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Most Badass Asian - 2018 (album cover)

Most Badass Asian ‘Want’ to take over ‘2018’ with third mini album

EK, BOLA, and NEAL, the Korean hiphop scene’s hottest trio, return with the mini album ‘2018’ and the music video of its track ‘Want’.

MBA Crew released their first single in 2015. Last year, they dropped their first mini album ‘Most Badass Asian‘ under STONESHIP. Shortly after, the single ‘Racism‘ and another mini album, ‘YF‘, followed.

EK, BOLA, and NEAL make a strong comeback in ‘2018‘ with their new EP. MBA is becoming the new voice of Korean hiphop and 2017 was the year they started making their mark. In hopes to take over the new year they titled their EP ‘2018’, anticipating their tracks like ‘2018’ and ‘SILLIM ROCKSTAR’ to become new hiphop anthems.

You can find ‘2018’ on Korean music portals. Until it is available on iTunes/Apple Music, check out the music video for ‘Want‘ below, the first of three videos!

‘2018’ Track List & Credits:
  1. 2018
    Produced by NEAL, EK
    Lyrics by BOLA, EK
    Arranged by NEAL
  2. SILLIM ROCKSTAR TITLE
    Produced by NEAL, EK
    Lyrics by BOLA, EK
    Arranged by NEAL
  3. 원해 (Want)
    Produced by NEAL, EK
    Lyrics by BOLA, EK, NEAL
    Arranged by NEAL
  4. Skit (Feat. Make a Movie)
  5. Don’t
    Produced by NEAL, EK
    Lyrics by BOLA, EK
    Arranged by NEAL
  6. Studio
    Produced by NEAL, EK
    Lyrics by BOLA, EK
    Arranged by NEAL
Album Credits:

Executive Producers: Chanwoo Seok, MBA
Co-Producer: STONESHIP
Investing Producer: KIWOOMINVESTMENT
A&R: STONESHIP
Mixing & Mastering Engineers: Dominic Dot Okune at 669 Studio, Nahzam Sue at 쑥고개 III Studio (track 3)
Artwork: John Hwang
A&R Director: Chanwoo Seok
A&R Assistants: Shin Woo Yoon, Jaeho Jung
Artist Management: STONESHIP

MV Credits:

‘2018’ MV directed by FREMUSE
‘원해 (Want)’ MV directed by Sherman, John Hwang
‘SILLIM ROCKSTAR’ MV directed by FLEV, AD: Dongsup Lim, DOP: Insuk Jung

‘Want’ MV:

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Source: Mnet

YunB - Tokyo Seoul MV screenshot

YunB drops ‘Tokyo Seoul (Feat. Antarius, EK & Bola)’ music video

Hi-Lite Records’ YunB has collaborated with Japan-based rapper Antarius and Most Badass Asian’s EK and Bola on the track and music video ‘Tokyo Seoul‘.

New York-born artist YunB joined Hi-Lite Records in 2016. So far he has released four singles. His debut album ‘YunB‘ came out last year in June.

This new music video is a standalone project. It features Japan-based rapper Antarius as well as EK and Bola of the popular trio MBA. YunB explains: “I go to [J]apan often and these are the homies. We literally decided to make the song and shoot the vid on the same day.”

The rapper also announced that starting next week, music videos for tracks off his debut album are going to be revealed.

‘Tokyo Seoul’ Credits:

Produced by Star Boy
Lyrics by YunB, Antarius, EK, Bola and YonYon
Composed and arranged by Star Boy and YunB

MV directed by Kento Watanabe (Tokyo Vitamin)
Director of Photography: Kento Watanabe
Edited by Kento Watanabe

Presented by Hi-Lite Records

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