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Leon Fanourakis & Taka Perry create a masterclass in collab on ‘BELIEVE’

Indonesia’s RAMENGVRL, Korea’s sokodomo & Australia’s YNG Martyr join in on the fun

LiFTED | Marcus Aurelius | 8 Oct 2024


Getting five different artists to collab from five different time zones from five different places on the planet is a challenging task, but this is what Taka Perry excels at. The producer, who was last seen sampling Tokyo’s rail system with Leon on ‘EXPRESS,’ is back with a pan-Asian combo for the ages as Indonesia’s RAMENGVRL, Korea’s sokodomo, and Australia’s YNG Martyr come along for the ride on ‘BELIEVE.’

The video for ‘BELIEVE’ is a tongue-in-cheek look at what Taka has to do to get the MC’s verses for the song and video finished. Taka Googles “cool Tokyo rapper” and his partner-in-collab, Leon, gets the go-ahead to start the song. With a deep, brooding voice and double-time flow, Leon sets the bar high with the first verse. Up next is RAMENGVRL, beamed in by a couple of creative security footage cameras. As she always does, RAMEN lets it be known that the world is hers.

In a nod to the producers out there, Taka has to restart his computer and even has Ableton Live freeze on him a bit. Eventually, he gets sokodomo over a video chat and YNG Martyr comes into the studio to drop his big.

‘BELIEVE’ is a humorous and inventive way to show the madness that producers go through to get rappers from around the world on their tracks. LiFTED can’t wait to see what’s next.

Check out ‘BELIEVE’ from Taka Perry, Leon Fanourakis, RAMENGVRL, sokodomo, and YNG Martyr below.