The official song is here! Showed yall the teaser earlier this week and with no further wait the song and video is here in it’s entirety. The original was good but I dare to say the remix is better. All their voices seem to blend well to make this song what it is. Jay might even think so himself because he gave it his official co-sign via his twitter. If you love the song, and you probably do, you can download it here. Muzo grinding baby!

This is my favorite original Ailee track. She wrote it completely herself which I am very proud of her for. Me and Johnnyphlo are in the studio at the moment and we’re just talking about old times and this song came to mind. She has done a lot since this song and it isn’t her best vocal display but it’s a great structured song in my opinion. It was also only released via her Myspace which we all know is pretty much a dead medium in 2006. So hopefully this might remind the few who heard it in the past and be something special to those who haven’t. You can watch a live performance of this song here.

My Muzo brother remixed Jay Park’s song I Want To Cry along with the homie Schoolboy Duke. I’ve heard the track and it’s fire! The hook is crazy catchy too thanks to Jay. This video is just a quick tease to what’s going to be coming very soon. I’ve also seen a preview of that and the quality is sick. Be sure to check back for the official drop.

This is tough right here! The Northern Virginia natives recently liberated this track and I’m feeling it. JL starts off the track. I feel like he got a talent for starting songs. Smaals, you might know him from The Gift, kills the second verse and Manifest anchors it all. It’s rare in this day and age to hear Hiphop kept so raw but these dudes keep bringing it!

This song is so dope! CeeLo, orginally of Goodie Mob, more recently one half of Gnarls Barkley, is doing his solo thing on this joint and I’m loving it. This song is a blunt message to those girls that passed on guys who didn’t meet their financial standards. To put that more frank, this song goes out to the gold diggin’ hoes. This track got a funk/jazzy/James Brown type of sound and I’m feeling that a long with the lyrics. The first verse was especially outstanding to me. Listen for yourself!

The youngboh Yongie Phresh just put out another track. How this song came about was I tagged along to one of Yongie’s studio sessions at Batcave studios in Philly. I was in the room while Yong was in the booth laying down the verse and I got bored just sitting there so I wrote this quick 8 bar verse and threw it on at the end. Yongie didn’t seem to mind so we ended up with this song. Jdot lended her vocals to the hook where she instructs you to jerk, which happens to be Yongie Phresh’s specialty. The original beat comes from Chris Brown and Tyga’s Holla At Me.

The good people at Ancor & Co. reached out to find out more about who I am as an artist and an individual. I got to answer questions I’ve never been asked before and even the questions that I have been asked seem more clear to me now so answered with better answers. Please give it a read and get to know me a bit better. Thank You Ancor and all the readers! Click here for the interview or just go to the jump.

anCor: Whats is your name and where are you from?

Decipher: My name is Decipher and I was born and raised in Philadelphia. I named myself that because “the cipher” was always a welcoming place for me. Whether it be a smoking cipher where we’re passing a blunt or a freestyle cipher where we’re being blunt. Also, in my music I try to break down, explain, decode, and “decipher” what may not seem so easy to understand at times. Wordplay comes natural to me.

anCor: Who introduced you to the music industry?

Decipher: I didn’t have anyone directly next to me that’s done what I was setting out to do. Everyone around me was just as new to this as I was so there wasn’t anybody to introduce us to the game. We had to introduce ourselves. The initiative was taken but we’re still learning as we go along and as difficult as it is I feel the people around me pride ourselves on being self-made.

anCor: Was there anyone in your life that has been there for you since you started your music career?

Decipher: I didn’t start doing music knowing that it would become a career but it’s amazing to look around and see a lot of the same people that have been there from the start. Goes to show you that a love for music is just as serious as any other. Johnnyphlo has been there since he was just John Jung. He used to mix records for me and listening back on those early records it humbling to say the least. He’s now a respectable artist in his own right so that shows how much we’ve grown. Ailee is another artist that I’ve watched grow from watching a 10 second clip of her singing at her church to travelling internationally to showcase her talents. Excited to see where we are in the near future!

anCor: Describe your style of rapping? What do you believe makes you stand out from the rest?

Decipher: I like to consider myself more on the lyrical tip. Even when I started writing and recording I knew that what lacked was delivery because I focused so much on lyrics and not much else. As I’m growing as an artist I’m learning the skills I need to become well rounded in all aspects so bear with me! Also, being lyrical to me doesn’t necessarily mean crazy rhyme schemes or a unique flow. I respect the potency of the words. I might even find it more admirable if an artist cause use less words that carry more potency to express what he’s trying to say.

anCor: In your current city that you reside in, do you believe it is hard to build a good fan base? Why or why not?

Decipher: I love Philadelphia. Maybe not everybody loves me back but I feel like a certain community has to respect it at the very least. As an Asian-American artist there are only a few of us doing it at all let alone in my city. I’m trying to be a face and a figure to represent for the city and people. Those who do know what I do and respect it show their love and I love them back 100x fold and I will continue to.

anCor: Do you ever do anything special for your fans?

Decipher: Everything I do is because of the support. This entertainment business is a two way street. I need to feel the love to show love back. Just a week ago I had a show in Dallas, Texas and the sound was literally the worst sound I’ve ever experienced at a show. I know the crowd feels my lack of enthusiasm because that’s what I’m getting from that as well. I can’t ask for much more because the sound was just that bad. But through the frustration I still hear someone in the front row screaming “One of them Days!” which is one of my more popular tracks but a very mellow, somber one at that and we were at a club show. Nonetheless, I felt the need to do what I can for someone that knew my music and stuck by my set even though the sound was horrible. Shout out to homeboy from Dallas for reminding me I do it for the love!

anCor: When you first started out in the music industry, did you ever think you would have advanced this far?

Decipher: I always wanted it and envisioned but the necessary steps to get there were so unclear. But now every time I’m on a plane to go to a show or see a huge crowd in front of me or even see views and comments on youtube it amazes me what I’ve accomplished. It also always humbles me to know how much further I have to go.

anCor: What is your outlook on the current Hip-Hop scene? (mainstream)

Decipher: I’m not one of those guys that subscribe to the idea that Hip Hop is dead. You might have to search harder to find the music that you appreciate but it is there and thriving I promise. I always hear people saying certain artists are garbage but I respect and listen to almost everything. Gucci Mane isn’t the most lyrical MC but I’m not trying to dance and get wasted to Atmosphere. You need both ends of the spectrum to balance everything out.

anCor: Where do you want your music career to be in the next year?

Decipher: My newest album will be out in a few months so that should be circulating well by then and I hope to be doing shows very consistently and just seeing our ideas and hard work come into fruition. I don’t want to dream too much. I’d rather work and see where it takes me. Success is based on repetition so I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing but let’s hope it moves faster and higher.

anCor: Do you currently have any music in circulation?

Decipher: Expect great things from my new album THE EFFECT dropping late summer of 2010. You can download my free mix tape The Best Things In Life Vol. 1 at http://deciphermusic.com in the music section right now. You can also download remixes I’ve done on my youtube channel which is http://youtube.com/deciphermusic also just search “decipher” on youtube to see some other work I’ve done with other artists.

anCor: Any words of wisdom?

Decipher: Expect the best but plan for the worst. Keep your hopes high but know that you must work for those dreams and nothing will be handed to you. If it was, the victory would not be as sweet and I’m ready to win.

Shout Outs: Muzo of course! Beautiful Cycle! Anybody supporting the music and anybody that eventually will.

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The other day a few of us were at The Bassment working on my upcoming album “The Effect” and it turned into a listening party. Johnnyphlo turned on the track “Beauty Queen” which is a collaboration with Schoolboy Duke, from Los Angeles, and my boy Yongie Fresh couldn’t help but get his dougie on! This song just brings that energy out I’m telling you. The clip is short and you only get to hear a part of Duke’s verse and a part of one of my verses but it should be enough to tease and make you want more. And more is coming…

“She’s like a red bottom Louboutin, these girls are biker boots.”

One of the Best, which features on Johnnyphlo’s album “Basic Strategy”, is finally up for free download! We’ve received a lot of inquiries about this song and where to download it so Johnny finally gave in and is liberating the track. The video version has become pretty popular but here we release the full version with JL on the third verse. You can find out the story behind why he’s not in the video here. So the wait is over! Download at your leisure and please spread the word!

This joint is a classic for me. I remember the first time I heard it it was one of my first nights in Korea in 2004. I was going through some shit at that point in my life too so it was ill to hear someone feeling the same way. Sik poured his guts out on this one and it’s arguably his most popular track to date. Not sure who produced it but the beat is so dark and gutter and the sampled voice adds the perfect hook hauntingly repeating “Trying to find a way out.” I’m hoping people haven’t forgot about this joint so I’m shedding some light on it again. Word is Flowsik is focusing on producing now. But whatever he decides to do, know you got a classic that’ll live on homeboy!

“The say my life is wasted…
Better look at your kids harder cause they doing the same shit”