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Simon Dominic - DARKROOM: roommates only (album cover)

Simon Dominic returns with ‘DARKROOM: roommates only’ LP

The wait is over. AOMG’s Simon Dominic has released a new full-length album today. ‘DARKROOM: roommates only‘ features singers Kim Jong-seo and Jinbo, as well as producers Dihcro, GRAY, slom, and Peejay.

Simon Dominic, aka Simon D or “Ssam D”, began his career in 2005. With his impressive rap and singing skills, he garnered fans’ attention and released his first single, ‘Lonely Night’, in 2007. In the same year, he founded Supreme Team with fellow Jiggy Fellaz member E SENS. The duo soon joined Amoeba Culture and released several successful albums and singles.
In 2011, the man from Busan released his first full-length album, ‘Simon Dominic Presents ‘SNL LEAGUE BEGINS’. It was a joint album with producer Loptimist (SNL = Simon aNd Loptimist), so Simon actually preferred to call it his 0.5th full-length album rather than his first.
In 2014, he left Amoeba Culture and joined AOMG as co-CEO next to Jay Park. One year later, his first mini album under AOMG came out, and another year later he represented the label on SMTM5 together with GRAY.

This year, Simon D released the single and music video ‘Upside Down‘ with his label mates.

Today, an unexpected present came out for all of his fans: Simon Dominic’s second–or first, if you will–full-length album, ‘DARKROOM: roommates only’. It includes eight new tracks. The title track ‘Demolition Man‘ catches the eye, not only due to the featured artist. Its name is the same as the American movie’s from 1993 which Simon likes. Wanting to become the bad guy of the music scene, the rapper borrowed part of his artist name from the movie’s “bad guy” character Simon Phoenix (the “Dominic” is taken from Simon D’s Christian name).
In the lyrics, Simon raps about how he is doing recently:

“In order for me to love myself
I purposely hurt myself
The more I love, the deeper my wound
Even that scar is a part of me
Even though I scream every night
There is no response, from no one, no one
So deep is the night, even when I sing
There is nobody listening, no one, no one
You can never feel my pain”

In an interview with xsportsnews, Simon Dominic revealed that the album contains all of his hardships of the last two years. For most tracks, he worked with rookie producer Dihcro. Curiously, Simon met him by chance while trading a used instrument.
He also worked with his label mate GRAY, The Black Label‘s Peejay, and slom. The only featured artists are Superfreak Records‘ Jinbo and Kim Jong-seo, who revealed that it was only his second time featuring for another artist, after Seo Taiji. For more info about the collaboration, watch the Behind the Scenes video below! (It has both English and Chinese subtitles.)

‘DARKROOM: roommates only’ Track List & Credits:
  1. roommates only
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Dihcro
    Arranged by Dihcro
  2. 06076
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Dihcro
    Arranged by Dihcro
  3. winterlude ‘17
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Dihcro
    Arranged by Dihcro
  4. 정진철 TITLE
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Dihcro
    Arranged by Dihcro
  5. 씻겨줘
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, GRAY
    Arranged by GRAY
  6. 데몰리션 맨 (Demolition Man) (Feat. Kim Jong-seo) TITLE
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Dihcro
    Arranged by Dihcro
  7. 귀가본능 (Feat. JINBO the superfreak) TITLE
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic, Jinbo
    Composed by Simon Dominic, Jinbo, Slom
    Arranged by Slom
  8. 얼라
    Lyrics: Simon Dominic
    Composed by Simon Dominic, PEEJAY
    Arranged by PEEJAY
Behind the Scenes of ‘Demolition Man’:

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Source: Mnet

Peejay - Walkin' Vol. 1 (cover)

Peejay – I Get Lifted X Beenzino

 

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Hook)
(I get lifted) When the weather and the music match
How is your mood at that time? (I get lifted)
I’ll be like, you will be in a good mood
like I’m smokin’ on something (I get lifted)

If someone asked me out now
I think I would go out with them (I get lifted)
Girl, let me tell you how I feel
Let me tell you how I get lifted

Verse 1)
Uh, I’m with my gang gang
Our workroom is located in Gangnam
Our clothing styles never overlap, we’re individual,
each has their own. Each month we make it rain man

But today out of all days, the weather’s quite blazing
A perfect day to throw your body into the sun
After adjusting my clothes in front of the mirror,
I go out of the building, swag unlocked!!

Alright, today I leave my car in the parking lot
It’s been a long while since I last swaggered about with my friends
Walking over the paving stones, we explore girls’ bodies with our eyes
We are pro[s] at this, we don’t get caught

So don’t worry, I just want me to be myself
I want my friends to be as they are
and I want you to be my girlfriend
You’re the reason why I get

Hook)

Verse 2)
We have money and we’re wearing nice clothes too
Due to the pain of creating, we stand out even more
And everywhere we go, ladies focus on us three
Modesty is a virtue but we don’t fuck with it

Because of that there are probably those who dislike us too
but we don’t judge people, we just do our own shit
No matter what others do or say,
it doesn’t matter, we live our lives as if we didn’t hear them

We just go with the flow, like the wind blowing today
we speak French as we please, like an unfriendly European((Wordplay with ‘불어’ (bu-reo) which can mean ‘French’ and ‘blow’ → “We blow as we please,” referring to ‘the wind blowing today’ in the previous line. Due to this (and other reasons), these four lines are very witty and can be understood differently (although he raps the connections very clearly): We just go with the flow | Like the wind blowing today, we blow as we please | Like an unfriendly European, we act as we please | Like a rebellious teenager in puberty, we are reckless as we please | Like love that transcends borders))
we act as we please, like a rebellious teenager in puberty
we are reckless as we please, like love that transcends borders

That’s how we live our lives
And ain’t no bitch can kill our vibes
If you agree with me then you are exactly my type of person,
you’re the reason why I get lifted

Hook)

Bridge)
When I listen to Marley, Bob
baby, I’m feelin’ super damn high
When I’m with that Michael Jackson
baby, I’m feelin’ super damn high

When I got that funky funk
and when I got the hit to match right
Cuz we need a good vibe
Yeah, we need it to get by

Hook)

Peejay - Walkin' Vol. 1 (cover)

PEEJAY releases ‘I Get Lifted (ft. Beenzino)’ MV

On Jun 19, producer PEEJAY released the MV for his latest title track ‘I Get Lifted (ft. Beenzino)’ from his album Walkin‘ Vol.1.

PEEJAY – WALKIN’ vol. 1

1. INTRO
2. REBORN X CHOICE 37
3. I GET LIFTED X BEENZINO
4. TIME
5. 미끄러지듯이(Sliding) X JINBO
6. OUT OF MY MIND X G2 & KEITH APE
7. DAY N NIGHT

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Source | HIPHOPPLAYA