The
song that I chose for today is “ABC” by MC Jin. MC Jin can be said as the
person who really started the Rapping trend in Hong Kong music industry. He is
actually quite famous in the US as well. Back in the early 2000, he did a lot
of free style rapping in the US and win for 7 weeks straight. In 2007 he helped
Barack Obama to elect for US president. I think in around 2008 or 2009 he moved
back to Hong Kong and developed his music career there. The title “ABC” means
American Born Chinese.
The
lyrics of the song are about himself (guess you would have probably guessed
from the title, as Jin was one himself). This song really just describe his
life. I guess the main purpose of the song is that through the lyrics it tried
to bridge himself with his audience in Hong Kong. The song tell us that when he
was in US, he grew up like those in Hong Kong. He told us that he still watch
the TV show from Hong Kong, he drinks Vitasoy just like every kid in Hong Kong
(Vitasoy is a soy milk brand, it is very popular in Hong Kong, perhaps even in Asia
in general). So perhaps he was born and grew up overseas, he is very similar to
his audience in Hong Kong. Hope you will like the song.
ABC –
MC Jin
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