Pop Shuvit

Pop Shuvit
at Pattaya Music Festival 2006, Thailand
Background information
Origin	Kuala Lumpur
Genres	Hip hop, rap rock, hardcore punk, Nu metal
Years active	2001—present
Labels	Shuvit Management
Associated acts	My Chemical Romance, Ahli Fiqir, Saint Loco, Slapshock, Silksounds, Thaitanium
Website	popshuvitmusic.com
Members	Moots! (vocals) JD (guitar) AJ (bass) Rudy (drums) Uno (turntables)

Pop Shuvit is a Malaysian independent hip hop-rap rock band. Comprising Moots! (vocals), JD (guitar), AJ (bass), Rudy (drums) and Uno (turntables), the band who got its name from a skateboarding trick of almost the same name began making waves in the local music scene in late 2001 and since then, has had 4 successful releases under their belt and gained a sizeable fanbase in Asia notably in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand and Singapore. Known for their adrenaline-packed live shows and eclectic blend of hip hop and rock, Pop Shuvit are being touted as Asia's leading Hip Hop Rock band.

Their debut album Take it & Shuvit broke new ground when their first single Skaters' Anthem was released exclusively on the Internet and became one of the most downloaded local songs in Malaysian music history. The hype and street buzz from the track caught the ears of ESPN, who in turn licensed the track for use in their Summer X-Games broadcast that hit millions of households worldwide. As further credit to Pop Shuvit, ESPN played their music videos and tracks off the album throughout the duration of competition.

In 2003, Pop Shuvit released Take it & Shuvit in Japan and became the first Malaysian band to hit the music chart in Japan. The overwhelming support from Japanese youth market ensured that all tracks of the album charted the top 20 on the Tower Records sales charts (even beating raprock luminaries like Linkin Park) without any promotion to back the album.

The success of their releases in Japan led to Pop Shuvit touring the land of the rising sun in 2005 to support their second release, Here & Now, leading to one of the most successful and talked about headlining tours for any Malaysian rock band. The album was a hard-hitting social commentary of urban culture and spurred hits like Old Skool Rocka and Journey, with the latter earning the band the No. 1 Song of the year on the Malaysian English Top Ten for 2005 and "Best Rock Act”

Always one to go against the grain, the band released a dance remix album and a hip hop EP in 2004 and 2006 respectively. The remix of their track Conversations from the Shuvit Remixes dance CD was hand picked by DJ Nick Warren for inclusion in pioneering UK dance music label Global Underground's mix CD, Shanghai GU28 that peaked at No. 19 on the UK TOP 40 Dance Album Charts. The hip hop EP, a 4 track 12 inch vinyl release, featured collaborations with some of hip hop's most respected emcees from around the globe including US emcees Rapper Big Pooh from Little Brother