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Nucksal - The Villains (MV screenshot)

MV for VMC’s ‘The Villains’ off Nucksal’s ‘The God of Small Things’ revealed

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.
The music video was produced by AR Film’s Kwon Oh-joon who was also responsible for Deepflow’s ‘당산대형 (The Big Brother)’ MV.

Download ‘The Villains’ Instrumental Vers.

Credits

Produced by Buggy
Lyrics by Nucksal, ODEE, Deepflow, Don Mills, Wutan
MV directed by AR Film Kwon Oh-joon

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TK - Tourrist (cover)

Producer TK of VMC releases first full-length album ‘Tourist’

Hiphop label VMC’s producer TK has released his first full-length album ‘Tourist’ today as well as the music video for the track ‘One More Night’.


In this Post:

Tracklist and Credits:
  1. Passenger (Intro)
    Composed and arranged byTK
  2. Pathfinder (Feat. Babylon, Nucksal) TITLE
    Lyrics by Nucksal, TK
    Composed by Babylon, TK
    Arranged by TK
  3. Good Days (Feat. Samuel Seo, Young Jay)
    Lyrics by Samuel Seo, Young Jay
    Composed by Samuel Seo, TK
    Arranged by TK
  4. Feel Alright (Feat. Hwaji, ODEE)
    Lyrics by Hwaji, ODEE
    Composed and arranged by TK
  5. In The Hand
    Lyrics by TK
    Composed and arranged by TK
  6. Tourist (Feat. JJK)
    Lyrics by JJK, TK
    Composed and arranged by TK
  7. Exile (Interlude)
    Composed and arranged by TK
  8. Local Market (Feat. Loco, Suran) TITLE
    Lyrics by Loco, TK
    Composed by Suran, TK
    Arranged by TK
  9. Audrey (Feat. Owen Ovadoz, KOHO)
    Lyrics by KOHO, Owen Ovadoz
    Composed by KOHO, TK
    Arranged by TK
  10. Till Dawn (Feat. Wutan, Don Mills)
    Lyrics by Wutan, Don Mills
    Composed and arranged by TK
  11. Hotel Room (Interlude)
    Composed and arranged by TK
  12. One More Night
    Lyrics by TK
    Composed and arranged by TK
    MV directed by Deepflow
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  13. Tomorrow (Feat. Deepflow)
    Lyrics by Deepflow
    Composed and arranged by TK

Executive producers: TK, Deepflow, Suk Chanwoo
Production: VMC, STONESHIP
Recording engineer: TK @ 1BOB Studio
Mixing engineer: Nahzam Sue @ 쑥고개 lll Studio, Park Kyungsun @ Boost Knob
Mastering engineer: Park Kyungsun @ Boost Knob
A&R: STONESHIP
A&R director: Suk Chanwoo
A&R management: Lim Heejung
Photograph: 502호
Art director: Row Digga

Producer TK of Deepflow’s label VMC has released his first full-length album ‘Tourist’.

The album is made up of 13 tracks and features VMC’s Deepflow, Don Mills, Nucksal, Wutan, and ODEE, as well as AOMG’s Loco, MKIT RAIN’s Owen Ovadoz, ADV’s JJK, Samuel Seo who won the R&B Album of the Year award at the Korean Music Awards last year for his first full-length album, Hwaji who is receiving praise for his second full-length album ‘ZISSOU‘ recently, rising star R&B singer Babylon, charming vocalist Suran, and Paju representatives rapper Young Jay and singer KOHO. You can even hear TK’s voice on the two tracks ‘One More Night’ and ‘In The Hand’.
So far, TK has completely produced Deepflow’s ‘Yanghwa‘, Wutan’s ‘ZOORECA’, and Don Mills’ ‘Young Don’, as well as tracks for Jang Hyejin, Supreme Team, Geeks, Swings, Crucial Star, and more.
After only “producing beat for his hyungs,” TK has now released his own album. Below is the introduction of the album ‘Tourist’ written by no other than Deepflow himself.

“As a person who does not believe in a god, moments in which I am fully certain of something are rare. Of course, this is a subjective opinion.

To list a few: the chances of my mom’s kimchi stew being tasty, the chances of the rap in a new track by E SENS being good, or the chances of Wutan getting completely drunk at a club. Something else I am certain of are the chances that I completely like TK’s new beats.
Just like the new suit that Alfred creates for Bruce Wayne in the movie ‘The Dark Knight’, TK has always put stylish clothes on me.

These days, the phrase “respect for people’s taste” is a fortress that cannot be destroyed easily. However, if there is one weapon that could destroy it, it would be ‘quality’.
In my ten years in Korea’s hiphop scene, I have felt that the most unstable factor has been ‘quality’. Most producers here can’t even read one note properly, not to mention sheet music. Well, but actually, that’s one of hiphop characteristics: just one sample loop can become the essence of hiphop if it is cut by someone with extraordinary sense and skills.
Yet, the question of quality is undoubtely still present in this scene.
When the trend of sampling beats passed and the trend of synthesizers and sequencing came, the quality of the tracks hurriedly released by those “who cannot read notes” was obviously very poor, the tracks were like premature babies. The chords and sound spectrum they could express by still relying on nothing but sense was extremely narrow and now we have arrived in an era where Korean hiphop music too needs ‘studying’.

When TK and I met around that time, he was a producer like a model student who had studied too well. In fact, when we met for the first time only five years ago, he did not listen to or produce any hiphop. He was more of an aspiring (?) ballad singer-songwriter who had been diligently studying orchestra sounds and midis.
I remember advising him in the beginning like this: “The quality of your beats is very good but they don’t have any hiphop sound. You should listen to a lot of hiphop.” At the time, TK was a typical person who had no clue about hiphop so I guess he must have been very taken aback by those words of mine. Anyway, it clearly was an attack on his pride as a model student and made him know what he had to study next.
There was the hiphop producer who has no clue about music and TK who was the opposite but had no clue about hiphop. When those two met, we arrived exactly at the place that we had been hoping to reach.

When TK started out, he seemed like a stranger who had come for a brief visit into the hiphop scene, but before we knew, five years had passed and now he has become one of the best model students of this scene. He was a student who knew how to study properly. It took him time and effort until his sense for hiphop had caught up with his quality, but the moment in which he added that sense to his existing quality–that moment was like magic.
TK graduated early from those studies he had been doing to no longer be a stranger in this place. He has truly established his place as hiphop label VMC’s best main producer. This does not mean that his studies were easy, not at all. The aspirations he had to sacrifice to adjust to each rapper’s taste while producing the albums of other VMC members were certainly not just a few. Nevertheless, that was how TK studied this place and it seems like he has completely graduated from there after producing my album ‘Yanghwa’.

And now, TK has nimbly brought you this album, ‘Tourist’. As if he was saying, “To be honest, this is what I wanted to do.”
‘Tourist’ is TK’s graduation trip in 13 parts and his travel essay written with a keyboard. You want to experience the meeting of this era’s greatest quality and greatest sense for hiphop, don’t you?
Right, so I hope that everyone will enjoy this trip.”

Album Preview:

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Microdot Vancouver Exclusive Interview

Microdot – Exclusive Interview

On April 23, I sat down with independent artist Microdot for an exclusive video interview.  We discussed topics such as his music career after Show Me the Money 4, his upcoming album (and the featured artists), his international tour experience, the globalization of “Downbad.” movement, and his upcoming projects.  A special shoutout to Astro Vancity for inviting me to Microdot’s Vancouver show.  You can check out the exclusive interview and concert footage here!

Nucksal - The God of Small Things (album cover)

Nucksal releases first full-length album ‘The God of Small Things’ and MV

VMC’s Nucksal has released his first full-length album ‘The God of Small Things (작은 것들의 신)’ both online and offline today, along with the music video for the title track ‘팔지 않아’ [Not Selling].

The album is made up of twelve tracks and features VMC’s Deepflow, Wutan, Don Mills and ODEE, as well as Paloalto, MC Meta, Hwaji, Chaboom, Koonta, Bassagong, DJ WEGUN and DJ YTst. On top of that, the tracks were produced by CODE KUNST, MGFC (Jun Beck & Deepfry), ASSBRASS, Mild Beats, TK, BUGGY, 4KAPAS, Authentic, and Animato. All in all, over 20 people contributed to the album.

The music video for the track ‘밥값’ was directed by VMC’s “big brother” Deepflow personally (watch it below). Tomorrow (February 5) at 7pm KST, the music video for the album’s first track, which is also its second title track, ‘팔지 않아’ [Not Selling] will be released. The GDW team was in charge of its production.

‘The God of Small Things (작은 것들의 신)’ was mixed and mastered by nahzamsue, the main artwork done by Row Digga, the calligraphy by Choi Jiyun of 1901 Studio, the photos by Boobagraphy, production and A&R by STONESHIP.

‘The God of Small Things’ is now available on iTunes.

Tracklist (English iTunes titles in brackets):
01. 팔지 않아 (NFS) (title) MV
02. Make It Slow (Feat. DJ YTst)
03. Skill Skill Skill (Feat. DJ Wegun)
04. ONE MIC
05. 악당출현 (The Villains) (Feat. ODEE, Deepflow, Don Mills, Wutan)
06. 올가미 (Set Up)
07. 밥값 (Earn Ya Keep) (Feat. Koonta)
08. I Got Bills
09. 얼굴 붉히지 말자구요 (No Red Face) (Feat. Don Mills, Bassagong)
10. HOOD (Feat. Hwaji, Chaboom)
11. Do It For (Feat. Paloalto, MC Meta)
12. 작은 것들의 신 (The God of Small Things) (title)

Credits:
Executive producers: Deepflow, Suk Chanwoo
Co-producer: Nucksal
Production: VMC, STONESHIP
Recording engineer: Deepflow @ Boolgama (불가마) Studio
Mix & Mastering Engineer: nahzamsue @ Ssookgogae (쑥고개) lll Studio
A&R: STONESHIP
A&R director: Suk Chanwoo
A&R management: Lim Heejung
Management: Suk Chanwoo, Lee Gwanbok
Calligraphy: Choi Jiyun @ 1901STUDIO
Styling: BassHammer, BLNK TIME
Photography: Boobagraphy
Art direction & design: Row Digga
MV directed by Deepflow, GDW, Madscene

 

 

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Source: R.O.K Hiphop

 

JuRa - Propolis (Feat. Deepflow, Nucksal, 11호, Fana) album cover

Honey Family’s JuRa releases ‘Propolis (Feat. Deepflow, Nucksal, 11호, Fana)’

Honey Family’s JuRa who has been with Honey Family since the first year and thus has been strengthening his skills in the hiphop scene for a long time, has released the second part of his ‘Honey Family BeeHive’ project yesterday, titled ‘Propolis’.

After ‘No답 (No Dap)‘ which featured Gary, Zizo, 11호, and Yoo Seung-eun, this second single features Deepflow, Fana, Nucksal, and 11호. The project will comprehend five singles and one full-length album, all producer albums in co-production with KT Music. Black music agency STONE SHIP is in charge of the project’s A&R.

Tracklist:
01. Propolis (Feat. Deepflow, Nucksal, 11호, Fana)
02. Propolis (Inst.)

[icon type=”music”] The single is available on iTunes.

https://youtu.be/rlrjjXmj7cE


Source: R.O.K Hiphop

 

Deepflow

Deepflow to perform at SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas

Independent Korean hiphop label Vismajor Crew‘s CEO and artist Deepflow has been confirmed to perform at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW 2016) music festival this year. Check out the details within!