Flipsyde

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

Flipsyde is an American hip hop group from Oakland, California.

Career

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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,[1] and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down.[2]

Flipsyde's 2008 follow-up album, State of Survival, featured production by Akon[3] 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

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Ferreira is a graduate of San Francisco State University and has written two unproduced screenplays,[4] one of which won a screenwriting prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009.[5]

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?,[6] an episode of World Affairs.

Past members

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  • DJ D-Sharp (Derrick Robinson), a founding member of Flipsyde, departed after the release of We the People.
  • Chantelle Paige joined the group for the album State of Survival. After the album she moved on to pursue a solo career.

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Title Chart position Sales
US US Heat.
2005 We the People
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: Cherrytree/Interscope
  • Format: CD
 — 43
  • WW: — 62,000[7]
2009 State of Survival
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Cherrytree/Interscope
  • Format: CD
 — —

EPs

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

Mixtapes

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  • The Pen and The Sword (2005)
  • Focus (2011)
  • Ignite (2012)
  • Gift (2012)
  • Transform (2012)

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US CAN
 FIN
 AUT
[8] 		SWE
 GER
 SWI
[9] 		POL
[10] 		DAN SVK
[11]
"Someday" 2005 — — 10 — 28 49 — — — — We the People
"Happy Birthday" (feat. Piper) 2006 — — — 10 3 4 11 3 —[a] 59
"Trumpets (Never Be the Same Again)" — — 11 54 — 26 — — — 86
"Angel" — — — — — 69 — — — 8
"Champion" 2008 — — — — — — — — — — State of Survival
"When It Was Good" 2009 — 92 — — 7 42 — 9 35 31
"A Change" — — — — — — — — — —
"Act Like A Cop Did It" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — The Phoenix
"Livin' It Up" — — — — — — — — — —
"One More Trip" 2012 — — — — — — — — — — Tower of Hollywood
"Believe" 2013 — — — — — — — — — — —

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Happy Birthday" did not enter the Single Top-20, but peaked at number 11 on the Airplay Top-20 chart.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Paoletta, Michael (January 14, 2006). "Making the Band: Rocking the Winter Games". Billboard, p.14. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
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  3. ^ Crosley, Hillary (November 29, 2008). "Konvict Breakouts". Billboard, p. 21. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
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  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).From Oakland to Johannesburg: Can We Reform the Police?
  7. ^ Crosley, Hillary (November 29, 2008). "Konvict Breakouts". Billboard, p. 21. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
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