Far East Movement
Apr 18, 2011
The electro hop quartet, Far East Movement is back and teaming up with Snoop Dogg for their latest single, "If I was You (OMG)." For all the international intentions and multi-cultural appeal, they've repped L.A. harder than any pop stars in recent memory. Based in downtown and advocating a "freewired" lifestyle of interconnectivity and the virtues of food trucks followable on Twitter, the quartet have put on for their city at every opportunity.
Hence, their latest video, "If I Was You (OMG)," filmed at downtown's La Cita bar and with a major assist from rap godfather Snoop Dogg. Though using the acronym "OMG" usually incites eye-rolling, FEM display the sort of affability that has landed them two consecutive Top 10 singles (including the No. 1 "Like a G6").
They're after little more than crafting a breezy summertime pop song tailored for the KIIS-FM demographic. Thus far, it has the makings of a hit with nearly 60,000 views in just 24 hours. Plus, it's difficult to dislike a video featuring lucha libre and Snoop Dogg.
The cameo from the latter shows once again how far he's come. He's the rare rapper capable of wearing a suit and tie and appearing on a chromatic pop track and then flipping the script to kick raw gangsta raps. So it goes when you're the man who made "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" (with Dr. Dre) and "Drop it like it's Hot."
Kev Nish said, "We were blessed to work with so many incredible artists in different genres that really brought the Free Wired album together conceptually, but the most interesting definitely had to be the collab with Snoop Dogg. We wanted to blend the underground LA electro scene with the classic west coast we grew up on in that song and Snoop really blessed the song by doin some outside the box stuff in the studio, its what makes the song so unique to anything we've ever done."
"If I was You (OMG) is the 4th song from the album "Free Wired " and now impacting Rhythm.
