Chinese Music and Drama recommendations

[newdramaconvert]

Hello everyone.

I'm new to this site and don't know very much about chinese music so I'd like some help. I've always been interested in chinese songs but never managed to find any because 1)I know nothing about chinese pop culture and 2)I can't type chinese (tho i'm currently learning)

Can anyone recommend any good Chinese music (in mandarin) or dramas?
I prefer rock and rap, but only those with non-misogynistic lyrics. Actually, I like any music as long as it's catchy. I'll even take some traditional chinese music if anyone can find good ones.

As for dramas, I like anything that's good of course LOL. But I'm currently looking for a good wuxia drama. I checked out D-addicts but I couldn't find anything good. I tried "spirit of the sword" but i thought the series was hideously bad with a really silly plot.
If anyone can snd me links of good dramas/music, i'd greatly appreciate it.

BTW, how safe are the files here? Like I said, I've never dled anything here so I don't know. I'm totally a newbie here.

[maljan2]

You should try out Alan, F.I.R. and Zhang Li Yin (she's Chinese, but sings in Korean; great either way). If you want to discover a little of your own, you can visit this site (offers Chinese, Japanese, Korean and some soundtrack music).

Hope I was able to help you a little! :-)

[kumako]

BTW, how safe are the files here? Like I said, I've never dled anything here so I don't know. I'm totally a newbie here.

The files are safe as hell I'd say. If you don't believe me, ask an admin - or other members.
I've been downloading since some months back in time, and haven't experienced anything virus-like.

[newdramaconvert]

Thanks maljan2! I absolutely love Alan's voice. It's so incredibly beautiful. I'm going to check out F.I.R. and Zhang Li Yin's music later too. By the way, are the files at the site you sent me virus-free?

To Kumako: I started dling the music and thus far, remain completely virus free. Thanks for the response!

[cakefreak]

watch Secret, the movie with Jay Chou in it. very good.

[tin-can-man]

Music reccomendations wise I'd say:

Jay Chou <- a must
Jolin Tsai
Lee Hom Wang
JJ Lin
F.I.R
Tank

i hope it helps.
Jolin and Jay have a variety of music, hiphop pop, and jay does rap songs aswell as some ballads
F.I.R is a rock/pop band, female singer