Find out which hit songs and mixtapes have been released in July!
South Korea’s most prominent band Glen Check has joined hands with Beasts And Natives Alike (BANA)!
A great lot of new music was released via SoundCloud in June, read this post for an overview of the most interesting releases that you should not sleep on!
If this is not enough for you, you can find weekly playlists of the latest releases on HiphopKR’s SoundCloud channel.
VinnyFLY‘s ‘먼지쌓인TAPE’ (Dusty TAPE) was released on June 9 and is available for free download.
Rudeka‘s ‘Dru The Jacket‘ is an album about the artist’s dark personality ‘Dru’ and will win you over with its 11 long tracks, poetic, angsty and shockingly blunt lyrics, and the artist’s characteristically heart-wrenching aggressive-melancholic sounds. He personally produced, mixed and mastered all tracks and even created the artwork himself. For more information about the artist, check out our exclusive interview with Rudeka and sneak review of his last mixtape ‘SOBER‘.
Bloo of MKIT RAIN has released the mixtape ‘Tony‘ as well as a music video for the track ‘Drive Thru’ which was directed by T. Track 7 ‘Wanna Go Everywhere’ is not available on SoundCloud, but you can download it with the mixtape or listen to it on YouTube.
DAZE (formerly meloq) has released his first mixtape ‘AFFAIRS‘ on June 23. Maybe because he loves cats, The mixtape has an overall mellow and chill sound. You can download it for free.
Incheon-based PEACE OF CAKE released the album ‘FREEZER‘ which is made up of 18 tracks that were all mixed and mastered by 187. They recently also released a music video for the track ‘Instagram Shot’ off their last album ‘DIRTY PLATES’.
J.slow who goes slow but long has released ‘SLOW TAPE Vol. 2‘ that he entirely produced himself. He only received help from EachONE for arranging and mixing the tracks. Also check out his first mixtape ‘Slow Tape‘.
Although nothing entirely new, DJ Dopsh uploaded a remastered version of ‘Dopshism‘ at the end of the month.
Last but not least, 2TONE (Big One and BMP) have released their second mixtape ‘아니, 벌써?‘ (What, Already?).
Check out some handpicked tracks below, surely you’ll find something you like!
DAZE remade Dean, Crush and Jeff Bernat’s ‘What 2 Do‘–a super sweet listen that is even available for free download.
LA-based artist Fuzzy who raps and sings in English releases a new acoustic soul hiphop track every week. Check out ‘How Funny‘, a personal favorite which is–yay, again!–available for free download.
While you might not have liked Rudeka‘s dark rap, try his emotional singing in ‘흐느적거리네’ (Swaying Gently), a Cherry Coke-inspired track.
Another freely downloadable, mellow sound is brought to you by LAKE KIM who recently released his third mixtape ‘BITTERSWEET’.
You surely didn’t sleep on this track by Junoflo?! Download it for keeps.
Dojo Lovechild (formerly Demento) has released this new track which was produced by Wellawood.
New Champ and Qwala collaborated with Chinese artists Melo and Maisewei for ‘China Korea‘. Why not listen to some Chinese rap for a change?
Choi Sam. Nuff said.
There is more good music waiting to be discovered, so do visit our SoundCloud channel, click play and set out on a musical adventure!
On May 31, Dynasty Muzik artist Snacky Chan dropped a free track titled ‘Sunshine at Night.’ Read about his upcoming EP ‘Space Bars‘!
On May 26, New York-based Korean-American artist JKey released the music video for his latest track titled ‘SHABANG (샤방)’ which is the first single off his collaborative project Trot Lord.
LAKE KIM of NEON Crew has released his third mixtape ‘BITTERSWEET‘. Our exclusive interview with the rapper was in fact rather sweet than bitter–but find out for yourself!
ZtaSH and LEEDARI of Vlack Squad Records have released their first music video.
Vlack Squad Records was founded by BOK (흘러) who was previously part of Squad 3 together with Double K. The label’s current artists are producer and rapper ZtaSH (지타쉬) as well as rapper LEEDARI (이다리, previously a member of former Kpop group DMTN).
ZtaSH previously released the mixtape ‘The 0’ and the digital single ‘My Life’ and also produced ‘화두(話頭)’ (the title translates to ‘topic’ or ‘subject’ in a conversation). LEEDARI released the digital singles ‘소나기’, ‘빵터져’, and ‘끈‘.
The music video was directed by Beyondvisual’s Lee Hyunjoon who also directed Insooni’s ‘우산’, ‘아름다운걸’, ‘피노키오’, Kisum’s ‘Like It’, ‘First Love’ and Navi’s ‘집에 안갈래’.
‘화두(話頭)’ can be downloaded via SoundCloud (see below).
Executively produced by BOK (흘러)
Produced by ZtaSH, LEEDARI
Composed by ZtaSH
Lyrics by ZtaSH, LEEDARI
Arranged by ZtaSH
All programming by ZtaSH, Luka
Recorded by Kim Taehyun of Keystone Studios
Mixed by Dr. Pooh
Mastered by Dr. Pooh
Art direction & design by Hank
MV & video art directed by Lee Hyunjoon of Beyondvisual
Presented by Vlack Squad Record
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The music video for the track ‘악당출현 (The Villains)’ off Nucksal’s first full-length album ‘The God of Small Things‘ has been revealed yesterday, along with the free instrumental version of the track. ‘The Villain’ features Vismajor members ODEE, Deepflow, Don Mills, and Wutan.
Rappers New Champ and Innovator are currently involved in a diss battle — read on to find out what’s going on.
Swings, who has released free mixtape [Levitate] last December, will plan on continuing the series with [Levitate 2].
[Levitate 2], characterized with features of up and coming artists, will be released on March 7th. Meanwhile, Swings has released new track Illionaire’s ‘What U Know Remix.’
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