HP(hiphopplaya): Out of all the love-themed songs, “My love” is the title track. Is it because Jay Park was featured in this track? (laughs)
 
dok2: No. I always wanted to make this one the title track if I ever released an LP. I felt it ever since I played it on the piano: this is the title track. (laughs). That was in 2009. I already decided back then that this will be the title track and when I was working with Map The Soul, it was chosen to be the title track for the album to be released after Thunderground EP. But a few people around me – excluding the Map the soul fam – criticized the song once. They said this kind of song will not work in Korea, even if it is a love song. But I always kept my position. I wanted to show people that there are this kind of love songs as well by choosing it as the title (track). And that is how it came to be. Therefore, it’s not because Jay Park hyung featured in it that I decided it to be the title track.
 
HP: You met Jay Park when you were on the American tour with MYK and Dumbfounded. That was interesting, let alone you continuing to work with him since ‘Doin’ Good’.
 
dok2: I was always interested in him and liked him (as a musician). What I’m saying is, I’m interested in Korean residents from another countries, because I myself did not live a Korean-like life. When 2PM debuted, Jay hyung was the leader. The media reported that he breakdances, choreographs, and writes his own rap lyrics. In addition to being a Korean-American, there were these kinds of skills in him; so I watched this reality show. But his personal talent that he showed was different. Other idols would have tried to mimic another artist; Jay hyung rapped to the lyrics that he wrote. He rapped about how he was from Seattle and gave constant shoutouts to his b-boy crew, AOM. I was very surprised. Another time he surprised me was when Crown J couldn’t perform with Navi in a song that he featured in so Jay hyung performed in place of him with his own lyrics. His expressiveness was again different than others. He rapped this in English but he said ‘If this the game of love then we in different cells.’ What this refers to is that criminals can never meet each other if they are in different areas. I was surprised because I didn’t think that an idol would make such a comparison. I remember running up to Double K hyung and telling him that there is a singer with an amazing hiphop mind and that I want to work with him. All the musicians that are friends with me know this story. So I just continued to have a good impression of him when, as you said, I met him at the American tour I did with MYK and Dumbfoundead. I was shaking at first. I was a big fan of him (laughs). I even packed my CDs to give to Jay hyung. But when I met him that day, Jay hyung knew that I was a part of All Black. So it was easy to talk to him. And after the concert, Jay hyung came to Korea to film the movie and I kept in contact with him and we became friends. We are both similar in terms of not drinking and smoking (laughs).
 
Anyhow, when Doin’ Good first came out, there were a lot of people who were saying that I became friends with Jay to use him, or judging Jay’s rap and wondering why I worked with him. But for me, I believe that one’s passion for hiphop and his attitude as a part of this culture is more important than their skills. I will talk about this again later but that is why I worked with Soulja Boy. Attitude. I don’t work with people who have a bad attitude and personality no matter how skilled they are. Of course, there are inevitable times when I have to but I mostly only work with people that have a good attitude as a part of the culture and those that shared the same views. Jay hyung and I are very similar in that way and he featured in my songs; I think he will very often in the future as well.
 
HP: You mentioned it earlier but a lot of people have a misunderstanding that you gained popularity after working with Jay Park. I admit that it went up but… you worked hard more than anyone else. (laughs).
 
dok2: I wanted to talk about this in an interview as well. It is, of course, true that fans of Jay hyung support me. I think that because of this, the atmosphere of the hiphop scene became much better. However, if I disappointed them in someway and didn’t make good music, I don’t think they would come see the performances just for Jay hyung. Except for the Thunderground show, Jay hyung’s name was never publicly revealed on the list. Yet they still come to the shows, sing-a-long to the songs on the set list, take lots of pictures and films a lot. This is what I think seeing this. I think that, by working with Jay hyung, it’s not that I gain a bit of popularity at the moment but rather, the two of us together create a simultaneous energy; it’s a good relationship. If I worked with Jay hyung or other singers with a fandom, their fans may of course show a little bit of interest at first. But if I disappoint them and not show them any charisma as a musician then they wouldn’t buy my album or come so easily to my concerts, right? I wish that people would realize this.

SOURCE: Hiphopplaya; TRANSLATOR: Lydia@JAYPARK.NET
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I have been following Jay Park’s success since mentioning him on an online show last March. His K-Pop fans came swarming in to tell us all about him. When I first heard his “Nothin’ On You” cover, I thought he was just another very talented singer posting a homemade video on YouTube. Afterall, it was a video of Jay singing from his parent’s bathroom.
 
However, Jay Park is so much more than your average singer. He is an American b-boy, dancer, singer, rapper and actor. Jay was the former leader of South Korea’s boyband 2PM, starred in American dance film Hype Nation and is now part of Seattle’s b-boy crew Art of Movement (AOM).

Since posting his first video on YouTube just over a year ago, Jay has gained almost 175,000 loyal subscribers from around the world and amassed 25 million video views. Jay’s first cover of “Nothin’ On You” went on to win him ‘Best Web Video’ at the Mashable Awards. I could go on and on with Jay Park’s accolades, but I think you get the point. He is very talented and has a very strong following with incredible potential. On April 21, 2011, Jay Park’s YouTube channel “jayparkaom” was unexpectedly suspended on YouTube for “multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s Community Guidelines.”
 
Upon hearing this news from Jay’s twitter (JAYBUMAOM), I immediately contacted Jay and he told me he wasn’t exactly sure what happened. He mentioned that YouTube partnered him and that he didn’t know that cover songs on YouTube were not permitted.
 
There are thousands, even millions of song covers on YouTube. It is my understanding that anyone (including YouTube partners) can cover a song, they just cannot monetize (profit) off of a copyrighted song without commercial rights from the song owner/label. I have contacted YouTube’s partner support and told them about the issue. I also provided Jay with contact info so that Jay could work it out with YouTube directly. Hopefully, we can give him an early birthday gift (April 25) and get his channel back. K-Pop fans are always “fighting” for Jay. Good luck, Park Jaebeom!
 
P.S. Keep in mind that it is not necessarily YouTube who caused his channel to get terminated, but rather the music label(s) of the songs that he covered on YouTube. Please be patient and let YouTube and Jay work things out with the music companies.
 
Fighting,
Scott Kinmartin
킹왕짱

 
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