Flipsyde
Encyclopedia
Flipsyde is a rap/R&B
/rock
band from Oakland, California
. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and for a short while Chantelle Paige
. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor
, The Black Eyed Peas
, Snoop Dogg
and on the Anger Management Tour
. Flipsyde's single, "Someday
", was chosen as NBC
's theme song for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games
held in Torino, Italy, as well as part of the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down
. Their debut album, We the People, also featured three other singles ("Happy Birthday
", "Trumpets (Never Be The Same Again)", and "Angel") and was highly lauded by critics, including a review from the Washington Post proclaiming it the best hip hop album of 2006.
In 2008, following the addition of Paige to the group, Flipsyde once again had a song of theirs selected as a theme song for the Olympics. This time their song "Champion" was chosen as the theme for the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing, China, as well as the primary song for EA Sports
NBA Live 09
video game. They enjoy touring in India
, where their first tour took place in 2005 via VH1
's Hip Hop Hustle, and have already performed there twice and may be planning a third trip. Later that year it was announced through their MySpace
that they had started touring with Akon
, promoting their second studio album, State of Survival
, produced by Akon under Konvict Muzik
.http://www.myspace.com/flipsyde The album was released on varying dates across the world via Kon Live Distribution and Cherrytree Records
in 2009, and contrary to earlier reports Akon did not feature vocally on any tracks. During the production of Lady GaGa's first single, "Just Dance", the members of Flipsyde made a cameo in the video with the members displayed sitting around in a screen shot and Chantelle holding a disco ball sitting next to Piper. Steve Knight and Dave Lopez are seen in the lower corners of the screen.
In March 2009, Ferreira ("Piper") was selected to present his original screenplay "Walter's Boys" in the Tribeca All Access Program (TAA)
at the Tribeca Film Festival
in Lower Manhattan
, New York
. "Walter's Boys" is about "a clandestine training operation led by an ex-CIA agent recruits urban teens, but faces treacherous consequences from the trainees’ intent to break free with the help of a former mentor." Ferreira describes "Walter's Boys" as "an action thriller inspired by my brother-in-law Sgt. Elijah Warren's service in the Army's 5th Special Forces Group. After he committed suicide I felt compelled to share the story I had created with others." On April 24, it was announced that Ferreira's script won best screenplay at the festival, netting him a $7000 prize as well as an original art piece.
Unfortunately, on September 5, 2009, after months and months of push-backs, Flipsyde was notified that Interscope Records was considering dropping them from the label rather than releasing State of Survival in the United States. Touring plans beyond the month of September were abandoned, and at that time the future of Flipsyde came into question. Piper presumably returned to his screenwriting endeavors and Lopez went on to become part of the experimental Latin band Bang Data, while Paige resumed her solo career.
In early January 2011, Flipsyde announced that they were regrouping but this time with only three members, Paige having chosen to continue pursuing her solo career and no longer tour with the band. A new track was posted by the band entitled "Act Like a Cop Did It" which is strongly influenced by the original style of music the group was known for prior to the addition of Paige, such as in the album We the People. The second single by the band was entitled "Livin' It Up". Their new EP
entitled The Phoenix has been released as of July 26, 2011.
Steve Knight – Guitar; rapped vocals; sung vocals
Dave Lopez – Spanish guitar
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and for a short while Chantelle Paige
Chantelle Paige
Chantelle Paige is an American singer, songwriter, actress. She is a former member of the R&B/rap group Flipsyde.-Early life:...
. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor
Fort Minor
Fort Minor is a hip hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, who is better known as being a member of the American rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's debut solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied was released November 22, 2005.-History:...
, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
, Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
and on the Anger Management Tour
Anger Management Tour
The inaugural Anger Management Tour was founded and started in the fall 2000 by Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, and after the release of The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem. Originally targeted at both rap and rock fans, the first "Anger Management" outing took place in 2000. It had two separate legs.The...
. Flipsyde's single, "Someday
Someday (Flipsyde song)
"Someday" is the debut hit single by the band Flipsyde and was also the theme song for NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. It was chosen for the games because the lyrics focus on courage and perseverance toward future goals even though success may seem impossible...
", was chosen as NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's theme song for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
held in Torino, Italy, as well as part of the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down
Never Back Down
Never Back Down is a 2008 action film starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou. It was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. The film's respective tagline is "Win or lose.....
. Their debut album, We the People, also featured three other singles ("Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday (Flipsyde song)
"Happy Birthday" is a song by Flipsyde from their album We the People. Featuring a sample from the song "Gomenasai" by t.A.T.u., it was released as the album's second single on December 27, 2005. The band has performed the song with t.A.T.u live in Germany before...
", "Trumpets (Never Be The Same Again)", and "Angel") and was highly lauded by critics, including a review from the Washington Post proclaiming it the best hip hop album of 2006.
In 2008, following the addition of Paige to the group, Flipsyde once again had a song of theirs selected as a theme song for the Olympics. This time their song "Champion" was chosen as the theme for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing, China, as well as the primary song for EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
NBA Live 09
NBA Live 09
Critics praised the new pick & roll system, though the new feature ,"Dynamic DNA", was called "not deep enough". GameSpot nominated it for the dubious award of Least Improved Sequel in its 2008 video game awards. However, the Wii version received mediocre score from critics.-External links:* * *...
video game. They enjoy touring in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, where their first tour took place in 2005 via VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's Hip Hop Hustle, and have already performed there twice and may be planning a third trip. Later that year it was announced through their MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
that they had started touring with Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
, promoting their second studio album, State of Survival
State of Survival
State of Survival is the second studio album from Flipsyde, and also the first since the addition of Chantelle Paige. It was released in 2009 in varying regions across the world, none including the United States...
, produced by Akon under Konvict Muzik
Konvict Muzik
Kon Live Distribution is a record label founded by R&B singer Akon. It is his alternate R&B/Hip hop label.-Artists:*Colby O'Donis*Jeffree Star*Kardinal Offishall*Kat DeLuna*Lady Gaga*Natalia Kills*Brittian Scott*Ray Lavender- Discography :...
.http://www.myspace.com/flipsyde The album was released on varying dates across the world via Kon Live Distribution and Cherrytree Records
Cherrytree Records
Cherrytree Records is an American record label and is an imprint of Interscope Records.-History:Cherrytree Records was founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum, being German for cherry tree...
in 2009, and contrary to earlier reports Akon did not feature vocally on any tracks. During the production of Lady GaGa's first single, "Just Dance", the members of Flipsyde made a cameo in the video with the members displayed sitting around in a screen shot and Chantelle holding a disco ball sitting next to Piper. Steve Knight and Dave Lopez are seen in the lower corners of the screen.
In March 2009, Ferreira ("Piper") was selected to present his original screenplay "Walter's Boys" in the Tribeca All Access Program (TAA)
Tribeca Film Institute
-Mission:The Tribeca Film Institute is a year-round non-profit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001...
at the Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. "Walter's Boys" is about "a clandestine training operation led by an ex-CIA agent recruits urban teens, but faces treacherous consequences from the trainees’ intent to break free with the help of a former mentor." Ferreira describes "Walter's Boys" as "an action thriller inspired by my brother-in-law Sgt. Elijah Warren's service in the Army's 5th Special Forces Group. After he committed suicide I felt compelled to share the story I had created with others." On April 24, it was announced that Ferreira's script won best screenplay at the festival, netting him a $7000 prize as well as an original art piece.
Unfortunately, on September 5, 2009, after months and months of push-backs, Flipsyde was notified that Interscope Records was considering dropping them from the label rather than releasing State of Survival in the United States. Touring plans beyond the month of September were abandoned, and at that time the future of Flipsyde came into question. Piper presumably returned to his screenwriting endeavors and Lopez went on to become part of the experimental Latin band Bang Data, while Paige resumed her solo career.
In early January 2011, Flipsyde announced that they were regrouping but this time with only three members, Paige having chosen to continue pursuing her solo career and no longer tour with the band. A new track was posted by the band entitled "Act Like a Cop Did It" which is strongly influenced by the original style of music the group was known for prior to the addition of Paige, such as in the album We the People. The second single by the band was entitled "Livin' It Up". Their new EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled The Phoenix has been released as of July 26, 2011.
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Chart position | Sales and certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat. | |||
| 2005 | We the People
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| 2009 | State of Survival State of Survival State of Survival is the second studio album from Flipsyde, and also the first since the addition of Chantelle Paige. It was released in 2009 in varying regions across the world, none including the United States... Cherrytree Records Cherrytree Records is an American record label and is an imprint of Interscope Records.-History:Cherrytree Records was founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum, being German for cherry tree... /Interscope Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:... |
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| 2011 | The Phoenix
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Mixtapes albums
| Year | Title | Chart position | Sales and certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat. | |||
| 2005 | The Pen and The Sword
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2005 | "Someday Someday (Flipsyde song) "Someday" is the debut hit single by the band Flipsyde and was also the theme song for NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. It was chosen for the games because the lyrics focus on courage and perseverance toward future goals even though success may seem impossible... " |
— | — | 10 | — | 28 | 10 | — | — | — | We the People |
| 2006 | "Happy Birthday Happy Birthday (Flipsyde song) "Happy Birthday" is a song by Flipsyde from their album We the People. Featuring a sample from the song "Gomenasai" by t.A.T.u., it was released as the album's second single on December 27, 2005. The band has performed the song with t.A.T.u live in Germany before... " |
— | — | — | 10 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | |
| "Trumpets (Never Be The Same Again)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Angel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No More" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "Champion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | State of Survival State of Survival State of Survival is the second studio album from Flipsyde, and also the first since the addition of Chantelle Paige. It was released in 2009 in varying regions across the world, none including the United States... |
| 2009 | "When It Was Good When It Was Good When It Was Good is the first single off hip hop group Flipsyde's second album State of Survival. This was Flipsyde's first single with Chantelle Paige.-Charts:... " |
— | 92 | — | — | 7 | 42 | — | 9 | 35 | |
| "A Change" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Act Like A Cop Did It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Phoenix |
| "Livin' It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Members
Piper – Rapped vocalsSteve Knight – Guitar; rapped vocals; sung vocals
Dave Lopez – Spanish guitar