After Hakka folk ensemble Labor Exchange disbanded, Lin Sheng Xiang used the moniker "Sheng Xiang and Water 3" to put out the album Getting Dark. The album, which minutely narrates stories of suffering urban laborers, was widely considered the best Chinese-language album of 2004.
充滿人文色彩的客家抗議樂團「交工樂隊」解散後，林生祥以「生祥與瓦窯坑 3」為名發表專輯《臨暗》，細訴都市勞動者的困頓與苦悶，被普遍認定為 2004 年最好的華語專輯之一。