How strong is Zeng Yi's rap ability? Do you really think he'll just "yo yo yo yo"?
When "Phoenix Legend" was not called "Phoenix Legend" but "Hair Nerve" group, it was Zeng Yi who served as the lead singer.
In 1998, Zeng Yi gave up his job in his hometown in Hunan to work as a music director at the "Golden Age Dance Hall" run by his friends in Shenzhen. Almost at the same time, Yang Weilinghua, who went out to work, also came to this company. Zeng Yi saw Ying, decided to bring Linghua, and called another collaborator, Zhang Jie, and the three of them formed a "hair nerve" combination. Zeng Yi is responsible for the lead singer, choreographer, planning, music director, etc., and LingHua is responsible for the chorus and accompaniment dance. The group performance was very exciting, but less than a year later, the heavy work made Zhang Jie unable to support, she decided to quit the group, and then Zeng Yi and Linghua changed the name of the group to "Cool Fire Combination", but it has been tepid.
Even so, Zeng Yi still insisted on the "five-five-open" division. Linghua as the lead singer began from "Above the Moon", in 2003, the original singer He Moyang wanted to find a special voice for this song, and when he heard Linghua's voice, he immediately determined that it was her. But when signing the contract, it faced a cruel situation, because it may not be paid for three years. The company sells records, but not necessarily big, and with both people having their own mortgages and car loans, signing a contract means giving up a stable work environment. But even so, Zeng Yi still encouraged Linghua: If you want to play, I will play with you... Later, the company said that as long as Linghua did not want Zeng Yi, Linghua immediately expressed her position, do not Zeng Yi I will not do it.
After signing Peacock Records, the two people experienced a difficult period, it was Zeng Yi who went out to borrow money with a thick skin, and only barely maintained the normal life of the two people, and the money returned was still half of one person.
In 2004, Linghua and Zeng Yi officially changed the name of the group to "Phoenix Legend", Linghua was responsible for the lead singer, and Zeng Yi was responsible for rapping, thus laying the rap style of "Phoenix Legend". Nowadays, as an evergreen group in the music world, the success of "Phoenix Legend" is inseparable from Zeng Yi's forbearance and Linghua's righteousness. A well-known song "Is a Showy National Style", Zeng Yi is also responsible for harmony, pad, rap, and occasionally soars high, wearing a few sentences of "stay", when all the lyrics Zeng Yi are singing, there is no chance to stop, but only the two sentences "Yo Yo Yo" are remembered. Everyone subconsciously ignores Zeng Yi's singing content, but it should be known that Zeng Yi is the "Dinghai God Needle" of the group.
Linghua's psychological quality on the stage is not good, easy to be nervous, the two teamed up to participate in the "Green Song Competition", Linghua deviated from the normal rhythm because of nervousness, singing and singing, did not expect that Zeng Yi with a super sense of rhythm, quickly pulled Linghua back from the "car accident scene". Sometimes Linghua forgot the words, Zeng Yi acted as a substitute, singing a song perfectly, although both of them had a part of solo performance, but Zeng Yi could never stay idle. If Linghua belongs to the "standing pile output", then Zeng Yi is the person who walks around and makes the stage move.
Zeng Yi once sang four songs on the stage in a row, and there was no pause in the middle, and the breath was still stable. But to this day, some people still question Zeng Yi as "the easiest male singer in China to make money", saying that he can divide the performance fee equally only by "yo yo yo", and even when he is not with Ling Hua, he is still regarded as a passerby who can take pictures. Over the years, Zeng Yi has stood up to the most non-existent "Yo Yo Yo" song, "Ling Hua Foil" these biased ridicule, obviously has strength, but silently endured all, willing to be a foil.
But you must not think that Zeng Yi can not sing, take "Xiangxiang" as an example, the breath is wide, full of power, really amazing. At the 2020 Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, the song "Legend of the Phoenix" "Mountain and River Map" made Zeng Yi, who stood in the C position, become the highlight of the whole performance, the words were round, a long song lyrics were sung down, the breath was extremely stable, Zeng Yi's performance did not loosen at all, but sang a different kind of majestic atmosphere.
How important Zeng Yi is to the "Phoenix Legend", perhaps only his friend Linghua has the answer. When Zeng Yi was attacked the most fiercely, Ling Hua stood up for the first time and said that Zeng Yi was actually very talented. When "Phoenix Legend" was at its hottest, someone asked Linghua to consider flying alone, and was directly ignored by Linghua. Whenever Zeng Yi's birthday, Ling Hua will send her blessings on time. The two dreamed of each other on the road, not a family like a family, together is a famous brand, separated is two literary and art lovers. Ling Hua can't do Dedema and Ulantuya, and Zeng Yi can't do Jay Chou and Wang Feng, but the two together are unique in the song world - a perfect match!
