Flipsyde

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

Flipsyde
Origin	Oakland, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop rap rock alternative hip hop acoustic hip hop alternative rock
Years active	2003–present
Members	Steve Knight Dave Lopez The Piper (Jinho Ferreira)
Past members	DJ D-Sharp Chantelle Paige
Website	Flipsyde.com

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,^[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

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

• 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

Studio albums

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	—	—	WW: 50,000[citation needed]

EPs

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

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

Singles

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

• List of former Interscope Records artists

Notes

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