# Flipsyde

Flipsyde is an American rap rock group from Oakland, California.

## 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, and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down.
Flipsyde's 2008 follow-up album, State of Survival, featured production by Akon 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, one of which won a screenwriting prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009.
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?, 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 | Chart position | Sales |
| Year | Title | US | US Heat. | Sales |
| 2005 | We the People Released: July 12, 2005 Label: Cherrytree/Interscope Format: CD | — | 43 | WW: — 62,000 |
| 2009 | State of Survival Released: 2009 Label: Cherrytree/Interscope Format: CD | — | — | WW: 50,000 |

### EPs

| Year | Title | Chart position | Chart position |
| Year | Title | 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | CAN | FIN | AUT | SWE | GER | SWI | POL | DAN | SVK | Album |
| "Someday" | 2005 | — | — | 10 | — | 28 | 49 | — | — | — | — | We the People |
| "Happy Birthday" (feat. Piper) | 2006 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 59 | We the People |
| "Trumpets (Never Be the Same Again)" | 2006 | — | — | 11 | 54 | — | 26 | — | — | — | 86 | We the People |
| "Angel" | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | 8 | We the People |
| "Champion" | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | State of Survival |
| "When It Was Good" | 2009 | — | 92 | — | — | 7 | 42 | — | 9 | 35 | 31 | State of Survival |
| "A Change" | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | State of Survival |
| "Act Like A Cop Did It" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Phoenix |
| "Livin' It Up" | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Phoenix |
| "One More Trip" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tower of Hollywood |
| "Believe" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |