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neonblue - BJ (cover art)

neonblue release single and MV ‘BJ’

BLOO and niahn of MKIT RAIN Records have released their first single together as ‘neonblue‘.

BJ‘ is a pre-release off the team’s upcoming album ‘Wiskey’ and was produced by HDBI, just like the first track the two artists worked on together, ‘Maybe‘ which came out via SoundCloud four months ago.

Check out the music video inclusive English subtitles below!

Credits:

Produced by HDBI
Lyrics by BLOO, niahn
Mastered by Namwoo Kwon at 821 Sound Mastering
MV directed by Dantayspeak

Related Links:

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Source: Mnet

BLOO - Hennessy (cover art)

BLOO releases single and MV ‘Hennessy’

BLOO of MKIT RAIN Records has released the digital single and music video ‘Hennessy’ today.

BLOO made this song while drinking ‘Hennessy‘, thus the title.

Credits:

Produced by Ditty Beatz
Lyrics written by BLOO
Mixed by Louis Maui
Mastered by Namwoo Kwon at JFS Mastering
Artwork by JUJU
MV directed by DANTAYSPEAK

Related Links:

BLOO   [icon type=”facebook-square”]    [icon type=”instagram”]    [icon type=”music”]    [icon type=”soundcloud”]


Source: Mnet

BLOO - Better (album cover)

BLOO releases ‘Better’ single

BLOO of MKIT RAIN has released the digital single ‘Better‘ on February 23.

Last year, he released his first mixtape ‘Tony‘ and performed at several venues. ‘Better’ was produced by BIG BANANA who has been continuously working with MKIT RAIN’s artists. The track reminds of nights in LA.

Credits:

Produced by BIG BANANA
Lyrics by BLOO

Preview:

Related Links:

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Source: Mnet

SoundCloud releases in June (overview)

SoundCloud releases in June (J.slow, Bloo, Junoflo, LAKE KIM, PEACE OF CAKE, Rudeka, etc.)

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.

Mixtapes & Albums

VinnyFLY‘s ‘먼지쌓인TAPE’ (Dusty TAPEwas 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?).

 

Songs

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!

HipHopPlaya Festival Line-Up

HIPHOPPLAYA FESTIVAL 2016

HIPHOPPLAYA will be holding one of the largest Korean hiphop festivals this upcoming April! See all the details within.

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source: hiphopplaya

Check out the press release statement for the upcoming hiphop festival:


Since 2000, the beginning period of K-HIPHOP, HIPHOPPLAYA started its operation. It has played an essential role as a bridge between musicians and hip-hop fans, by having 450 times of interviewing hip-hop musicians, 16,000+ news articles, 400 radio shows, 60 competitions for amateur musicians, and 60 times of hip-hop concerts.

Among those things, more than 300 teams of musicians honored the stage of HIPHOPPLAYA SHOW, which started in 2006, including Epik High, Dynamic Duo, Dok2, Beenzino etc, displaying special stages such as unusual collaboration stages, real instruments sound band sets to share the fever of hip-hop concert with fans. HIPHOPPLAYA SHOW has recorded so many sellouts to prove to be bankable. Based on know-hows that have been accumulated for 10 years, we open hip-hop festival on Han River Park in the middle of spring, 2016.

With not only respected musicians’ stages, but also street cultures mingled, it will be precious present for you who love hiphop/R&B music and culture.


Genre : Festival
Venue : Nanji Hangang Park, Seoul (162, Hangangnanji-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
Date/Time : 2016.04.09(Sat) (13:00 ~ 21:00)
Run time : 480 minutes
Age Group : 12 years and over
Price : Reservation 77,000 KRW / At the door 88,000 KRW
For Inquiriesfestival@hiphopplaya.com


1st Lineup Artist
– EPIK HIGH
– BEENZINO
– DEAN
– PALOALTO
– GIRIBOY
– GENIUS NOCHANG
– DON MILLS
– NAFLA
– LOOPY
– OWEN OVADOZ
– BLOO
– DJ SON

and many more…


RESERVATION :
http://www.ticketlink.co.kr/global/en/product/12729 (english)
http://www.ticketlink.co.kr/product/12729