Flipsyde

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Flipsyde
Origin Oakland, California, United States
Genres
Years active2003–present
Members
  • Steve Knight
  • Dave Lopez
  • The Piper (Jinho Ferreira)
Past members
Website Flipsyde.com

Flipsyde is an American rap rock group from Oakland, California.

Contents

Career

Flipsyde currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Steve Knight, lead guitarist Dave Lopez, and rapper The Piper (Jinho Ferreira). Their 2005 debut album, We the People , was released by Interscope Records and featured the singles "Happy Birthday" and "Someday", with the latter chosen as a theme song by NBC for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, [2] and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down . [3]

Flipsyde's 2008 follow-up album, State of Survival, featured production by Akon [4] and a minor hit in "When It Was Good", but the record did not chart. The group was subsequently dropped by Interscope Records. Flipsyde released two EP's independently in 2011 and 2012. The group is currently working on a new project together.

Beyond Flipsyde

Ferreira is a graduate of San Francisco State University and has written two unproduced screenplays, [5] one of which won a screenwriting prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009. [6]

Ferreira discussed his experiences growing up, becoming a rapper, and choosing to become a cop to try to address racial injustice in From Oakland to Johannesburg: Can We Reform the Police?, [7] an episode of World Affairs.

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleChart positionSales
US US Heat.
2005 We the People
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: Cherrytree/Interscope
  • Format: CD
43
  • WW: — 62,000 [8]
2009State of Survival
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Cherrytree/Interscope
  • Format: CD

EPs

YearTitleChart position
US US Heat.
2011The Phoenix
  • Released: July 26, 2011
  • Label: Flipsyde Music
  • Format: CD and digital download
2012Tower of Hollywood
  • Released: September 11, 2012
  • Label: Flipsyde Music
  • Format: CD and digital download

Mixtapes

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US CAN
FIN
AUT
[9]
SWE
GER
SWI
[10]
POL
[11]
DAN SVK
[12]
"Someday"2005102849 We the People
"Happy Birthday" (feat. Piper)20061034113 [lower-alpha 1] 59
"Trumpets (Never Be the Same Again)"11542686
"Angel"698
"Champion"2008State of Survival
"When It Was Good"20099274293531
"A Change"
"Act Like A Cop Did It"2011The Phoenix
"Livin' It Up"
"One More Trip"2012Tower of Hollywood
"Believe"2013

See also

Notes

  1. "Happy Birthday" did not enter the Single Top-20, but peaked at number 11 on the Airplay Top-20 chart. [13]

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