#east to West

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CHANI NATTAN, INDERPAL MOGA & AR PAISLEY BRIDGE BORDERS WITH JOINT PUNJABI-ENGLISH HIP-HOP EP EAST TO WEST

 Today, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley bridge East and West with the release of their highly-anticipated joint EP “East To West”  via 91 North Records. Merging authentic western hip hop sounds with traditional South Asian roots, the 7 track tape, which draws inspiration from early 90s and 2000s Hip Hop, sees Vancouver’s Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga unite with Toronto’s rap titan AR Paisley in a project of timeless music that stays true to its roots while breaking international boundaries.

Featuring evocative bars, as well as a soulful, emotive blend of nostalgic sounds, East to West is sure to cement Nattan, Moga and Paisley's status as the new titans in the Punjabi - Hip Hop scene. Opening track 'Block Boys', blends the essence of early 2000s hip-hop with vibrant Punjabi sounds, in a dynamic fusion that highlights the artists lyrical flair, while fueling an exciting narrative of their collective grind and hustle.

‘Heater’ splices hypnotizing synths, and bouncy bass-heavy percussion over laid-back production from collaborator Jass G, on a track that embodies an aura of dominance and carefree enjoyment. The vibrant and uptempo vibes of ‘Dancer’, an experimental and innovative sound influenced by 90s disco, gives way to ‘Mehndi’, a song inspired by the vibrant culture of Punjabi wedding season - an interplay of nostalgia and romantic undertones that exemplify the artist’s versatility.

The project changes pace on love song ‘All Eyez On You” an intense cut that beautifully reflects on the feeling of being completely enamored by a single person that becomes the center of one’s world, despite the constant allure of the spotlight.  Nattan, Moga and Paisley ride out the ups and downs of life's relational tides, with their most introspective single to date “Seasons’ - an ode to the unpredictable nature of relationships that compare to ever changing seasons. Rounding out the tape is the 2023 release, ‘What’s Beef’, the first collaboration between the artists, which started their ascent together in the hip hop space.

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley are one of the most exciting breakout rap talents of recent years. With music that is relatable in every sense, driven less by punchlines and more by traditional roots and nostalgia, the artists reflect on their personal experiences of the process saying, “We feel nostalgic when we listen to music right now, the sound reminds us of when we were in middle school going to theme parks, playing basketball etc. We had a lot of relatable connections to music like the music that resonated with us most during our upbringings.”

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, and AR Paisley also blaze a trail as the first Canadian South Asian trio to showcase Punjabi hip-hop on the viral platform On The Radar.

Shot in New York City, the trio delivered a dynamic East To West Cypher freestyle on the platform, which has seen the likes of Drake & Central Cee, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty amongst other notable rap acts. The East To West tape follows an exciting 2024 for the rising stars, with a consistent slate of releases from Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga that includes their 91 North Records debut ‘Facetime’ which garnered nods from outlets such as Billboard Canada, reaching #1 on Spotify Canada's Vancouver Pulse Chart and recent release ‘Bhabi’. 

The year has also proved to be a breakout one for Paisley, whose surprise collaboration ‘Drippy’ with the late Sidhu Moose Wala accumulated over 15 million views in under a week, charting #9 on Canada's Billboard Hot 100. They are set to round out the summer with a performance at the UK’s R5B Festival on August 31st!  

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Changing the direction your bed faces is such an underrated game changer!

I’ve played around with the direction my bed is facing for a while. Both where I am and where I lived previously.

Finding the right direction, I sleep soooo good! Even if I don’t get enough sleep, I still wake up feeling refreshed asf.

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re: how to adapt Persona in the west

I think the Trinity Soul anime would be a good case study for how to do a Persona adaptation.

It's a new story set years after persona 3.

The P5 mobile game is another way to go. It's a whole new cast as Phantom Thieves years after P5.

So doing a new Persona story set in the west would be the best way to adapt Persona. Each entry has a whole new cast, location and premise so that gives you a lot of options.

Any of the Persona games could work as a multi season TV show. P5 is the easiest because it has a more episodic gimmick than the others.

Honestly most US comic adaptations are pretty loose so I'd expect Persona to be the same way. So doing a Western Counterpart is better than putting P5 or P4 in NY or Texas.

[sweet-butpsychox]

My 5 road trips of the states and I still feel like I've hardly seen anything 😂, you can tell we have favourite places to visit!

[unlikelykingoftheworld]

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"B-but Palestinians can get their freedom with peace not violence 🥺🥺" no. Screw your feelings. The armed resistance against colonizers and murderers is what will give Palestinians their freedom and what will eventually achieve real peace.

An enemy that bombs and uses white phosphorus against civilians doesn't know nor practice what your broken moral compass describes as "peace". Freedom was proven throughout history not to be achieved through kneeling and asking the oppressor to kindly stop. Freedom needs to be taken by force. Your little Utopian way of thinking doesn't work in the real world. Your feelings don't matter because you're not the one living under occupation. Your feelings don't matter because you're not one of the thousands of children who lost their limbs. You're not one of the children who became orphans due to this genocide. You're not the mother who lost her child to the carpet bombing. You're not the father carrying the remains of your child in plastic bags. You're not the newlywed woman who lost her husband. You're not the one at risk of either getting killed any second or losing your loved ones in the blink of an eye!

"Peace" is not really a thing you see during a live ethnic cleansing!

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"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."

~ Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

[troythecatfish]

Using "Legalize" as a term to cover up the theft of people's homes and livelihoods is expected at this point from the NYT. The "free" press is complicit in the manufacturing of consent to not only destroy Gaza, but to also annex the West Bank. Free Palestine.

X: Assalrad

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EDIT: I've now made a post that you can read here with more information about the ICJ rulings, their powers and what we can do with this ruling here. I had to this morning and will continue to delete, report, and block all comments/asks that are anti-Arab, zionist, Islamophobic, racist, and/or antisemitic.

We already knew this but the ICJ has now ruled that Israel's continued occupation of Palestine is illegal and needs to end ASAP.

They found that Israel's occupation does not give it the right of sovereignty over the West Bank and Gaza and that it is not a temporary occupation but is an illegal, permanent and discriminatory annexation. The ICJ also found violence against Palestinians, Israeli exploitation of Palestinian natural resources, transfer of civilian population (settlers and companies/organisations), extension of Israeli laws to replace local Palestinian laws, forced displacement of Palestinians, confiscation of Palestinian land, annexation. That Israel's 'security concerns' are not valid justifications for any of these measures.

The ICJ has ordered Israel to end its presence in the West Bank and Gaza immediately and to cease all new settlement activity, return all lands and assets to Palestinians that they've ceased since 1967 and that includes archives and items of cultural significance, evacuate all of their settlers from the settlements, pay compensation, and repeal all laws that maintain this occupation and discrimination. The ICJ is not legally-binding but does carry significant political weight and this ruling is important for continuing to advocate for Palestine and to put pressure on our government's to do the right thing and for them to put pressure on Israel. Keep contacting your representatives!

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trash birds being quite silly

[because--palestine]

"what does international law mean for Palestinian children in Gaza today? It has protected neither them nor their parents. It has not protected their families or communities, it has not protected their lives or limbs, it has not protected their hopes or homes. We are a proud and resilient people that has endured more than its share of agony.

It is so painful to be Palestinian today. "

Today at the international court of justice hearing on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, held back tears as he appealed to the judges to uphold international law in the Palestinian territories and help secure a two-state solution 'in which the two-states live side by side in peace and security'.

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Gazan portraits by Palestinian Photographer Motaz Azaiza (pictured in the center of the final photograph) :

Motaz’s photography captures the daily life of Palestinians in Gaza; from old to young, from happy to sad, from living to dead - he is currently documenting the Israeli onslaught and mass destruction of Gaza live on his social media. His Instagram: Motaz_Azaiza

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