[PSYL]

YG is hip/hop. R&B. And the people who are getting mad and talking bad about the YG Fam... well you just need to stop. because quite frankly I dont see you with a contract. Nor do I see you making it big ANYWHERE. And if I'm wrong well then please correct me.

...

I get tired of listening to "I make tha' doe, and I kill that dude, or I F***ed this Ho." Why not rap about something funny or that actually matters? But that's just me.

Algerlanny, there seems to be one major contradicting issue in your opinion. You seem to be a YG fan, and yet you say you're tired of rappers rapping about money, murders, girls, etc. However, that seem to be the major theme in the YG "hip-hop" groups. I have to admit YG has some talented R&B and pop singers. However, it is the very fact that YG "rappers" (e.g. ITYM) like to rap about stuff (just like the so-called American gangsta rappers) that makes me wanna turn off their music. (Example. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pH8k2COES8c).

The reason that I am all for the MOVEMENT music is because they got real poetry in their music (not ALL, but most). When you look at artists like Drunken Tiger, LeeSsang, Sean2Slow, Tasha, etc, these are real street poets with real issues to talk about.

To me, YG to other Korean hip-hop artists is just like comparing 50 Cent to Common (or Talib Kweli). Sure, one may be more popular and makes more money. However, for real hip-hop fans to enjoy music, I think most of them would agree that music with real content is the one (and the only) thing we listen to.

This, too, is a personal thought. No hard feelings, and I'm not being rude or anything - just a personal opinion.

[Dieuan]

YG Family

and don't forget their underground

1tym, Jinusean and all that YG crap aint real rap, bust in tha k-underground section to get better answers.

CB Mass is ill, give Joosuc a shot to

Epik High used to be ill, but they're gettin a lido too mainstream for me

heres a list of some good rappers i got from k-underground:

디지 (Deegie)
Spit Fire
2DR
45RPM (they've been around for a lot longer than their 1 mainstream album)
Digiry
Diz One
Dope Boyz
Drunken Tiger (드렁큰타이거)
Dynamic Duo
Free Style
개화산 (Gae Hwa San)
Gaknagne
Honey Family
Infinite Flow (I.F)
주석 (Joosuc)
Keeproots
Lee Hyun D.O.
Lee Ssang
Master Chang
Master Plan
Master-J
MC 한새 (MC Hansai/MC Hansae)
MC K
MC 몽 (MC Mong)
MC Sniper
Mo Phatt
MP Hiphop
Onesun
P-Type
Panic
Rapgas
R-EST (Raw Esthesia)
Tasha (T)
Uptown
UTR
Vasco
X-Clan
X-Teen
양동근 (Yang Dong Geun)
Yoon Hee Jung (윤히정)
김진표 (Kim Jin Pyo)
대한민국 (Dae Han Min Guk/Gook)

Why do you think YG Ent. is all crap while you have 45RPM in your *good* list?
They're also YG Family Underground...Duhh

But seriously, that's a good list of yours

[algerlanny]

PSYL: I can have a casual conversation with someone. its cool.

See I'll be honest... I dont speak Korean... but i am slowly learning. And i dont know the translations to a lot of songs. but you can kinda get the drift of what's going on..

and i understand that YG does rap about that stuff,now that i've like looked at the lyrics more closely , but they have a limit on how far they go about it. i listen to some of these songs on BET and MTV and i just turn it off... i dont wanna hear details on anything that people do... and i havent heard anyone in YG say i f**ked that ho or whatever... what i really meant i guess is i dont like explicit lyrics... its really not needed... yes YG raps about girls, n stuff but its nothing like explicit...

I agree... I dont listen to YG alone... I like underground... but im still kinda new to it. i like epik high, drunken tiger, dynamic duo, Tasha, and the honey family... their lyrics do have more depth. i never said that they didn't. Dont think that I'm bashin on underground cuz i'm not at all... I was just gettin on some things that people were saying that didnt make sense to me.

and i also agree. listening to something with actual issues is better than listening to something with none...

As far as 1TYM, yes they do rap about that stuff... which is why I dont listen to them as much nor am I an avid fan of theirs...


BUT this is an opinion!!! CASUAL ANDFRIENDLY CONVERSATION... no hard feelings

[seoulkid]

Masta wu is the only real Hip-Hop in YG

[robot_victim]

Masta wu is the only real Hip-Hop in YG

If that's true, then I'd like to know everyone else's category.

[robot_victim]

Is this really 45rpm?



[Note: I only ask because I found their performance quite amusing. I know it's them, hehe.]

[wujian]

anyone heard of Baechigi (배치기)? They're good, but i can't find any of their stuff to dl online.

[spirit uhwey]

anyone heard of Baechigi (배치기)? They're good, but i can't find any of their stuff to dl online.

Yes, I know them. They are ok, whether people think they are real hiphop or not. Further I like to listen to some old stuff from CB Mass, Garion & Leessang.

[PSYL]

^ BaeChiGi is great. I like most of the artists from SniperSound and their minimum use of English in their lyrics.

To algerlanny, I respect your opinion. I, too, get tired of people getting extremely offensive when they come to a sensitive topic. That's why I got to keep writing "it's just a personal opinion" so people don't take it as an universal statement and need to be overthrown.

Did anyone try to listen to 45RPM's Hip-Pop album? I downloaded the whole album for about 30 minutes. Give a quick 1min listen for all tracks. Then I deleted them within a heartbeat. What a waste of my time...

[sockrahtease]

45RPM is trying some' new. I can dig it.

[mousse91]

i only know mc mong and epik high, but i've found this list from wikipedia.

1Kyne
1TYM
2dr
4WD
45RPM
Apollo Crew
ADDSP2CH
Dok2, Microdot
BaeChiGi
Big Bang (group)
Bizzy
Bobby Kim
Brown Hood
Buga Kingz
Haha
CBMass
Cooper
Crown J
CSP
Da Crew
Dead'P
Deep Flow
Defconn
Deffinite
Descry
Deux
Digiri
Digital Masta
DJ AKI
DJ DOC
DJ Son
DJ Soulscape
DJ Silent
DJ Wreckx
Double Deep
Double K
Drunken Tiger
Dynamic Duo
E-Sens
E Sang
Elcue
Eluphant
Epik High
Eun Ji Won
Fana
Feelsea
Free Style|Freestyle
Frottage Family
Fruit Hunter(과일 사냥꾼(Gwa-il Sa-nyang-kun))
Gae Hwa Shan
MC Meta, Naachal
G-Ma$ta
Honey Family
iM -Idea Makers
Ignito
Infinite Flow
Insane Deegie
Itta
Izreal
Jerry, K
Jo PD
Jinusean
Joosuc
Junggigo
Kebee
Keeproots
KG & Vern
Kim Jin Pyo
Kinetic Flow
Knowledge
KOD
Loptimist
Lee Hyun Do
Leessang
Lethal Underground
Lexy
Lil' Joe
Mario
Master Plan
Masta Wu
MC Hansai
MC Min
MC Sniper
Mild Beats
Outsider
P-Flow
P-Type
PaloAlto
Perry
Primary Skool
PSY
RADA
Rhyme-A-
Sama-D
Sean2Slow
SeoTaiji and Boys
Side-B
Simon Dominic
Sole Squad
Stony Skunk
Syntax Error
Tasha
TBNY
The Quiett
The Z
Trespass
Untouchable
Uptown
Vasco
Verbal Jint
Viva Soul
YDG
YG Family
Yoo Seung Jun
YumDDa
X-Styles
X-Teen

[kaorumorite]

does anyone know of a forum that revolves around korean hip hop?

[catchlight]

does anyone know of a forum that revolves around korean hip hop?

You should join the Facebook group 'Korean Hip Hop for the Seoul'

<3Stephanie

[heyitzthatfc]

does anyone know of a forum that revolves around korean hip hop?

you can go to hiphopplaya but it's in Korean, that's the best i can help you out with..

[chiyo]

woah i never realized there was a thread about korean hiphop here at soompi. shame on me . i remember i posted drunken tiger's song he wrote for his grandma on a german hiphop forum and the people freaked. they didn't understand a word, but his emotion alone made them feel and understand his words. he's a real street poet.

does anyone in here listen to rhyme bus? i listened to their song they made with clazziquai. it's really chill

[heyitzthatfc]

woah i never realized there was a thread about korean hiphop here at soompi. shame on me . i remember i posted drunken tiger's song he wrote for his grandma on a german hiphop forum and the people freaked. they didn't understand a word, but his emotion alone made them feel and understand his words. he's a real street poet.

does anyone in here listen to rhyme bus? i listened to their song they made with clazziquai. it's really chill

What's the song called? I'm interested in Rhyme Bus tracks, especially with Clazziquai.

BTW anyone listen to Drunken Tiger and T mini album called Rhapsody?

[bhebie9]

Anyone else found The Q's newest mixtape?

I love his song Love Vibration

[chiyo]

What's the song called? I'm interested in Rhyme Bus tracks, especially with Clazziquai.

BTW anyone listen to Drunken Tiger and T mini album called Rhapsody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RN99A5iRxw

That's the song. it's monologue i think . they even have a myspace, but i forgot their urls. i wish there was like more english info on them

[heyitzthatfc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RN99A5iRxw

That's the song. it's monologue i think . they even have a myspace, but i forgot their urls. i wish there was like more english info on them

Oh wow I can't believe I forgot about this song, I have it and was listening to it just a while ago, stupid memory slipping away from me.

[mdrnprometheus]

The reason that I am all for the MOVEMENT music is because they got real poetry in their music (not ALL, but most). When you look at artists like Drunken Tiger, LeeSsang, Sean2Slow, Tasha, etc, these are real street poets with real issues to talk about.

PSYL really know's his Korean hiphop, because the answer to this thread is plain and simple. And that answer is:

MOVEMENT.

They represent everything true to hiphop - thought provoking rhymes and beats that don't need to be sugar-coated in order to compensate for the emcee's lack of talent.

Seriously, there's incredible depth and variety in the Movement Crew. You have living legends like Drunken Tiger, quality underground artists like TBNY, even artists that appeal to a more mainstream audience like Epik High, and to a much lesser extent, Dynamic Duo and Eun Ji Won.

The other label that I think it really worth listening to is Soul Company, which houses artists like Kebee, the Quiett, and Loptimist - an extremely talented producer.

But don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on mainstream music, because I'll listen to and enjoy YG artists as well - I'm just saying that I find that there's more substance to other artists such as the ones in the Movement Crew.