SUPERBEE

Swaggers Made in USA (main title)

[Translators’ Notes] Swaggers Made in USA 18-21

Here are our translators’ notes for episodes 18-21, the final ones of AKATV’s web series Swaggers Made in USA.

In these four episodes, we see what happened when the winner Superbee was to record his solo song, how well the Swaggers know English, what actually happened when Jung Sangsoo and Superbee fought, and finally, love (?) is in the air …

Subtitle Credits Episodes 18-21
Translations, Timing, Edit: Lena
Translation Check: Nahae
Quality Check: Lena, Nahae

We hope you had as much fun watching as we had subtitling it. Many thanks to everyone who watched and supported the show! Now make sure to look out for Rapper Car — the next guest is Microdot!

Related links:
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AKATV’s mascot MC AKA  [icon type=”instagram”].
Superbee  [icon type=”facebook”]   [icon type=”music”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”].
myunDo  [icon type=”facebook”]   [icon type=”instagram”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”].
Tarae  [icon type=”music”]   [icon type=”soundcloud”]   [icon type=”twitter”]   [icon type=”youtube”].
Jung Sangsoo  [icon type=”music”].

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Episode 18: Drunken Superbee

  1. Superbee’s solo track is titled ‘Me N My Gimchi (feat. Reefa)‘ and you can find it on the single ‘Swaggers Made In USA‘ which also includes a track by all the four participants, titled ‘Swaggers‘.
Episode 19: Behind Story 1

Episode 20: Behind Story 2

  1. When Jung Sangsoo parts ways with the other three to find the hotel on his own, the Korean on-screen text describes him as: “Busan rapper who prefers independence.”
  2. When they are unhappy and want to return to the club, the Korean on-screen texts reads for Tarae: “Rapper who wants to take a taxi to the club.” And for Jung Sangsoo: “Rapper who wants to join him and go.”
  3. In the end, myunDo is subtitled as “popular on Facebook,” and Superbee as “expert in dissing.”
Episode 21: Final Episode

  1. This final episode jokingly demonstrates the crème de la crème of ‘evil editing‘. Since the Korean language does not makes use of pronouns that often, it is super easy to cut parts of sentences together to make them sound like one, for example: “Even if Superbee doesn’t like me / I love him!” Please note that the subtitles were translated accordingly (to the ‘evil editing’) but do not represent what was actually said since the sentences were taken out of context. For example, “I love him” is literally “I love” (without the object) so the pronoun was added as seen fit while Jung Sangsoo could have actually said something else like, “I love food.”
  2. The music playing in the background during Jung Sangsoo and Superbee’s “first meeting” is ‘She Is’ by Classiquai Project off their album ‘Love Mode‘. The track is a famous BGM for scenes where hidden, sometimes “forbidden,” romantic feelings arise between two people, often of the same sex.
  3. Here are the some of the comments by the user ‘끼야홋’ who the video was dedicated to:
    1. You’re really dragging out the scenes
    2. It’s Friday, why only 7 minutes ;;
    3. Make the next episode 20 minutes please ..
    4. If it’s a show it should be 30 minutes or at least 10. Are you doing as you please? All other entertainment shows air for one hour every week, but this is completely random, what are 4 minutes 50 seconds -.- Create the videos with a set time -.- Doing as y’all please
    5. lol Sangsoo-hyung is super charming, really cute
    6. So Sangsoo-hyung has a sincere side to him as well .. I’ll support Sangsoo-hyung!
    7. How on earth was he good? He’s just imitating Beenzino. I hope he’ll find his own style. myunDo’s delivery was bad too, all I heard was Shinsaimdang lol
    8. lol wow, watching this series I’ve fallen for Sangsoo-hyung .. he is sincere .. I had no idea he was such a good person

If you like Swaggers Made in USA, also check out AKATV’s other web series, Rapper Car! The first two episodes with Olltiithe second two with MC Sniperthe third two with Phantom’s Hanhae, and the fourth two with KittiB, and the fifth two with Kisum are now available with English subtitles.

Swaggers Made in USA (main title)

[Translators’ Notes] Swaggers Made in USA 01-04

Swaggers Made in USA is a new web series by AKATV featuring former SMTM participants Jung Sangsoo, Tarae, myunDo, and Superbee. We at Hiphop Korea are creating the subtitles for the series and will be telling you everything you need to know and more about each episode.

Superbee - 냉탕에 상어 (Feat. Black Nut) cover

Superbee – Shark in the Cold Pool (Feat. Black Nut)

Warning: NOT suited for minors!!

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Intro)
G.R.Boy((The track was produced by Giriboy.))

Verse 1)
Even before I entered elementary school
Every week on one weekday, my dad took me by the hand
and went with me to a bathhouse in the neighborhood
Dad’s washcloth really hurt

But what I feared more than that
was nothing other than
sharks. When I was six years old,
I believed that a shark was living in the cold pool

Uh, I even thought that
my pee-pee could get bitten
But other kids of my age
didn’t believe my words, I regret it

They had fun playing, and on top of that
a few of them even came wearing swimming goggles
So they did play to chill but I [was afraid of].
the shark that had to be hiding somewhere, can’t see((This can either mean that he couldn’t see the shark that was hiding, or that he couldn’t be seen in the cold pool because he was afraid))

I was only in the warm pool
After ten hot minutes,
my skin was wrinkly and my dad gestured me [to come out].
At the bathhouse, I looked down and gloomy

Inside, I think I actually envied the other kids
who weren’t afraid of the shark
I was quite naive [back then],
I wanted to play in the cold pool too

Chorus)
I believed that a shark was living in the cold pool
Man, I too know that it’s not true
Of course I don’t believe in the mesh bag grandpa((Fictive creature similar to a goblin, used for scaring kids; when children wouldn’t listen to their parents they’d tell them that the mesh bag grandfather would come and take them away in his bag)) either, retard
I am more scared of myself than of a shark

Hook)
Great white shark, mako shark
Because I was scared, I sat still while the others played
Great white shark, mako shark
I was scared of the pool’s inside

Verse 2)
Now, no matter which bathhouse I go to,
I know that there’s no f*cking shark in the cold pool
If you’re listening to this, don’t go to the place in Juyep-dong
I peed into the pool

And one of my wishes these days is
to use an invisibility skill((A skill from MMORPGS and other games)) and go into the women’s bath
A ‘mop head’,((Mocking term for people with dreadlocks because it looks like they’re wearing a mop on their head)) an idiot who smokes
e-cigarettes and Mild Seven at the same time((He’s sarcastically making fun of himself))

Those who played me meanly and unfairly,
I forever curse them to have car accidents((Supposedly a diss against Tablo for letting Incredivle do ‘Oppa’s Car’ on SMTM instead of Superbee))
Rappers bitch about too much
What if I have to go to hiphop prison for damaging [the image of] MCs?

Well, what, what, so what man?!
Then Korean hiphop is f*cked as sh*t and will be ruined
This is all I can say, I’m evil
Because now there is no shark in the cold pool

Verse 3: Black Nut)
I square my narrow shoulders in front of the cold pool
Between my legs is a fearless dolphin((Several very courageous people interpreted this as another diss against Tablo, seeing it as a reference to his daughter Haru liking dolphins, but they noted that they might be over-interpreting things since this is not a clear reference and Black Nut might be using the word dolphin simply because the song is about a shark))
So what if I’m bitten a bit? I don’t step back
I’m not scared anymore because I’m all grown-up too now

I’ve become an adult, I’m not a fool anymore
Seeing the rappers I yearned for in reality,
regardless of rap, what I felt first was that like Jung-in((Korean singer))
they all have nothing but politics in their noggins((Pun on ‘jung-chi’ which means politics but is also the name of singer Jung-in’s husband, Jo Jung-chi))

Now I understand Swings-hyung’s words a bit
Korean hiphop is nothing but politics((Cjamm mentions this too in ‘신기루’))
I won’t stick my tongue into your assh*le
Like the best days of the woman by your side, you’re just an Oldboy((Supposedly another diss directed at Tablo saying that he’s old; his wife Kang Hyejung’s heyday was when she starred in the movie ‘Oldboy’;
people also noted that the song was released on the couple’s 6th wedding anniversary))

Don’t use your head, you’re not a b-boy((to use one’s head literally means ‘to spin one’s head’ in Korean, thus it’s a reference to head spinning; also a parallelism with ‘Oldboy’ in previous line))
You’re a rapper, so please do what you’re supposed to already
I’ll give you Mercilons.((‘the Pill’, insult implying that they’re not real men; see following line as well)) If you come at me,
what you guys will see is blood,((also reference to a woman’s period, see previous line as well)) only that

Chorus)

Hook x2)