Korean hip hop

In Seoul, the Korean hip hop scene has expanded into a form of cultural phenomenon. Notable performers include Big Bang (group),Jo PD,Drunken Tiger, PSY, Dynamic Duo, and Epik High.

Holding to Traditional Stereotypes

Despite the radical message Korean Hip hop sends, it still adheres to traditional gender stereotypes. Despite a large presence of female Hip hop fans in Korea, a popular female Korean Hip hop artist has yet to make it into Korea's musical scene [Morelli, Sarah. "Rap, Hip-Hop, and Dance in Korean Popular Culture.” Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside of the USA. Ed. Tony Mitchell. Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, 2001. 248-258. ] . The next several years will dictate what path Hip hop in Korea will follow with regard to gender. One successful female artist though has been T (aka: Tasha Reid or Yoon Mi Rae)

Successful Artists

Famous mainstream Korean hip hop artists often resemble R&B or pop music with artists using similar vocal styles as their US counterparts. Early artists included 3534, SeoTaiji and Boys, Deux, and DJ DOC. The Korean language was used almost exclusively. SeoTaiji, coming from a heavy metal music background, often featured heavy metal guitars in his mixes, and other artists also incorporated techno influences. A few artists, such as Seotaiji and Yuk Kak Soo (육각수), also incorporated influences from traditional Korean music such as pansori or "nongak" (farmers' music). One that was distinctive was Seo Taiji's "Come Back Home", with its vocal/production style resembling Cypress Hill. The first korea hip-hop album that featured hip-hop of South Korea was 3534's first album in 1993. The first "rap" album that featured rap in every track was Kim Jin Pyo's first album in 1997. First Hip-Hop song in South Korea was Gim-sat-gat(김삿갓) by Hong-seo-bum(홍서범).According to Epik High's rapper Tablo, "The form [of Korean Hip Hop] , at least, has definitely been mastered now — the beats, the rhymes, the performances, the look — it’s indistinguishable from the United States scene. The social relevance, however, has a long way to go. The message is slowly catching up to the medium."

Many rap artists have been successful in the mainstream of Korean music. These include rappers such as Jinusean, 1TYM, MC Sniper, Cho PD, Dynamic Duo, and Epik High.

Small Underground

Rap/Hip-Hop is a really hard subject for adults and kids. For example, the female fans don't really feel the songs. Not all of them, but some of them are the crazy fans (We call them, Ppa-Soon-Ee). Because of this situation, true, real underground rappers don't show their faces on the national channels. Soul Company, Master Plan, Soul Connection, Big Deal, etc, many of them are really quiet, but loud in music skills. True rappers are truly against the media. Underground Korea Hip-Hop built their own small building on the country. MC Sniper, The Quiett, and Kebee are the famous rappers of the underground hip-hop.

Underground Rappers

Also, Many underground rappers and groups, like The Quiett, Palowalto, P-type, Dok2, Bizzy, Kebee, Addsp2ch, JJK, UMC, Maslo, CSP, E-Sens, Mr.Tak, Dissel, A.S, MC Meta, Mad Clown, Nasty Company, Jerry.K, Writing Down Poet(시를 쓰다-백재협(Baeg-Jae-Hyup)), Dead'P, Fwana, Insane Deegie, The Motivation of Hip-Hop, 45RPM, CB MASS, Market Number.1, Verbal Jint, Simon Dominic, Minos, Kinetic Flow, DS Connexion, 237, Outsider, Shorry.J, Brown Sugar, Maniac, Dynamite, Basick, Red Bear, Roy.C the Dream Hanger, Freedom Of Mouth, Infinte Flow, Koonta, SouthPaw, La'Deep, JoyRain, Jiggy Fellaz, Ignito, Virus, Rhyme-A-, R-est, Jinbo, TBNY, Vasco, Loptimist, Keslo, Yu-po(여포), Rama, Bae-Chi-Gee(배치기), Room.9, Smooth Tale, Superman IVY(Gak-Na-Ge-Nae), Sean2slow, Jung-Dab(정답)Intellic, Sunday 2pm, Supperapping' PJ, Molly.D, Deepflow, Elcue, KeyReal, YM, TEBY, Sama-D, XL, Hucleberry P, Swings, Row Digga, Nel-Pem-Pae-Gu-Ri(늘픔패거리), Trespass, Wimpy, Mecca, Brown Hood, Gwa-Ill Sa-Nyang-Ggoon(과일사냥꾼), MC Sung-Chun(MC 성천), Daephal(대팔), Yu-Soo(유수), Macro, Mithra Jin, Lwe-Bung-Gwe(뢰붕괴), Anesthetic, Kirbytrap, Defconn, Double K, Joosuc, Leo Kekoa, B-Shop, GLV, Side-B, Ga-Ri-On(가리온), 2nd Round, Nextplan, C-luv, Jin-Mal-Pae(진말페), Somalia, Z-juc, 2Soo, JDEE, En-Ji-Wan(은지원), Tweak, 60row, Ja+Aeizoku, G-Drive, M.H.IS, Unknown People, Yun-Lyun(연륜), Vistrap, 3534, Soulman, J-Dogg, Kross, Zito, MBP, 1-Kyle, YDG, Joe Brown, and Rec Roc, O.K Bone, Monsoon-Nui, Vegaflow, Merci, Unbomber(운바머),Vespid,and Fatdoo

Break dance

Since South Korea has won several Battle of the Year titles, break dancing enjoys a great deal of popularity in South Korea, and break dance groups frequently appear on national television. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_en_ot/skorea_breakdancing_craze] Now South Korea is one of the world's leading countries in breakdancing. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Of_The_Year]

Korean American hip hop

Korean American hip hop began in the United States in the mid 1990s, mainly attributed to the efforts of the Korean rap duo Tiger JK and DJ Shine, also known as Drunken Tiger. Drunken Tiger was formed in the early 90's at an LA hip hop festival. Following the success of Drunken Tiger, many new groups and production companies emerged to further popularize the musical style.Also, many korean-americans come over to South Korea to show their rap skills. Like Maniac(New Dynasty), many people stay at Busan. Some of them go to the capital of South Korea, Seoul. They are trying to join the korean hip-hop group. However, Korean hip-hop is really small to join. Only few of them show their faces to the media.

Korean hip hop artists and groups

*정구봉
*1Kyne
*1TYM
*2dr
*2paramount
*4WD
*45RPM
*Apollo Crew
*ADDSP2CH
*Dok2, Microdot
*BaeChiGi
*Big Bang
*Bizzy
*Bobby Kim
*Brown Hood
*Buga Kingz
*Haha
*CBMass
*Cooper
*Crown J
*CSP
*Dead'P
*Deepflow
*Defconn
*Deffinite
*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
*Eluphant Bakery
*Epik High
*Eun Ji Won
*EXP (formerly EX-PLICIT LINEZ)
*Fana
*Fatdoo
*Feelsea
*Freestyle
*Fruit Hunter
*Gae Hwa Shan
*Garion
*G-Ma$ta
*Honey Family
*Ignito
*Infinite Flow
*Insane Deegie
*Jerry, K
*Jo PD
*Jinusean
*Joosuc
*Junggigo
*Kebee
*Keast River
*Keeproots
*Kim Jin Pyo
*Kinetic Flow
*KOD
*Lee Hyun Do
*Leessang
*Lethal Underground
*Lexy
*Lil' Joe
*Master Plan
*Masta Wu
*MC Hansai
*MC Min
*MC Mong
*MC Sniper
*Merci
*Mild Beats
*Monsoon Nui
*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
*Unbomber
*Untouchable
*Vasco
*Vegaflow
*Verbal Jint
*Viva Soul
*Yang Donggeun
*YG Family
*YumDDa
*Writing Down Poet (시를 쓰다(본명 : 백재협))

References

External links

* [http://www.hiphopplaya.com/ hiphopplaya.com] (Source for All Korean Hip-Hop)
* [http://www.mphiphop.com/ mphiphop.com] (Another Great Source of Korean Hip-Hop)
* [http://www.thebeatcrafters.com/ myspace.com/kgvern] (Great Source of Korean and Korean-American Hip-Hop)
* [http://www.rhythmer.net/ rhythmer.net] (The most Popular & Huge Korean Hip Hop/R&B Site)
* [http://www.hiphoper.com/ hiphoper.com] (Source for Korean Hip-Hop events and street fashion)
* [http://www.drunkencamp.com/hiphoparticle.htm] Editorial Article on the Impact of Drunken Tiger