At the same time, a wave of hip-hop groups were being formed in Taiwan by American-born Chinese, such as LA Boyz, made up of Jeffrey Huang, his brother, and one of his cousins; and Jerry Lo's band The Party. These bands made a splash, but their distinctly Western style of music and lyrics still left local Taiwanese feeling distanced from them.
當時的台灣樂壇，也開始出現一些台裔美籍的 ABC（American-born Chinese）饒舌團體，例如黃立成三兄弟組成的 LA Boyz，以及羅百吉的 The Party，都曾掀起風潮，但他們洋腔洋調的詞曲，還是讓人覺得「隔了一層」。