Uptown 3000
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Uptown 3000 was a Korean American hip hop duo on the record label (The Machine Group CEO Alvin & Calvin Waters) which consisted of Carlos Galvan aka "Cali-Mexci" and Steve Kim aka "Kwon". The duo was a spinoff of Uptown, a Korean hip-hop group which was active in the late 1990's. The duo is considered defunct as the original Uptown made its comeback in Korea in 2006, which Kim and Galvan were apart of.
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[edit] Release Of Album
In 2003, Uptown 3000 released their album "Same Book, Different Chapter"under the record company The Machine Group own by Alvin & Calvin Waters. However the album sold poorly due to lack of financial backing for marketing and promotion for the Korea and United States markets quote by the Executive Producers of the album Alvin & Calvin Waters. The plan was to market the album in Korea first, hoping that the album would be embraced by fans of the original Uptown, which in turn would give the album more publicity for its release in the United States. But after lack of finances to pay for the marketing and promotion the album sold poorly in Korea and was not released in the United States.
[edit] Return to Korea
In 2006, Kim and Galvan returned to Korea to re-form Uptown with Chris Jung. They released a new album, "Testimony".
[edit] Facts and Trivia
- The duo was featured in the PBS documentary film Los Angeles Now.
[edit] Discography
- Same Book, Different Chapter (2003
Record Label: The Machine Group CEO Alvin & Calvin Waters
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