Alvin James P. Manlutac (born August 19, 1991), known professionally as Al James, is a Filipino rapper and songwriter. He is known for his songs "Pahinga", "Pa-Umaga" and "Latina".

Career

Al James graduated with a degree in fine arts and design at the

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. He became involved in hip-hop where he met his collaborators, collectively known as "Baryo Berde Atbp", there. The group now has 11 members. His exposure increased with the release of "Ngayong Gabi", collecting over 25 million views in 18 months. He was praised by ''Highsnobiety'' for "his syrupy flow and purple imagery make for a chill counterpoint to the chaos of life in this dense megacity". He has crossed over from underground to mainstream as his song "Ngayong Gabi" reached #1 on

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's primetime hit in December 2017. So far, he is not signed with any record label. According to an interview with ''

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'', one of his hip-hop contemporaries he follows is

Shanti Dope Sean Patrick Ramos (born April 15, 2001), known professionally as Shanti Dope, is a Filipino rapper, singer and songwriter. He is known for his songs "Nadarang", "Shantidope", "MAU", and "Amatz". Shanti Dope started writing verses in 2013 fol ...

. He was paid to remix his own single "Pahinga" by

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for their Summer Desserts advertisement campaign entitled "Palamig Ka Muna".
- Following the release of the music video for "Ngayong Gabi", which was premiered on

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, he was named as the Myx Featured Artist for October 2018.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

* ''Outthrow!'' (by

) (2017) * ''Lagi'' (by

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) (2018) * ''Soju'' (by

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) (2018) * ''Iladnasanwakan'' (by Ron Henley) (2018) * ''Ilalim No. 1'' (by

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) (2019) * ''Perfect'' (by

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) (2022) * ''Perfect'' (by

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