I love the Supreme Team... in the Korean music world everyone is doing a waterdown version of hiphop. There is a token rapper in every girl or boy group.
But they aren't really a hip-hop group.
Enter the Supreme Team. A really good k-hiphop group.
Here are 2 singles I like Supermagic and 나만 모르게 (Feat T aka Tasha, aka Yoon Mirae )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLxTDbwmYE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NB7UDPxU5E
have a listen tell me what you think
Showing posts with label Korean Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korean Music. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
[6 months Review ] August & September
I wrote a review for my 1st 6mos in Korea... its a long post so I broke it up into parts.
August
August was a hectic month. It was filled with many ups and downs I’m surprised I have made it this far. The 10 day EPIK orientation went by in a blur and my birthday celebration wasn’t what I expected. If some told me 5 years ago that I’d be celebrating my 25th birthday in S. Korea I wouldn’t have believed them. At the orientation one of the coordinators started and inside joke with a phrase from one of the “travel Korea’” campaigns. “Korea is dynamic” basically this means when “crazy”, “odd”, “confusing”, or “last minute things” happen to you in Korea it’s because” Korea is dynamic”.
September
School was in full swing and I was going through my culture shock. There were many moments where I day dreamed about packing my bags and running away in the middle of the night. You’d be surprised to know how many people have done that in the past. One day after a hard day of classes I fell into a deep sleep around 5pm. About 30 minutes later the sound of yelling and drums violently woke me up. I honestly thought it was the coming of the apocalypse. Completely disoriented I run around my apartment look out into the hallway then, run over the window. I’m scared and half expecting to see the four horsemen outside my window. Actually it was much worse it was about 10 Korean men marching in the streets with flags and drums. Even with the visual my heart is still beating like crazy and echoing in my ears. The sounds of drums and yelling fade until they make it around the block again. This continued every Friday until October. During this period “Korea is dynamic” became my mantra, though it didn’t help much. Being stared at and whispered about wasn’t as hard to deal with compared to the insanity of my middle school classes. At orientation I was relieved to find that I was assigned to an elementary school. Once I met my co-teacher I was informed that in addition to elementary school classes and would also be teaching at a middle school. Which I think was ridiculous. All the people that know that have two schools are placed at schools of the same level. For example two elementary schools, two middle schools, or two high schools. The co-teachers at the middle school did little to help me when it came to lesson planning. It caused me a lot of stress and headaches. Toward the end of the month Korean food started to make me sick. I wasn’t sure why and the doctors had not answers for me… so of course they assumed it must be stress or some mental defect.
August
August was a hectic month. It was filled with many ups and downs I’m surprised I have made it this far. The 10 day EPIK orientation went by in a blur and my birthday celebration wasn’t what I expected. If some told me 5 years ago that I’d be celebrating my 25th birthday in S. Korea I wouldn’t have believed them. At the orientation one of the coordinators started and inside joke with a phrase from one of the “travel Korea’” campaigns. “Korea is dynamic” basically this means when “crazy”, “odd”, “confusing”, or “last minute things” happen to you in Korea it’s because” Korea is dynamic”.
September
School was in full swing and I was going through my culture shock. There were many moments where I day dreamed about packing my bags and running away in the middle of the night. You’d be surprised to know how many people have done that in the past. One day after a hard day of classes I fell into a deep sleep around 5pm. About 30 minutes later the sound of yelling and drums violently woke me up. I honestly thought it was the coming of the apocalypse. Completely disoriented I run around my apartment look out into the hallway then, run over the window. I’m scared and half expecting to see the four horsemen outside my window. Actually it was much worse it was about 10 Korean men marching in the streets with flags and drums. Even with the visual my heart is still beating like crazy and echoing in my ears. The sounds of drums and yelling fade until they make it around the block again. This continued every Friday until October. During this period “Korea is dynamic” became my mantra, though it didn’t help much. Being stared at and whispered about wasn’t as hard to deal with compared to the insanity of my middle school classes. At orientation I was relieved to find that I was assigned to an elementary school. Once I met my co-teacher I was informed that in addition to elementary school classes and would also be teaching at a middle school. Which I think was ridiculous. All the people that know that have two schools are placed at schools of the same level. For example two elementary schools, two middle schools, or two high schools. The co-teachers at the middle school did little to help me when it came to lesson planning. It caused me a lot of stress and headaches. Toward the end of the month Korean food started to make me sick. I wasn’t sure why and the doctors had not answers for me… so of course they assumed it must be stress or some mental defect.
Monday, February 1, 2010
[Korean Music] 2pm
There are two boy bands that I constantly listen to... 1tym and Big Bang. But as of recent I have been sucked in to the realm that is 2PM. 2PM is probably one of the most popular boybands in S.Korea.
The first song I heard I think was "I Hate You" then after that is was "Again and Again"
2PM was originally a 7 man group. Now they are down to six because someone did some digging on the former leader Jaebum. What they found was that Jaebum had written some very insulting myspace journal entries about his time in Korea. Jaebum is from the states and his parents are korean. So living and working in Korea he had to deal with a lot and he decided to vent it on myspace. Long story short he left the group though many fans, the record label, and his bandmates want him to come back. I hope he returns... he was a nice piece of eye candy. any way here is one of there recent singles "Heartbeat" I admit I didn't like it at first because the beat sounded so odd but sure enough it grew on me. So much so that I recently purchased the CD
The first song I heard I think was "I Hate You" then after that is was "Again and Again"
2PM was originally a 7 man group. Now they are down to six because someone did some digging on the former leader Jaebum. What they found was that Jaebum had written some very insulting myspace journal entries about his time in Korea. Jaebum is from the states and his parents are korean. So living and working in Korea he had to deal with a lot and he decided to vent it on myspace. Long story short he left the group though many fans, the record label, and his bandmates want him to come back. I hope he returns... he was a nice piece of eye candy. any way here is one of there recent singles "Heartbeat" I admit I didn't like it at first because the beat sounded so odd but sure enough it grew on me. So much so that I recently purchased the CD
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
[Korean Music] G Dragon
Okay I have to admit I was a little put of by G Dragon in the beginning. When I first heard the song "Heartbreaker" I thought it was the Korean remix of Flo Rida "Right Round". There are a lot of people that are calling plagiarism on GD but there isn't anything official saying that he did. In any case Flo Rida sampled that song from someone else.
Anyway, as I have been listening to more tracks on GD's album I'm really liking the sound. The really play well off each other and seem to tell a story. I think GD put A LOT of thought into the production of the album.
When I get the chance I think I'm going to get the album. Have a listen to these tracks. :) Lemme know what you think.
Anyway, as I have been listening to more tracks on GD's album I'm really liking the sound. The really play well off each other and seem to tell a story. I think GD put A LOT of thought into the production of the album.
When I get the chance I think I'm going to get the album. Have a listen to these tracks. :) Lemme know what you think.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Korean Music
Long before I came to Korea I was listening to Korean music regularly. Thanks to my friend O-mocha I was introduced to H.O.T, 1tym, Jinusean, Wheesung, Lexy, Se7en, and many more artists. Eventually I ventured out on my own and discovered a lot different musical talents myself. But I found with Korean music it was either "pop" or "ballad", I like both types but not all the time yanno?
In any case before I came out to Korea I was listening to DBSK, Rain, Wondergirls, Big Bang, 2ne1, and lots of older stuff, I still love 1tym! 1tym will always have a special place in my heart, I loved the flow of their rap and when they switch it up on an R&B track its still awesome. I think I kept listening to them because I didn't know of any other Korean rap artists.
Problem solved! Hi-Mart Boi (which will be discussed in another entry) Loaded up my new laptop with nice selection of music. Some tracks that have been tormenting me for weeks. I'd hear the songs in stores and other places but didn't know the titles nor artists.
Long story short there are a few K-rap tracks Hi-Mart Boi put on for me. So now I've got a lot of Drunken Tiger, Tasha, and, Outsider. I really like Outsider.
Here is a commercial that Outsider did some time ago. He lists like 40 countries... "England.. America... etc"
In any case before I came out to Korea I was listening to DBSK, Rain, Wondergirls, Big Bang, 2ne1, and lots of older stuff, I still love 1tym! 1tym will always have a special place in my heart, I loved the flow of their rap and when they switch it up on an R&B track its still awesome. I think I kept listening to them because I didn't know of any other Korean rap artists.
Problem solved! Hi-Mart Boi (which will be discussed in another entry) Loaded up my new laptop with nice selection of music. Some tracks that have been tormenting me for weeks. I'd hear the songs in stores and other places but didn't know the titles nor artists.
Long story short there are a few K-rap tracks Hi-Mart Boi put on for me. So now I've got a lot of Drunken Tiger, Tasha, and, Outsider. I really like Outsider.
Here is a commercial that Outsider did some time ago. He lists like 40 countries... "England.. America... etc"
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