After concentrating on their personal careers, Hi-Lite Records artists Reddy, Sway D, Paloalto, YunB, G2, Huckleberry P, and Camo Starr have gotten together on one track. Their new single contains the songs ‘Break Bread‘ and ‘homecoming’, produced by Big Banana and UGP.
Many things have changed for Hi-Lite Records in the past years, which caused both positive and negative reactions from fans. Still, the label’s artists kept doing their thing and the label kept supporting them. This year, Hi-Lite Records are celebrating their 8th anniversary and plan to delight their fans with a lot of music.
As producers Big Banana and UGP gathered in the studio along with the label’s artists, the results were two songs. Fans can enjoy the rappers’ diverse styles at once, and look forward toward everything the label has in the works for them this year.
The single is available on all Korean music portals.
While we aren’t done enjoying ‘Hurricane Love’, Sway D is already back with the fresh new single ‘올라가‘ (lit.: going up) featuring SUPERBEE and Goretexx.
‘Hurricane Love‘ shows a different side of the artist with its 808 bass and addictive acoustic guitar sound, resulting in a mix of hiphop, trap, folk, and country music that feels familiar for some reason. Sway D learned how to play the guitar in middle school and polished up his skills to play it for this song. His naive guitar playing and the deep sadness in the song create Sway D’s trademark playful atmosphere.
Enter the eye of ‘Hurricane Love’ that sings about memories of a past love!
Credits:
Composed, arranged, and written by Sway D
Cover design: SCUM_ZOOD
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YunB of Hi-Lite Records has released his first EP titled ‘YunB’ as well as the music video for the title track ‘2099 (Feat. Kid Travis & MaseWonder)’.
YunB was born in New York, then went to elementary and middle school in Seoul and returned to New York for high school and university. His debut album ‘YunB’ reflects his current self, the various experiences and feelings he gained from the two cities New York and Seoul.
Hiphop has become the lifestyle of many young people in the world. YunB naturally came into contact with the hiphop culture in New York and grew up alongside hiphop fans. Maybe that is why his music is so straightforward and organicly vivid. As he raps in ‘New York II’ and ’50K’, to him music is not something that was intentionally made by imitating someone else but a natural by-product of the process of accepting and learning the hiphop music and culture.
In the heartless, fierce city life of chasing success, the track ‘산인’ (lit.: mountain folks) opens the eyes to the importance and beauty of nature. This remarkable topic of the title track is continued similarly in ‘Ritalin’. The track mixes the life of constantly seeking something new and the true inner feelings that deny this. YunB’s English and YonYon‘s Japanese rap make for a profound and mysterious combination that creates a dreamy atmosphere. This unique atmosphere that can be called YunB’s signature sound can be heard in the whole album, including ‘Skrt’ and ‘U’. A dreamy progress of chords topped by a strong beat and rapping seems to represent the life of the young generation that grows up in the busy city, bearing dreams and love.
YunB produced and mixed this EP himself, including as much of his style as possible. Last year he debuted with the single ‘Runaway, Pt. 1‘, then continuously released several more singles and music videos. With his first EP in his name ‘YunB‘, he keeps reinforcing his own philosophy and creativity.
