone5532
    @mjspeedzone5532 5 років тому

    That guy shaddy is actually very interesting.. how he describes character rappers and real life rappers is a creative take on how things are potrayed.

  • @maxineh.6763
    @maxineh.6763 3 роки тому

    What's the song at 3:03?

  • @NPC13377
    @NPC13377 5 років тому +4

    The next big trap artist in China...
    Teriyaki 69

  • @agarage5683
    @agarage5683 5 років тому +14

    Do they know the origins of trap music tho cause I don’t think they do

    • @fliprydersyko
      @fliprydersyko 5 років тому +2

      idk, but with the same sense i can say, do ppl really know where the letters come from when they get chinese letters tattooed on them tho. 🤐

    • @arabtrappers6934
      @arabtrappers6934 5 років тому +1

      I mean most western hip hop listeners don’t even know about the early scene from Memphis and Atlanta
      They just like the genre and want to create their own Chinese version of it and have fun with it, you gotta respect that

    • @agarage5683
      @agarage5683 5 років тому

      Arab Trappers I respect that but I’m not sure if Memphis was one of the big ones in early trap music. It was Georgia and Atlanta. Cool breeze, KM, BG, and probably a couple members of nwa were some of the first trap music makers.

    • @arabtrappers6934
      @arabtrappers6934 5 років тому

      Saint Andrew
      Three six mafia is from Memphis that’s why I included it. Anyways I also think that the language barrier is why they don’t know that much about the early days I mean they know some English words but probably wouldn’t understand a documentary about hip hop or some other type of digging into the roots. It’s harder to learn about this if you aren’t a native speaker

    • @agarage5683
      @agarage5683 5 років тому

      Arab Trappers true, but 36 was new school

  • @gleroyTullySAEHEYKID
    @gleroyTullySAEHEYKID 5 років тому

    Rono Tse (DJ for Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy) showed me a MADE IN CHINA promo CD in 1995/6 in Boston. It was for a Wu-style all Chinese MCs from SanFran. He was the first to that name.

  • @jeffrya21
    @jeffrya21 4 роки тому

    3:04 what song is this??

  • @walterprieto1125
    @walterprieto1125 5 років тому +3

    "There's an Ah-huh missing" -LMAO

  • @lemuelreyes1941
    @lemuelreyes1941 5 років тому +9

    the highest brothers are at the top and they live in that house?

  • @isabellelauder-robb8765
    @isabellelauder-robb8765 5 років тому

    I live in London, UK and I love and listen to Higher Brothers

  • @cheektovegas1568
    @cheektovegas1568 5 років тому +1

    This man said im thinking of becoming more of character rapper