In 2006, after parting ways with Ruffryders, me and my then partner Kamel (what up K!) released an independent album called “The Emcee’s Properganda”. The concept of the album was simple. Taking it back to what made me fall in love with Hiphop at a young age in the first place: straight beats and rhymes. The lead single was a track called “Top 5 Dead or Alive”. In keeping with the theme of the song which asks the age old question, “Who’s the top 5 mcs dead or alive!?”, I came up with the concept of doing a “poll” for the video. No actors. Just real everyday people on the streets of NY. Shot in the legendary record store Fat Beats NY, Time Square and on a corner in Brooklyn, our good friend Todd Angkasuwan (director extraordinaire) came thru and helped us capture the visuals.
Kamel, The Godfather of Hiphop: Kool Herc, myself.
If you’ve seen the video, it’s definitely worth checking out again. If you haven’t, here you go.
Here’s a few screenshots.
(3:13) “Tell me off for $2″ Only in NYC.
(3:23) I’m sure his boy Matt was thrilled to see this. I know Gin was.
(4:32) No Batman?!
(4:44) Going over the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn for the 2nd half of shooting for the day.
(4:03) Sean aka Golden Child. Fun fact: He produced the entire album. Oh yeah, at the time he was 16.
So the question I ask you is.. Who’s your top 5 dead or alive?
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No doubt about it…the one, the only, Mr Au-yeung Jin himself. hell yeahh!!
oopsie my bad I meant GIN ;p
I’m really not sure how to rank the following men, since it really depends on my mood. But, my Top 5:
2Pac
Notorious BIG
Big L
Eminem
Jay-Z
However, I would like to say, thanks for being the 1st. You could have been our Big Pun. Perhaps, you were a few years too early for America… Thanks for not only being the 1st Asian Boy, but more importantly, thank you for being extra gruesome on the mic.
i just want to know, what happend to you and kamel?
I love this Properganda album of yours
And I really think everyone who called themself as your fans should and would need a copy of it!
Thanks for filling us with the details of the casts in that video, I had no idea Kool Herc and Golden Child were actually in the video!!! (Sorry for my ignorant… I do know they are legendary though
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Don’t think I am qualify to say who should be top 5, but I’ll list 5 who I’ve listened to and liked them :
Jin ( for sure la
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Lil Wanyne ( sorry I know someone in here does’t like him
LL cool J
Jay-Z
Scarface
Hey Jin ! My Top 5 MC:
Jin
Jay-Z
Lil Wanyne
KT
FAMA
XD
Mr Jin,
This is one of ur best album! love it a lot!
WOW Kool Herc (I didn’t notice that was him in the mv b4,sorry. Know that he is the God Father…but dunno wt he looked like =P)
Golden Child makes good beats! Ofcoz…u killed it!
Back to the Top 5 thing.
Jin
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Jay-Z
Eminem
Can’t reli rank it =P
I just love listerning to their music =)
Claudia*
1. Lupe Fiasco
2. Black Thought
3. Andre 3000
4. MF Doom
5. Talib Kweli
i loved that album. one my favorites and a personal classic. your goal of bringing it back was carried out successfully and had me feeling the same
Rakim’s my top MC but in no particular order:
Jin The MC
Lupe Fiasco
Talib Kweli
Royce Da 5’9″
My top 5 hmmmm in no particular order b/c it depends on my mood:
Jin
JayZ
Common
Tupac
Snoop Dogg
1. jin
2. jin
3. jin
4. jin
5. jin
real talk
1. JIN
2. LUDA
3. MASE
4. CLIPSE
5. WEEZY
Jeezy
Kanyeezy
Weezy
Kid Cudi
JIN
These 5 always looping in all my music playas!
“Who’s the best emcees?
Ain’t no best
Who’s the best emcees?
Ain’t no best
Who’s the best emcees?
Ain’t no best
Top five, dead or alive
Ain’t no best”
I love everything about this joint because the lyrics and beat brought that feeling back of how hip-hop should really be; the roots. To answer who’s the best emcees, top five, dead or alive? It’s a difficult question to answer, but base on my own preference I admire Tupac Shakur, Matthew Paul Miller, Dante Terrell Smith-Bey, Jin Au-Yeung, and Sunni Patterson.
Is there a way that I can follow Golden Child? His tracks were awesome.
kanye west, lil wanye, lupe fiasco, jay z, kid cudi and drake tie.
The best Mc isn’t a person that is Dead or Alive. It’s an artist in his or her true form. Doesn’t given in to gimmicks, or sell out options. People that have followed this trend don’t make it that far, because the mainstream Dictates what is good or not, not the PEOPLE. I love Jin’s respect for the art form. I swear if given an opportunity, I wish he’d do a song with an unsigned artist. Well I’m signed just not to a major label. Jin you interested in doing a record? Please send me an email if you ever get the time. No gimmicks, nothing but what comes from the heart. thedmenace@gmail.com.
Jin, that was a wicked video.
keep it real!
da top five mc..
-eminem
-jay-z
-jin
-kid cudi
-drake
xx
Jin gor,
I dunno the famouse rapper actually expect u…forgive me plz~~
so I just can tell u that u must be the Top1 in my world, and the other one named Shawn Song (from Taiwan)who has already dead.
Cheyanne
this was probably one of your dopest tracks released after your 1st album
The Emcee’s Properganda was a good change of songs at the time
Miss your english rhymes bro!! After your next Chinese one, do an English LP!! Bless You.
Lil Wayne
Eminem
Jay-Z
Lupe Fiasco
Drake
honestly you the man Jin, but I cant say you top 5 dead or alive just yet. But keep working at it. I want u to come back strong and release a killer album. good luck bro
anyone
so young!
not that you’re old now… but so much has happened between then and now…
1, Rakim
2, KRS 1
3, Nas
4, Ice Cube
5, LL Cool J
haha!support hk hip hop!!
jin
24 herbs
mc yan
mastamic
fama
1)Biggie Smalls
2)The Game
3)Jin
4)Gucci Mane
5)Kanye
1. Andre 3000
2. Lupe Fiasco
3. Nas
4. Black Thought
5. Q-Tip
There is NO other Top 5 than these painters of lyrical pictures.
1. gucci
2. soulja boy
3. plies
4. oj da juiceman
5. mike jones
hahhhhhhhhhhahahahahahaaahahahahahah
It’s been said before but hip hop saved my life , so really everyone making a contribution to the industry , to me, shouldn’t even care about rankings cuz it’s not what it’s all about even when the essence of the game dies out . But in no particular order TOP5 MC’S DEAD OR ALIVE :
BIGGIE
3STACKS
EMINEM
TUPAC
JIN