2000–2002: Beginning of a solo career
After Sechs Kies ended, Eun Ji Won started his solo career in 2000 under the name G1. He first debuted with the single track "A-Ha" on October 27, 2000. He composed and penned all songs from his first single album. Eun Ji Won released his first regular album on March 29, 2001 with the title track "Murmur". With the success of his first album, Eun Ji Won refined his style and attempted new experiments with his music in his second album.
2003–2005: Third album breakthrough
Eun Ji Won then hit it big with his third album with the title song "Drunken in Melody" which was released on September 5, 2005. He later released a repackage album of his third album which included a 'Winter Version' of "Mikasaro" and "Never Ever" from his first single album. "Drunken In Melody" earned him the Hip Hop Award from the 2003 SBS Gayo Awards and KMTV Korean Music Awards. He has also performed this song twice on stage with Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger on KBS' Yoon Do Hyun's Love Letter.
2004: First leading-male screen debut
Eun Ji Won has starred as the leading-male role in the romantic-comedy movie Marrying High School Girl (여고생 시집가기) with Lim Eun Kyung which was directed by first-time director Oh Duk Hwan. It was in theatres on December 23, 2004. Eun played as Park Ondal, a transfer student to the same school as Pyung-Gang (played by Lim Eun Kyung). The two star in an "inspired by Korean legend" tale about a high school bad girl who must get married to someone named "Ondal" before her sixteenth birthday and have a baby within one year after marriage, otherwise she will die.
2006: Joined hip-hop crew, Movement
Although he disappeared from the mainstream k-pop, in mid-2006, he joined Movement (무브먼트), a group of rappers and hip-hop artists from all over Korea. Many of these singers are also well-known among the k-pop industry while some are well-known as underground artists. Members of Movement include Drunken Tiger, t, Masta Wu, Dynamic Duo, Epik High, TBNY, Leessang, Yang Dong Gun (YDG), Bobby Kim, Buga Kingz, Ann, Double K, All Black and many more. Movement held a concert on May 13, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Many artists of the Movement has also been featured in Eun Ji Won's albums.
2007–present: Return after two year hiatus
Eun Ji Won returned with a new single titled "Adios" after a two years and six month hiatus from the music industry. His new single Love, Death, Introspection (사랑死랑思랑) was released on October 30, 2007 has four new tracks and an instrumental version of his title song "Adios". Mr. Tyfoon, Baek Ji Young and Sat Byul (샛별) was featured in this single album. "Adios", which is a latin hip-hop track was composed by Keeproots and the lyrics were written by Mr. Tyfoon. Tiger JK from Drunken Tiger, Mr. Tyfoon and Eun Ji Won himself helped in producing this single album. He now works under 13 Creative Unit, which is part of Eyagi Entertainment, who also produces the female singer, Hwang Bo, and actress, Park Si Yeon.
In mid-2007, he has appeared on a new reality-variety show Happy Sunday: 1 Night 2 Days produced by KBS. Recently, he has replaced Kim Jong Min on MBC's Come To Play (놀러와) who left to serve his military duties. Kim Jong Min was also part of the 1 Night 2 Days cast and was replaced by MC Mong. He was also part of the cast on SBS' Burst! Mental Concentration (작렬! 정신통일) before the show ended in September of 2007 due to low ratings.
Eun Ji Won is currently preparing for his fifth album which will consist of 20 songs chosen from over a hundred songs. In 2007, Eun Ji Won had performed at the DKNY Party. He has stated that starring on TV shows and his fifth album does not have anything to do with each other.
Credits: wikipedia.org & htruc@soompi
