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06-28-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TempleOwl

Who knows. Then again they don't really know much about American slang and culture other than watching TV. Cuz on Tokyo Drift, the one guy says "I'm not a Chinaman cuz I aint from China, I'm Japan..." It's like he doesn't realize that's a racist derogatory word in the US.

wow........ just wow. You don't know much about Japanese slang and culture other than watching TV.

POP Quiz for ya, hot shot- how many Americans automatically call any Asian they see Chinese? Uhm, ya...... THAT'S the reason that line is in the song.

06-28-2006, 07:36 PM

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there has got to be a better name than Teriyaki Boyz. no matter how good their music might be, i'd never take them serious

The name was a play on several themes, but overall I think it was a tribute to the Beastie Boys and their playful style of rap. Teriyaki Boyz is mostly about commercialism, though, with their heavy tie-ins to BAPE, PHARRELL, etc.

06-29-2006, 02:32 AM

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there has got to be a better name than Teriyaki Boyz. no matter how good their music might be, i'd never take them serious

Commrtcialism!!! yes!! thats the word i was looking for!!!! lol

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06-29-2006, 02:35 AM

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i love the first song, Teriyaki Boyz- Fast & Furious
i gotta listen to the other ones too :D

you might wanna check Rip slyme too.
two of the teriyaki boyz members are from that group
and its more like beastie boys-ish music

06-29-2006, 07:09 AM

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Um I'm actually Asian so I know what I'm saying. I was just pointing out how the one dude doesn't realize chinaman is a deragatory word used to describe an Asian person in the same context as ch*nk and g--k. So saying you are Japan isn't really helping the cause. He shoulda said something smarter like threw a diss at prejudice people who think Chinese and Japanese are the same.

06-30-2006, 07:33 AM

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there has got to be a better name than Teriyaki Boyz. no matter how good their music might be, i'd never take them serious

BAPE? that's a clothing line...what are you reffering to?

06-30-2006, 12:42 PM

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Look, just come out with it and say you're Chinese, and felt offended- get it off your chest.

Verbal is a tri-lingual Korean/Japanese guy born in Japan, spent some years in Boston, and has a very sucessful career in Japan producing and promoting BOTH Japanese AND Korean artists. In fact, quite a number of his recent works had Korean artists.

Maybe you don't know the situation of Koreans in Japan; in many cases they are treated like the illegal immigrants within the US- even if they've lived legally in Japan for 3 generations!!

Verbal gets it from three sides: when he's in Korea, they are prejudiced against Japanese. When he is in Japan, they are prejudiced against Koreans. When he is in the US, they are prejudiced against all foreigners. If anyone understands racism, it's him.