As we dive into Asian Pacific America Heritage Month we wanted to remind you, that you can continue the celebration digitally with the MYX Original Show, Island Block Party. So pack your bags because we’re taking YOU to the islands!
Check out Interviews, performances & music videos with your favorite Island pop, reggae & R&B artists like the Common Kings, Eli Mac, Maoli, FIA, CRSB, J Boog & more alongside features on Pacific Island community heroes, events & businesses. The show is hosted by Myz Lulu and DJ AD of the Island Block Network.
You can't celebrate APAHM without Pacific Islanders so check out the trailer below and watch all the latest episodes on our new MYX Video On Demand HERE. Also, stay tuned because new episodes of Island Block Party are on the way.
Kolohe Kai is celebrating his 10-year anniversary on tour, this week he stops in LA, with 2 shows apart of the Island Block Party Concert Series. On 11/18 and 11/19, they are bringing the vibes down to the House of Blues in Anaheim with opening performances from Fia and CRSB. Check out their recent tour stop in Berkley, California, to get a glimpse into the show. Tickets are still available and can be purchased through this link.
If you can't get enough of the Island Block Party, we got you! Airing every Tuesday at 7 pm PST, you can catch the new MYX Original Series "Island Block Party." Stay tuned for the highlights and interviews from Kolohe Kai, Fia, and CRSB coming soon!
About Island Block Party:
Pack your bags we’re taking YOU to the islands! Island Block Party is our new MYX original music show featuring interviews, performances & music videos with your favorite island, pop, reggae & R&B artists alongside features on community leaders, events & businesses.
The show airs Tuesdays worldwide at 7P PDT on TV & online at https://myx.global/livetv/ starting 11/9.
The series is a co-production between MYX, Island Block Network & Aww Films.
Looks like Adrian Marcel and Sonny B have been cookin' up bangers in the studio. The Bay Area natives, Sonny B, who's part of the group CRSB and R&B artist Adrian Marcel posted earlier this year that they've been collaborating, writing, and producing together. They kicked off their collab with an R&B track, "I Gotchu (End of the Day)," which was written and produced by Sonny B and performed by Adrian Marcel.
The latest Adrian Marcel track comes after a brief hiatus and he sure returned with a certified hit. The raw and emotional song talks about an unconditional love and how relationships might not always be in the honeymoon phase, but you still choose that person. It's ride or die type of love and the track gets you all up in your feels. It's been a while since we've heard a true R&B record.
In a recent interview with Sheen Magazine, Marcel gives details behind its meaning. "In a woman’s perspective, it’s a song where a woman can feel hurt. For a man, they can feel understood...it’s one of those things where it’s the type of love where they may get on your nerves, but regardless I still chose you, I still got you when I’m mad at you. I think that in R&B, I haven’t heard too much of that, where there’s still an edge in the lyrics."
The official music video premiered on BET and BET Soul and it brings out those classic R&B vibes, think Omarion, Frank Ocean, and Ne-Yo. It gets real without the need to be flashy, which is who Adrian Marcel is at the core.
So what's next? He's dropping new music this year and his EP titled Marcel. The next single will be In My Bag that gives a different spin to "I Gotchu." The EP will have 5 tracks with a release set for the end of the year. He'll not only be releasing new music at the end of the year, but he also short filmed lined up to release.
I’m R&B to the bone, my audience knows that, but I feel like I’ve been able to go deeper with the creative process and how I deliver it. It’s the perfect time to expose it as we’re creeping our way out of the pandemic.
ADRIAN MARCEL ON HIS UPCOMING EP MARCEL
The EP project is about self-growth and evolution, but still keeping it real to who he is as an artist. He shared how excited he is to release new music, "My team is amazing! We’re constantly making music that I feel like is timeless. Since March, we’ve written and recorded over 30 records. I’m excited for all of those to continue to have their moments to drop."
East Oakland’s own Adrian Marcel is solidifying himself as an R&B chameleon whose smooth and sultry sonics pair seamlessly with his boldness and emotional bravery. With an across-the-board artistic upbringing and versatile Bay Area cultivation, Marcel’s organically resonant work provides palatability and relatability, allowing fans to feel seen and heard regardless of where they’re from or who they are. His work largely pertains to the importance and power of passionate love, a topical testament to his generation-spanning influences such as Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Ginuwine and Maxwell. A graduate of the prestigious Oakland School For the Arts, Marcel’s attraction to music became paramount to his being early on, even with experiencing a few minor detours along the way.
He snagged his first platinum-selling single, “2 AM,” a trap-influenced rhythmic banger with accompaniment by rapper Sage The Gemini, and found himself on Billboard’s Rhythmic Songs chart for 10 weeks in 2015. Marcel’s forthcoming eponymous EP Marcel is expected in fall 2021. The project shows a new side to the artist, whose personal and professional self-awareness further expanded as a result of the pandemic. Where Adrian is laid-back and humble, his alter-ego Marcel is confident, free, and raw—aspects of his personality he’s “tried to hide” in the past.
CRSB is a musical duo based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who create their own brand of Island Soul-infused Pop. Consisting of members Chris Ramos and Sonny B., CRSB combines honest and memorable songwriting with a heart right out of the islands. The group garnered mass attention from the public after they began to release live home videos performing their original compositions which amassed over three and a half million plays.
The group self-released the LP "Eclectivity" in 2009 in response to the demand of their rapidly expanding fan base. Since then CRSB has accomplished to get 3 #1 Songs and 5 Top 5 Hits on the Hawaiian Radio Waves. CRSB released 2 Ground-breaking Projects the "LoveGun EP" and there Self Titled LP "CRSB". Their sound bridges the gap between Island Music and Pop Culture. CRSB's acoustic driven, ukeulele-based songwriting and their polished, Island Pop sound always leaves their audience feeling good and wanting more.
Cover Photo Credit: CRSB Facebook
Island-Soul group CRSB (Chris Ramos & Sonny B.), "a hella dope band from the Bay," will be performing a special LIVE show for fans in Las Vegas, Nevada at the legendary monthly event called Tuesday Blend at their new venue, StarBase. MYX is back with another great LIVE concert for you that will be taped to air on our MYX cable TV network this August!
If you are 21+ with a valid ID, you can RSVP for FREE entry. One RSVP per guest. If you are 18+ you can purchase tickets for $10 here.
Check out CRSB at their recent SOLD-OUT show in the Bay Area a few weeks ago:
ABOUT CRSB:
CRSB is a musical duo based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who create their own brand of Island Soul-infused Pop. Consisting of members Chris Ramos and Sonny B., CRSB combines honest and memorable songwriting with a heart right out of the islands.
According to Traktivist:
Sonny B
Ethnicity: Filipino
Role: Singer / Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer, Musician
Instrument: Voice, Ukulele
Chris Ramos
Ethnicity: Filipino
Role: Singer / Vocalist, Songwriter, Musician
Instrument: Voice, Ukulele
