Hello TL I've always been a big fan of rap and just recently got into the Korean underground rap scene. I prefer rap that's not about love which seems which most Korean rappers rap about. Hate it when there's a sick beat and the whole song is about a sad sappy love story.
Anyway, I first found the underground scene through dumbfoundead who's a Korean underground rapper trying to make it in the states. He used to battle in Grind Time but doesn't anymore (please don't post rap battles here, there is another thread for that) His flows are insane, both freestyle and writtens. Check him out.
Dumbfoundead on mic swagger, pretty much the Korean version of rap city MC's come and spit freestyles, sometimes writtens. DFD's is a freestyle
Ok so DFD is only slightly involved in the rap scene in Korea but not really. Just posted him for the non-Korean speaking posters to give them an idea.
I found another rapper who raps in English and Korean. His English flows alone are just ok but I really like his style, how he really mixes up both languages. You'll see what I mean if you listen to some of his songs.
one of the best Korean freestyle rappers: Huckleberry P + Show Spoiler +
mic swagger
Indian Palm feat. Huck P - 벗
I'm pretty new this scene so if you guys know any good underground Korean rappers, please share and please don't post single youtube videos without any input.
edit: feel free to move this mods if you think it should be in the blog section
Look up MYK. He did songs with Epik High so a lot of people might know him through that. He got 2 mixtapes out (Read Between The Lines and Lost In Translation) they're both really good.
He's got 2 songs on DJ Pe2ny album's and 11 songs total with Epik High.
This song has a wicked sample in it, with solid flow, and that raw hip hop sound :p.
* MC Sniper "한국인" ("han-guk een": Korean people) * Leesang "Spain", "Fly High", "출사표"("chul-sa-pyo": literally 'career-ticket' but i'll ask a Korean friend for a better translation) * 가리온(aka Garion) "옛이야기" ("yeh-shi-ya-gi": legend) * CB Mass "동네한바퀴"("dong-nay-han-ba-kwee": around my way) * Dynamic Duo "이력서" ("ee-yuck-suh": personal history) * Keepin Roots "Sugar & Prim"
If anyone can find any of this in HQ format I'd gladly take a PM !
This is a small list which encompasses some of the more important artists in my opinion, there are more but these are the ones I came up with off the top of my head. Just ask if you need help in finding it if you find it interesting.
Revenans, the project of rappers Ignito and Dazdepth. Their album is called Beholder & Xenorm and it features a sick amount of the greatest underground rappers in korea, including Ignito himself who has the most unique voice in korean rap.
Ignito, the guy from Revenans also has a solo album called Demolish. Features superb grim songs. His album also features some awesome lesser known rappers.
Garion, one of the most esteemed korean underground rap groups. I'll include two songs, the first one is from their new album and the second one is older.
The Quiett, a bit more commercially known rapper but he still produces and raps in sick underground tunes. In particular his album Vol.3 The Real Me is superb.
Mild Beats, great producer who has some sick collaborations with other rappers/producers.
First song is a collab with Primary in their album, and it's rapped by Dead'P Second is a collab with Chaboom. Third song is produced by Mild Beats alone, but features a incredibly awesome lineup of Dead'P, Deepflow, Marco, Addsp2ch, Nextplan, Dynamite, Ignito.
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